How to Make a Gratitude Jar to Manifest Faster

Practicing gratitude is a powerful manifestation method, and a gratitude jar is a great way to make this part of your daily routine.

This gratitude tool has become my absolute favorite in the last few years: Creating notes of gratitude and adding them to my manifestation jar. So, let’s get started with my top gratitude jar ideas so that you can start your own.

What is a Gratitude Jar (And Why You Should Use One)

I don’t care much about celebrating NYE, and instead of making New Year’s resolutions only once a year, I consciously set goals throughout the year.

I think there’s something to celebrate every day, not just at the end of the year, especially when you understand how to manifest the life you love.

But then I started this habit a few years ago, and it’s become a little New Year’s tradition in our house to start a New Year gratitude jar.

A gratitude jar is a manifestation exercise where you add notes of gratitude to a container of your choice.

Every day throughout the year, my husband Tom and I write down one thing that went especially well that day, one for which we are grateful.

And at the end of the year, we open these notes and read them out loud together.

Our grateful jar became something very special because it’s not just a great gratitude exercise; it’s also a lovely way to connect.

This annual reminder is very helpful in seeing the big picture. A POSITIVE big picture.

You can start this new habit at the beginning of a new year or sometime during the year (how about a monthly jar of gratitude that you read through at the end of each month?) – this little habit can help you have a great year.

Because the more you focus on the good things in your life, the more of them you attract.

Gratitude Jar Design – How to Make Your Own Manifestation Jar

You can go all in with your gratitude jar DIY project or keep it simple. More important is using your manifestation jar for your daily gratitude practice (more on that later).

But to make it easier for you, here is a basic supply list:

• A Jar or Vase (we use a mason jar for our)
• Paper, post-it notes or cards
• Ribbon or rubber bands
• Pen or printer (handwritten notes are better, IMO)
• Anything to decorate the jar

Different gratitude jar ideas

Here are a few different gratitude jar design ideas for you to get inspired:

Christmas Gratitude Jar

How about a Christmas-themed gratitude jar? Think of lots of glitter, golden foil paper, or traditional red and green.

You could create this jar specifically for December to blend in with your other Christmas decorations.

New Year Gratitude Jar

Or how about a jar specifically designed to be opened on New Year’s Eve? That’s the kind of jar we use in our house. Make it festive by adding some glitter and gold, or even write Happy New Year on the jar.

Thanksgiving Gratitude Jar

If there is a perfect time to practice gratitude, it has to be Thanksgiving. Create a jar with a Thanksgiving theme and let the entire family fill it during the year.

Then, when you all sit around the table, enjoying your turkey, open it up and read the notes out loud.

Family Gratitude Jar

A family gratitude jar can be fun to design but also a great bonding exercise. You could, for example, use different colored paper for each family member.

This is a great way to teach your kids to be grateful for even the small things in life—a very precious skill.

Gratitude Jar for Couples

The last design idea I like to share with you is the couple’s gratitude jar. Similar to the family gratitude jar, you could play around with different colored papers or use heart-shaped paper.

A fun twist to this kind of jar is to write down ONE reason every day why you are grateful for the other.

How to Use a Gratitude Jar in Your Daily Manifestation Routine

Starting a gratitude jar is a great idea to add more gratitude to your daily manifestation routine.

As you just learned, all you need are paper notes, a pen, and some kind of container where you can keep the notes—for example, a Mason Jar. 

Every day, you write down something you are thankful for that day, crumple the note (or roll it and fix it with a ribbon or some string), and throw it into the jar.

As mentioned above, it doesn’t matter how big or small the thing you are thankful for is. It’s all about the emotions you experience.

So don’t worry if you can’t find enough things to be thankful for throughout the year. It doesn’t always have to be the new house, the big pay raise, or other great news.

Practicing gratitude signals to your subconscious mind that your life is ‘already’ great, and because, like attracts like, your subconscious will find more things for your great life to be even better.

That’s really how the law of attraction works.

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