5 Acts of Kindness to do with Your Kids by Jennifer Fischer

It's not easy to come by really simple ideas that give back that we can do with our children.  But, Jennifer Fischer wrote up this amazing post.  See for yourself!



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5 Acts of Kindness with Your Kids

Burying Treasure at a Playground

The boys love to do this! Find a
playground (sand pits work great) where you can hide “treasure” in the
dirt.  We use jewels, dinosaurs, and plastic treasure coins.  My boys
GIGGLE to themselves when they are burying the treasure.  And, you
should see the amazement on the faces of other kids when they
accidentally find treasure.  The Best!

Happy Sidewalk Chalk Message

Grab that forgotten sidewalk chalk and go leave a nice note on a
driveway to lift a friend’s spirits!  We like to do it in secret and
leave it as an anonymous message of love (and it is always fun to see if
we get caught!).  Or, like Sidewalk Revolution leave uplifting messages on sidewalks for any walker or runner to see.  A favorite with the boys!

Busy Books for the ER

You’ve been there . . . an unexpected trip to the emergency with a small
child, maybe even with a sibling or two?  Help out a parent in that
exact situation by making Busy Books.  You can inexpensively buy
coloring books, crayons, and Ziploc bags (dollar stores are great for
this) . . .  add in a bunch of young hand to assemble the busy books,
and you are ready to donate a much needed resource to your local
emergency room!

Travel Sized Care Kits for the Homeless

With your children, talk about what it would be like to be homeless.  My
kids were floored when they realized that they wouldn’t have a bathroom
space to brush their teeth!  Brainstorm items that someone who is
homeless might need, purchase the supplies (you can see our list here),
then put together the basic elements for a care kit into a sock to help
out someone that is homeless (make sure you put the other sock in
there, too). This is a meaningful activity for the kids, full of things
that individuals who are homeless can use, and it fits nicely in your
car, ready to be handed out whenever needed.

A Note for the Mail Carrier

We have a friend who is a mail carrier.  She has taught us about the
difficulties of that come with her job.  After learning from her, we
started leaving treats and messages for our own mail carrier.  We are
now friends with our own mail carrier!  (And, he has left notes back for
us!)  We really like to do this act when it is raining outside (that is
when the boys think that the mail carrier’s job is most difficult!).