Acts of Kindness Ideas: Service Projects for Kids

March 01, 2022 Post a Comment

These acts of kindness for kids are perfect for groups looking to do something for the community! Whether yous are a schoolhouse, church, or scouts grouping, service projects are perfect for encouraging kids to make a deviation!

My children's school is implementing a new program this twelvemonth called "Explorations". During this 30-minute time block one time each week, children tin can cull to explore an involvement. Various teachers, staff, parents, and community members sign up to lead these explorations (sewing, dancing, drum line, are just a few of the options). I recently led a "Kindness Club" group at the schoolhouse and nosotros explored diverse ways of showing kindness in our community for six weeks.

Because I could non transport the twelve students in my grouping, I brought the acts of kindness ideas to them! Beneath you will notice the half-dozen service projects that the kids completed. I also tried to find a relevant volume to read with each of the activities to help promote empathy, only the older kids were non always super interested in my sweetness motion-picture show books. 😏

Nosotros kicked off the kindness group with this Printable Kindness BINGO claiming! They took habitation their BINGO boards and were challenged to get a BINGO (or blackout) during the week!

Acts of Kindness for Kids

1. Make encouraging signs.

Hang positive messages in the hallways, teachers lounge, and other facilities at your school, church, or community edifice.

Read:Be Kind or One

2. Write Thank You lot Notes to Veterans.

Nosotros wrote thank you notes to veterans and made ornaments to hand out at the Veterans Twenty-four hour period assembly the schoolhouse was putting on the following day. Another option is to write give thanks you notes for the Honor Flying plan.

Read: Picture Books about Veterans

three. Decorate Placemats for the Nursing Domicile.

Individual placemats are perfect for making the elderly feel special! We couldn't share pictures of the residents who sat at this table due to privacy reasons, but I assure you, their faces were absolutely beaming! We used these scalloped newspaper placemats and they were super easy to decorate using washable markers.

Read:Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Since Thanksgiving was only around the corner, we chose to create placemats to be used on Thanksgiving Mean solar day!

4. Make goody bags for the children'due south hospital.

Making simple goody numberless is one way to surely burnish the days of children in the hospital! Be certain to reach out to your local hospital for a list of approved items. Many hospitals have strict guidelines regarding what tin be included in club to protect children from allergic reactions.

Hither is what we included:

-Seasonal Coloring Books
-Small Packages of Crayons
-Political party-favor sized containers of Play-Doh
-Stickers
-Small-scale Craft Kits (think Oriental Trading)

Read:Franklin Goes to the Hospital

The kids as well created "Get Well" cards to attach to the goody numberless.

five. Decorate dog scarves for the Humane Guild.

This activeness was i of the kids' favorite! I cutting out 19″ squares of fabric to create bandanas. The kids used fabric markers to decorate the bandanas with "Adopt Me" and other sweet phrases/pictures.

Read:The Dog Who Found ChristmasandLucy Rescued

*This canis familiaris is not up for adoption- she is only a model! ☺️*

6. Get together treat numberless for the food banking concern.

We assembled these numberless merely a few days before our local Nutrient Depository financial institution handed out holiday baskets to the community. My neighbor is in charge of our town'southward food banking company and she suggested this idea so that the families received a little something special with their holiday meal!

Read:Maddi's FridgeandHungry Planet (for slightly older children)