25 Festive Acts of Kindness
The official festive season begins in 30 days and if you’re anything like us we can’t wait! Christmas is everything in this house hold and we love to make it as much about giving as we can! For a few years now we have done 25 Acts of Kindness, 1 for every day including Christmas Day. Many of these activities are things you might find your self doing over the Christmas season anyway, but viewing them through the lens of an act of kindness will help your child to see all the simple ways you can be kind to someone else. Allow them to help and guide you every step of the way.
Here’s the list!
Help Decorate the house & tree ready for Christmas
Leave little animal toys or decorations in the park for other kids to find
Bake your favourite cookies for friends
Create Christmas themed kindness Rocks to leave in the park
Pick fresh flowers or herbs to give to someone
Donate food to a local shelter
Make Christmas cards for your next door neighbours
Buy a present for under the Kmart Wishing Tree
Create and mail a card or present to friend
Donate supplies to a pet shelter
Buy a baby chino for a stranger (pay it forward)
Leave Merry Christmas notes on 5 cars
Leave festive chalk notes in the Park
Donate 5 old toys to the op shop
Wrap your presents with homemade wrapping paper
Bake something for for your grandparents
Donate old clothes to the op shop
Make thank you notes for the postman and delivery man
Donate 5 books to the op shop
Give candy canes to retail workers
Donate some of your one money to a charity
Leave kind notes in random places at the shopping center for people to find
Send Merry Christmas messages to friends
Leave Santa & the Reindeers a present & a card
Give everyone their presents!
You could pick one each day, or we like to print them and place one in an advent calendar for Hunter to open and read each day! It’s a beautiful way to start our day with a kind act for somebody else!
However you wish to use these ideas, remember that acts of kindness are incredible way to foster relationships, a sense of community and they increase positive emotions in your self and your children. It feels good to do good!
If you plan to follow along we’d love to see you want you get up to. Share and tag us on Instagram @sonsie_life and use the hashtag #livingfreekindness.
Hope you’re feeling festive!
Always Living Free,
Emilly
