Doing acts of kindness is one of the best activities you can do with your children. It’s a great way to bond as a family, have a lot of fun and it teaches children about compassion and service. Kindness is essential for good mental health.
Any act of kindness no matter how big or small can make a difference — especially when done intentionally. Here’re 100 acts of kindness for children that you and your family can do together.
- Put change in a vending machine
- Hold the door open for someone
- Do a chore for someone without them knowing
- Tell a joke
- Return someone’s cart at the store
- Give candy to your a security guard
- Leave a letter in a library book
- Feed the birds
- Leave happy notes around town
- Put a small bin in your car to collect recycling
- Call your grandparents and ask them about their childhood
- Pick up litter
- Let someone go ahead of you in line
- Compliment a friend
- Wash someone’s car
- Write a TYANK YOU note for your mail carrier
- Plant something
- Bake dessert for a neighbor
- Walk dogs at the animal shelter
- Check-in on an elderly neighbor
- Thank a police officer
- Share THANK YOU cards for people you care
- Bury treasure at the playground
- Set the table for dinner
- Leave a greeting card on someone’s doorstep
- Pay someone’s bill
- Tell someone why they are special to you
- Donate old clothes
- Buy a tea for a stranger
- Pass out stickers to kids waiting in line
- Talk to someone new at school
- Write chalk messages on the sidewalk
- Weed or shovel for a neighbor
- Donate food to the needy
- Bring flowers to your teacher
- Tell a manager how good your service was
- Tape change to a parking meter
- Donate socks and supplies to the homeless shelter
- Give a lottery ticket to a stranger
- Call a friend you haven’t seen in a while to say hello
- Water plants for your neighbors
- Take treats to the fire station
- Read a book to someone
- Leave a generous tip
- Donate a book to a doctor’s office waiting room
- Tell someone how much you love them
- Say hello to everyone you see
- Make someone else’s bed
- Hold the door open for someone
- Wave at kids on school buses
- Sing songs at a nursing home
- Invite someone to play on the playground
- Tell the principal how great your teacher is
- Donate a toy to a nearby toy bank
- Turn off the water while brushing your teeth
- Offer a hug to a stranger
- Fill a kindness jar with candy for another family
- Make a THANK YOU sign for sanitation workers
- Make a busy bag for a family with young children
- Bring cookies to your friends
- Help make dinner
- Donate books to a library
- Make a GET WELL SOON card for someone
- Bring your neighbors’ garbage cans up for them
- Take care of someone’s pet while they’re away
- Give a surprise party
- Share a special toy with a friend
- Clean up your room without being asked
- Tape a video message for faraway friends
- Leave kindness stones at the park
- Give chocolate to the bus driver
- Send dessert to another family at a restaurant
- Give spare change to the food pantry
- Buy extra school supplies for a teacher
- Make muffins for your pharmacist.
- Teach someone something new.
- Reuse paper when you are drawing
- Pay for someone’s toll
- Give someone a hug coupon
- Volunteer at a local non-profit organization
- Write a note for someone’s lunch
- Collect money or items for your favorite charity
- Donate coloring books and crayons to the children’s hospital
- Write a poem for a friend
- Ask for donations instead of birthday gifts
- Help someone unload groceries at the store
- Make THANK YOU cards for the defense forces
- Collect books for the library
- Adopt an animal online
- Decorate tissue boxes and hand sanitizer for nursing stations
- Make a homemade gift for someone
- Clean up your toys without being asked
- Deliver water bottles to the homeless shelter
- Create activity bags for families of deployed soldiers
- Give high fives to a friend
- Make a thank you card for your librarian
- Dry the slides at the park with a towel after it rains
- Make play dough for a preschool class
- Send a postcard to a friend
- Smile at everybody
What are your acts of kindness? Do share them with me in the comments section below and pass this on to your friends!
