Advent, we love it. It is a BIG thing here in The Mad House. We use advent as a way to celebrate the build up to Christmas and to take the commercialism out of it. The MiniMads have not yet had a chocolate advent calendar, although I might bend to their wishes this year! We have an activity advent calendar instead and this year we are having an alternative advent calendar, where we are going to do an act of kindness each day
Kindness can cost nothing and I want to raise the MiniMads to always be kinder than they need to be and feel that focusing on acts of kindness during Advent it will be a great learning experience and also spread some joy.
Our kindness mission statement:
- Spread the word – encourage other people to join in and become happiness heroes
- Have fun and enjoy making other people happy
- To be kinder than you need to be
Make sure you check out this year’s printable Kindness Advent Calendar – updated for 2020
Last year we loved Anna from The Imagination Trees Kindness Elves and this would be a great list to use for that. Alternately you could pick which works for you and add it to an advent calendar or pop them all in a jar (like we do with our Bored Jar) and pick one out each day.
For 2015 we have printables with baubles on!
Don’t miss our 2015 post with fab new printable and ideas
50 Acts of Kindness by Kids for Advent
- 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 breaktime
- 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 childrens 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 round 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 neighbours 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 elses dog
- Give out a complement
- 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 baby sitter
- Dontae this weeks pocket money to charity
Like them? The Purple Pumpkin and I have been working on some fab free printable for you with these on, including christmas tree and gift tag labels in both A4 and letter size.
Free Advent Acts of Activity Printables
- Christmas Tree 50-acts-of-kindness-by-kids-for-advent-free-printable-A4
- Christmas Trees 50-acts-of-kindness-by-kids-for-advent-free-printable-8-5×11
- Gift tag 50-acts-of-kindness-by-kids-gift-tags-for-advent-free-printable-A4
- Gift Tag50-acts-of-kindness-by-kids-gift-tags-for-advent-free-printable-8-5×11
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