Random Acts of Kindness:
~ Hold doors for people when you're
out and about.
~ Help an elderly person load their
groceries into their car.
~ Greet everyone you see with eye
contact and a genuine smile.
~ Make hot cocoa and bring it to
people who work outside.
~ Pay for person behind you in the
drive-thru or in line at the coffee shop.
~ Buy extra non-perishables and
donate to your local food bank or church.
~ Make and deliver a meal for a
friend who is sick or alone.
~ Send 3 handwritten thank you notes
to people or businesses.
~ Donate a toy for a local children's
Christmas gift collection or hospital.
~ Shovel snow for a neighbor.
~ Allow cars to merge or enter
traffic in busy areas like shopping centers or give up the parking spot you
were going to pull into.
~ Give 3 genuine compliments to
people you see.
~ Call someone you haven't talked to
in awhile and let them know you've been thinking about them.
~ Bake cookies for a friend or
neighbor.
Random Acts of Kindness for Children:
(my daughters helped come up with some of these)
~ Have your child pick out a toy to
purchase and donate to a holiday toy collection.
~ Bake & decorate cookies for
friends or neighbors.
~ Color & decorate holiday
cards for a local senior center.
~ Color pictures for family members.
~ Make crafts and give them to
friends.
~ Help someone who has gotten hurt.
~ Say good morning to teachers,
school staff and classmates.
~ Allow a friend to get in line in
front of you.
~ Write a thank you note to someone
who has positively impacted you (teacher, coach, neighbor, babysitter, etc).
~ Help with household chores without
being asked.
~ Go through your toys and put aside
anything that you can donate to children in need
~ Smile at people!
~ Say please and thank you to people
who help you.
~ Tell your friends how much they
mean to you.
~ Invite a friend over for a play
date
~ If a child is sitting alone at
lunch, invite them to sit with you and your friends.
~ Offer to help mom and dad wrap
Christmas presents