Something that I have been thinking a lot about lately is ways to spread more kindness. The world could always use more light and goodness. This is also something that I want to instill in my children and I don’t think it’s ever too young to start! Here are some fun random acts of kindness with kids that are perfect to do this school year. There are ten of them so you could pick one to do with your child each month that they’re in school. This site has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company, Kellogg Company, J.M. Smucker Company, and The HERSHEY’S Company. All opinions are completely my own.
10 random acts of kindness to do with kids
It really is so easy–and fun–to get your kids involved in some random acts of kindness. This list is full of activities that are simple enough for your kids to accomplish with you! I’ve also made some printables that can assist you in your random acts of kindness. So go ahead and get to spreading that sunshine and kindness now!
- Purchase food for your local food bank.
- Deliver cases of drinks to your fire station.
- Take goodies to teachers and other personnel at school.
- Color pictures for a nursing home.
- Donate gently used toys to a daycare.
- “Ding dong ditch” treats to friends and neighbors.
- Drop off books at your library.
- Pick up trash at a park.
- Carry extra drinks or snacks in your car to pass out to homeless people.
- Assemble “first day of school” gifts for friends.
| Read: Spread Sunshine with These Acts of Kindness Printables |
Which random act of kindness will you do with your kids first?
Find more free printables over on Pinterest!
47 comments
I love these ideas! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks so much Stacy!
Thanks for the fun ideas! My kids love doing service and these are definitely doable ideas for us!
Yes, I definitely wanted to be sure that the RAOK were simple for the whole family to participate in! 🙂
These are such great RAK! I love the idea of doing on a month throughout the school year, what a great way to keep your focus on where it should be! And I love this program too–hard to beat getting great products and free books!
It really is a great incentive they have going on! Thanks for your comment Nicole!
I love this! We did an act of kindness every single day in March and it was an amazing experience for our family!
Wow, that sounds incredible!
What a precious idea! I love this!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
Aww, thank you for your sweet comment Kari!
These are amazing ideas! I love teaching my 3 year old that random acts of kindness can be so beneficial to others! Awesome post with awesome ideas! We will definitely be doing a couple of these!
Thanks so much! I hope you guys really enjoy doing them!
I love that you are teaching kindness to your kindness. Though I do think it should be more about action vs giving things
Action is great too, for sure! That is definitely something we encourage with our kids, just sometimes it’s easier for such little ones to give rather than serve.
Such fun ideas. I can’t wait to try some. I’m pinning this for later, thanks!
Thank you so much Julie!
This is so lovely. It is so important to teach our kids through intentional acts of kindness and being on the look out for others to help. Thanks for the ideas 🙂
Totally agree, thanks!
I love these ideas! It is so good to teach our children kindness. That is so awesome that you homeschool! I hope to be able to homeschool my children when they are older! I’ve already been doing preschool with my 17 month old ?
That’s great! Yeah, we are loving our school situation right now!
What a great idea. We’ll be doing this. I’m so into making sure the kiddies know how truly blessed we are and that we should share it. And giving to others is (of course) something we absolutely encourage!
Thanks for your comment Jen. Yes, we are workign on really making sure our kids know how blessed we are in our lives and that it’s so important to show love to others!
Nice. I’m always trying to think of ways to show my kids how important it is to help others. I will use a few of these.
So important to teach them love and kindness! 🙂
I love this post. Such sweet ideas!
Thank you so much Rachel!
I love these ideas! I really want to do more things like this with my kids too. I especially love the back-to-school packs, and coloring pictures for nursing homes.
Thanks Shann! Yes, I also think that the little back to school goodies help kids get excited about going back too if they haven’t been.
This is absolutely amazing! I have got to do this with my littles. We try so hard to instill good values and things like this help keep it fresh!
Thanks so much Ashley, hope you guys have a great time!
Such good ideas! Will definitely share this with my friends who have kids!
Greta | http://www.gretahollar.com
Thanks, I appreciate that!
I love these ideas! You’ve shared some that I wouldn’t have thought of. RAK are something I wish there was more of in the world and I’m excited to show my kids the joy of service no matter how small.
Totally, even the smallest thing can turn someone’s day around!
Great ideas! I definitely want to do this more often with my older son!
Thanks Kelly! I think it’s so sweet how young kids get so excited about doing good for other people too!
These are all great ideas! We made teacher gifts around holiday times or at the end of the year. Teachers work hard, so we wanted to show them appreciation.
Thanks for your comment Erin! And yes, they work so hard and it’s such a good idea to show them some gratitude!
Awww… These are such wonderful things to do with kids! It’s important to teach our children kindness from a young age! <3
Totally agree Susannah, thanks for your comment!
I LOVE these ideas! I had no idea some of these even existed!Thank you!
I love the ideas especially going to the fire station! They buy all their own food and drinks that they use when they are at work which seems like a shame since sometimes they have to leave in the middle of eating or cooking.
I love these ideas! And I totally agree that kids are never too young to participate in acts of kindness.