Police Week Ideas for Families & Kids | Free Printable Thank You Cards
National Police Week is a time to remember those who were lost while protecting communities in law enforcement. Below are some excellent police week ideas for families and kids.
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Small Gift Ideas for Police Week for Police Officers & Free Printable Thank You Cards for Police Officers
This is a great activity for a family or group to contribute items to a giftbag for police officers. Showing your appreciation for police would be amazing during National Police Week. My husband is a police officer and helped me to put together ideas for small items to place in gift bags and free printable thin blue line thank you cards in another blog.
Click here to see this police kids book
Attend or Hold a Candlelight Vigil.
If you live in an urban setting, they may have a candlelight vigil at some time during National Police Week. If not, feel free to hold a candlelight vigil with friends and family to commemorate loved ones or losses in general of police officers in the line of duty. This can be as simple as lighting a candle and reciting a prayer on your own.
Decorate with a Thin Blue Line Wreath
In Washington D.C., there is an annual wreath laying to show respect for fallen law enforcement officers. Consider creating your own thin blue line wreath and hanging it on your door for National Police Week. Use blue ribbon (you can probably find at the dollar store) and follow these instructions to make an easy DIY TBL wreath. You can also buy a wreath here, like the one I have on my door.
Reading Ideas for Police Week
For young Children, I’d highly recommend reading detective books like Berenstein Bear’s Detective books.
If your child’s parent is a police officer, check out “My Daddy is a Police Officer.”
For school age Children, try Judy Moody Girl Detective.
For adults, check out a classic The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
For police wives, check out heelsandholster: a police wife devotional.
Visit a Police Museum with your Kids or Friends
Here is a list of Police Museums in each state. This activity will help you and your family/friends to appreciate the history of police work.
Appreciate Police Work by Solving a Mystery
Follow up your detective book reading with solving your own mystery.
For Children- Create a mystery to solve. For example, “who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?” Leave a couple of clues for them to find the culprit. Set up a police table for them with a magnifying glass, notepad, a fingerprint paper, and ink pad.
For Older Children and Adults- Try an “Escape Room in a Box”, a home-based board game where you have to solve a mystery together as a group.