The world always needs more kindness and these 110 acts of kindness for kids are a great way to encourage children to be kinder than they need to be. We use these every year at Advent and lent and also over the summer. What I really want to do is instil a kindness mindset in my children and sometimes using a list like 110 Acts of Kindness for Children makes it much easier for the children to choose what they want to do.

I think most of us get caught up in our own lives and the day to day stuff often forgetting that the simplest of things can make the most significant impact on someone else. A smile, a hug or a compliment can really make someone’s day. Our 110 Acts of Kindness for Children is perfect for using within a classroom or group too and most of the acts of kindness cost nothing or very little.

It is fabulous that our random acts of kindness and good deeds can make someone else’s entire day and that often when we make someone happy they pass that on to other people. it is great to see that a ripple can make a wave and who doesn’t need a little extra kindness in their lives?
Here are 110 random acts of kindness and good deeds that can help you carry out kindness daily and become an everyday hero.
110 Acts of Kindness for Children
- Donate clothes to charity (leaving a happy note in the pocket)
- Donate to the local food bank
- Leave change in a vending machine
- Sort through your toys and donate any that you no longer play
- Leave chalk messages around where you live
- Sharpen all the pencils in the classroom at break time
- Write a letter to your sibling telling them why you love them
- Leave a beautiful homemade bookmark in your library book and give one to the Librarian
- Leave the pound in the shopping trolley next time you go to the supermarket
- Deliver cookies to your neighbours
- Tidy your bedroom without being asked
- Sit next to someone you normally don’t at the lunch table
- Make a bird feeder
- Send a care package to someone in the military
- Find three of your toys to give to the local children’s hospital
- Pass on some of your books to friends
- Give a lottery ticket to a stranger
- Donate books to your school library
- Leave out water for the birds Write thank you cards for your teacher, coach, Cubs leader or people that have influenced you in a positive way
- Clean up the area where you live by picking up litter.
- Make sure you wear gloves and do it with an adult.
- Help around the house without being asked to
- Donate pet food to a local shelter
- Put together a shoebox for your local church
- Write a thank you note for the bin collectors and post person
- Wash your parent’s car
- Give a homeless person a blanket
- Take everyone in your class a cookie
- Offer to help an elderly friend or neighbour
- Make a thank you card for the school crossing staff
- Offer to pack the shopping bags of the person in front of you and behind you at the supermarket
- Invite a new friend for a play date or out to play
- Walk someone else’s dog
- Give out a compliment
- Give out free hugs today
- Hold the door open for people all day
- Smile all day
- Let someone go in front of you in a queue
- Introduce yourself to someone new at school and chat with them
- Ring an elderly relative and have a nice chat with them
- Dontae this week’s pocket money to charity
- Do a chore for someone without them knowing
- Tell a joke
- Leave happy notes around town
- Put a small bin in your car to collect recycling
- Call your grandparents and ask them about their childhood
- Bake dessert for a neighbour
- Check in on an elderly neighbour
- Set the table for dinner
- Leave bubbles on someone’s doorstep
- Tell someone why they are special to you
- Buy a coffee for a stranger
- Pass out stickers to kids waiting in line
- Garden for a neighbour
- Bring flowers to your teacher
- Tape change to a parking meter
- Call a friend you haven’t seen in a while to say hello
- Tape money for the ice cream van to a friend’s front door
- Read a book to someone
- Leave pennies on the pavement
- 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
- Wave at kids on buses
- Invite someone to play on the playground
- Tell the head teacher how great your teacher is
- Turn off the water while brushing your teeth
- Make a busy bag for a family with young children
- Help make dinner
- Donate new pyjamas for poorly children in hospital
- Make a get-well card for someone
- Bring your neighbours’ wheelie bins or garbage cans up for them
- Take care of someone’s pet while they’re away
- Share a special toy with a friend
- Tape a video message for faraway friends
- Leave kindness stones at the park
- Buy extra school supplies for a teacher
- Teach someone something new
- Reuse paper when you are drawing
- Give someone a hug coupon
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen
- Collect money or items for your favourite charity
- Donate colouring books and crayons to the children’s hospital
- Write a poem for a friend
- Ask for donations instead of birthday gifts
- Adopt an animal online
- Make a homemade gift for someone
- Clean up your toys without being asked
- Dry the slides at the park with a towel after it rains
- Make play dough for a friend
- Send a postcard to a friend
- Volunteer to help coach younger kids at sports
- Empty all the bins at home
- Empty the dishwasher without being asked
- Handout ice pops/popsicles to friends
- Water a neighbour’s garden if they are away
- Write a letter to your mum and dad saying why you think they are special
- Try saying yes for the day
- Offer your seat
- Help your coach with any sports equipment
- Visit a sick friend or relative
- Buy a cool drink for someone
- Don’t interrupt when someone else is speaking
- Help someone cross the road
- Bring your parents breakfast in bed
- Make some kindness hearts
- Sort the recycling
- Every night before you go to bed, think of three things you’re grateful for
- Don’t shout today
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I would love to know if you have any I could add to our next list – just leave me a comment below.

Love this idea, could be a good idea for kids in the summer.
Kate xx
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What a great list – I love that there are LOADS of things that don’t need any planning or special supplies. I’m tempted to make it into a bingo-type game & put various items on different cards, so they can try to get a full line marked out, or two, or even a full house.