25 Random Acts of Kindness for Kids at Christmas

Random Acts of Kindness for Kids at Christmas plus a free printable for christmas random acts of kindness calendar.  Encourage your kids to think others through this list of random acts of kindness ideas. 

Thank you to The UPS Store for sponsoring this post. Make the holiday to-do list a little easier this season with The UPS Store!

This time of year I always struggle as a mom.

I struggle to have my guard up and constantly be sure our family is keeping the right focus during the Christmas season.  I talk about it with my husband, with my mom friends and it’s always in the back of my mind.  Keeping our focus on the true meaning of Christmas as well as giving.  It’s better to give than to receive, right?  

During the Christmas season it’s so easy to want…wish…and get our focus off.

Admit it, right?  As a kid…and maybe even as an adult…we’ve all gotten that gift that disappoints us…why? Expectations.  Oh I try so hard not to have expectations but humanly speaking we all have them.

So what am I doing to combat that?  What do I wish for my little family?  That we would focus on the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus’ birth and giving rather than receiving.  Does that mean we don’t receive…no…I just want our focus pointed in the right direction.

Not to mention the holidays aren’t all what they are made out to be…so many hurt during this season.  Whether because of loss, loneliness, aching hearts and the list goes on.  So this year little Miss E And I decided to send some sweet friends a very small little package to brighten up their day and surprise them!

We went to our local The UPS Store so their Certified Packing Experts could help us get these little packages to them safely.  They were so so nice there…I mean when the workers give your little a sucker/candy, who doesn’t love that?   

So this year I jumped on the game a little late but for next year I’m TOTALLY starting this sooner…we are doing some RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) through the month of December.

A few ideas we’ll choose from during these next couple of weeks are below..and I hope to truly grow it for next year, so I’d love your ideas (comment below, pretty please!)

Random Acts of Kindness for Kids at Christmas

If you want to snag your very own FREE Printable RAK Calendar (as seen to the right) click HERE. 

1. Partner with a local store to support Toys for Tots: The UPS Store network is the exclusive sponsor of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program.  Now through Dec. 31, participating The UPS Store locations will support the Toys for Tots Literacy Program with an in-center donation card drive.  What better way to invest in others than through this great opportunity to teach your children a valuable lesson about helping those in need.
2. Send a Small Surprise Gift- pick a loved one or a friend to surprise them with a little happy in the mail that is totally unexpected!
3. Take a neighbor a hand written card/note
4. Give a piece of candy to the cashier
5. Bake cookies – eat a few and take some to a shut in in your community
6. Leave a candy cane in a public place with a hand written note to encourage someone
7. Set out to compliment someone that you come across during your day that you don’t even know!
8. Help a neighbor with yard work or as simple as bringing their garbage can in from the street
9. Let someone go ahead of us in a line somewhere
10. Write letters to military or veteran
11. Place change in a vending machine
12. Give someone a hug
13. Smile at someone
14. Hold the door open for someone
15. Give a candy bar to the mail man
16. Donate toys or clothes
17. Visit a nursing home
18. Read a book to someone
19. Donate food at a local pantry/food drive
20. Make someone laugh
21. Make a care package for one in need
22. Write a Thank you letter + baked goods and take to local fire station
23. Donate books to local library
24. Smile and say Hi to 5 people you don’t know!
25. Collect spare change and give it to your local church to help those in need.

If you are on Facebook join The UPS Store, for year two, of hosting the 5 Days of Giftmas, a fun interactive guessing game where customers have a chance to win some exciting prizes. There will be one Facebook Live game each day Dec. 11-15 at 2 p.m. ET. Follow The UPS Store brand Facebook page and to play along!

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Follow along on Instagram: Guess the Gift and unexpected pack and ship.  A game where customers will see a box and get a series of clues so that they can “Guess the Gift” for a chance at a cool prize. This fun series starts on Dec. 4, and will continue for approximately three weeks. The UPS Store will have a new box every Monday and Wednesday.

The UPS Store will drop hints about what’s in the box for two days and will provide additional hints via Instagram stories. Followers are encouraged to guess what’s in the box based on the clues to win  

Don’t forget to snag your very own FREE Printable RAK Calendar (as seen to the right) click HERE. 

Hi I’m Erin a Southern mama from South Mississippi, owner and chief editor of Sixth Bloom a blog helping mom-tographers capture their kiddos and life, talking all things home, parenting and how we navigate through life. You will find me living life to the fullest with my mister (aka husband) and our little two year old, Miss E, in our 500+ sq foot cottage as we build our dream house on our two acres!  We are blessed beyond measure, love to travel, involved in ministry at our church and in between all of that we run two successful businesses together!

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