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With the transfer tape in place, use a scraper tool or other hard and flat-edged item (like a store loyalty card) to transfer the vinyl decal design to the transfer tape. It’s important to scrape it well to transfer the vinyl decal. Step 5: Prepare Your Jar for the Vinyl Decal You know that feeling of opening a fortune cookie and reading something that is not only good, but also eerily accurate with what’s going on in your life? You could write whatever you want on the paper and place it in the jar. Here are some things you could write on paper to put in the jar: One of the best things about a happiness jar is that it’s adaptable. That means that you and your family can get creative and invent your own ideas and suggestions to fill the jar with. Here at Twinkl, we have loads of great teacher-made resources for promoting happiness that are perfect to use with a happiness jar: To cut the vinyl sayings to decorate the jar, using a green StandardGrip mat, place your adhesive vinyl FACE UP on the cutting mat, make sure you have the fine point blade in your machine, load the mat, and press the flashing button to begin cutting.

Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very little and are thankful for the little things in life.” It’s easy to fixate on the “bad” moments of everyday life, whether you got a flat tire on the way to work or burned your leftovers for dinner. If that sounds familiar, then you might want to consider adding a gratitude practice to your daily routine. One way to do this is by creating a happiness jar. Also known as a Happy or Happiness Jar, a positivity jar is almost exactly what it sounds like- a jar full of positive thoughts and notes! The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.” Maya AngelouAllow your jar to dry fully before moving on to the next step. Step 6: Apply the Design to Your Jar Once you have written some of these ideas down, you can place the pieces of paper in the jar. You can add to it every day by writing down one thing you are grateful for, or one thing that made you smile. As humans, we are wired for connections with other people, and practicing gratitude can help with that. “Gratitude is an important component of forming new relationships, which means a gratitude practice can open you up to new friendships and relationships,” says Vasan. “It is also critical to strengthening important existing relationships and can contribute to higher levels of satisfaction within the relationship and improved happiness.” Keep trying, keep trusting, keep believing, keep growing. Heaven is cheering for you! Today, tomorrow and forever.”-Elder Holland

So what is a Happiness Jar? I first heard about this last year, only it was called a Blessings Jar. The idea is that rather than make resolutions for the new year, you instead get a big empty jar and start putting in happy moments noted upon slips of paper. Your jar will fill up with happiness—a tangible reminder of all the good things in your life. If you make a happiness jar, I would love to see it. Please please share a photoin our amazing Cricut Facebook group, or tag me on social media with #jennifermaker.Happiness boxes are a great way to foster happiness in children - you can find loads of resources on how to make happiness boxes in this happiness box category. Once you have completed your jar, try to look at it every day for a few minutes and remember how special and positive you are as a person. Dig into it when you feel you need to. Another great idea is to give a jar to a special person in your life. Fill it with all the positive, special qualities that you love about them. Enjoy watching them read through and smile. I know theoretically that they will not always be this small, and that the daily joys they bring will someday be forgotten unless I write them down. Honestly, though, it’s a reality I find difficult to grasp.It’s so easy to takethe little joys of this phase for granted, but as a gift to the future me I’mtrying to be more intentional about savoring (and documenting) this time. The Happiness Jar is a visual daily reminder to do that, which helps a lot on busy days when it’s easy to let gratitude slip away.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. SuessWe had a great time at the activity. All of the girls brought a list of their favorite uplifting quotes that we all shared. Write about compliments you received or things people said to you that touched you or motivated you. Now that you know how to make a happiness jar, here are some benefits of gratitude you may feel as a result of this self-care practice. Benefits of a happiness jar on mental health Find somewhere to keep your jar, paper and pens. It’s up to you how private or public it should be, but you’ll need to be able to reach it every day.