It is hard to believe that we have been doing an acts of kindness advent calendar for four years. It all started when I was concerned that the boys were becoming rather immersed in the commercialisation of Christmas and of advent. I wanted them to understand and learn about Christmas and advent being about giving, so came up with the idea of an alternative advent calendar.
Over the years we have some fabulous printables with acts of kindness for all ages and I thought it would be a good idea to gather them all up in one place to make it easier for everyone.
Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar Printables
There are so many different ways to use your Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar Printables. You can print them off and add them to a homemade advent calendar.
Or you could print them off and hang them on their own.
You could print them off and add them to a jar and then each day you pick one out.
We like to display our Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar Printables on our kitchen blackboard in the shape of a tree. I think the bauble shapes would look ace all over a small Christmas tree.
I have to say that this is one of the highlights of my year and I love doing this with the boys. For me, it is all about ripples and teaching them to be kinder than they need to be.
Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar Printables
Just imagine the little stockings all hung up!
50 Advent Acts of Kindness
- Donate a coat or jumper to charity (leaving a happy note in the pocket)
- Donate to the local food bank
- Make Christmas cards for your neighbours
- Leave change in the vending machine
- Sort through your toys and donate any that you no longer play with to charity or your local church
- 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
- Write a note and mail them to the houses with great Christmas lights saying thank you for lighting up their house for you to see
- Sit next to someone you normally don’t at the lunch table and be nice to them
- Be a holiday helper – volunteer to deliver local Christmas cards
- 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 parents’ car
- Give a homeless person a blanket
- Deice your neighbour’s windshields in the morning
- Take everyone in your class a candy cane or cookie
- Take poinsettias to your nearest nursing home
- Make a Christmas card for the school receptionist
- Offer to help an elderly friend or neighbour with their Christmas decorations
- Make Christmas flowers for the reception at school
- Make a thank you card for the school crossing staff
- Cook dinner for your family
- 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 to them
- Make a tree decoration for your babysitter
- Donate this weeks pocket money to charity