Object: Card stock printed with scripture reference and verse; Clothespins, one per child

(Show a clothespin.) What is this? (Let the children answer.) That’s right! It’s a clothespin. I’m going to tell you about how a clothespin reminded a woman to be thankful.

One day, a woman decided that she was tired of digging through her sock drawer, trying to find matching socks. She pulled out sock after sock, until she found a pair, and then she decided to do something about the mess.

First she went to the store and bought a basket to put her socks in. Then she bought a package of clothespins. At first, she wasn’t sure how many clothespins she’d need, but finally decided on a package of fifty. With fifty clothespins, she thought she could match her socks and have a lot of clothespins leftover …