Ideas to Help Kids Spread Kindness
People feel great when they receive an act of kindness, but did you know that the person giving it and even people who see a good deed feel good too?
That's because acts of kindness make a feel-good chemical called serotonin in our brain that helps us feel calm and happy!
Scientists have also proven that people can actually catch kindness! Yep, just like a bug, the more you give, the more it gets spread around to infect people with happiness.
It's very exciting to think that one act of kindness can ripple out to so many people! Can you imagine what would happen if everyone gave 3 acts of kindness every day!!! Wow, that might even change the world!
Check out how much your acts of kindness make a difference!
We challenge you to create your own Ripples of Kindness!
How? Easy!
Just do 3 kind things each day for different people.
The image below shows you how powerful your good deeds can be!
There are heaps of ideas and examples on this page of how kids have been kind to others. It doesn't have to be complicated or cost any money, all you have to do is be considerate and friendly.
Here are some things you can do!
give a compliment | ask why someone looks sad | pick up rubbish/trash |
make your parent's bed | clean someone's car | do a job without being paid |
give someone a big hug | smile at people | bake a cake for someone |
tell your grandparents you love them | make a card to thank your teacher | pick something up for someone |
hold the door open for someone | return a shopping trolley/cart | talk someone who looks lonely |
share your toys | leave flowers on a windscreen | give people compliments |
include people when you play | listen and pay attention to someone who needs to talk | help someone carry their stuff when they're overloaded |
Get your parents to help you download these printables
Some of the great acts of kindness kids around the world have done.
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Students at Landolt Elementary started a kindness club.
13 year old boy in Australia helped his mum collect and gather Christmas gifts to deliver to disadvantaged families.
Students in Victoria, Australia wrote positive message around their school.
Meagan and her 5-year-old daughter paint kindness rocks which they distribute within their community and place in the library's kindness garden.
An older boy in Victoria, Australia helped a younger student tie his shoe.
This student from a school in Texas wanted to make her peers feel good about themselves so she wrote positive and uplifting notes and stuck them in the bathroom.
When Harry and Heath learned their friend and former classmate had cancer they also learned that cancer patients' lips and skin can get dry and chapped from chemo treatments. This is when they decided to help by making lip and body balm. They now donate all of the profits to cancer research.
8-year-old Jax from Texas, USA, raised over $15,000 to help people who lost their homes during Hurricane Harvey. He also spread some cheer with our Hug Coupons and Kindness Cards.
3-year-old Calan took gifts to some fire-fighters to thank them for their service.
329 handmade caps were sent to developing countries to help keep babies warm.
Ocean and Lulu helping collect essentials for people who lost everything in a 2014 landslide in Oso.
Isabelle and Aiden baked cookies and distributed them in their neighbourhood at Christmas time.
Twins from Canada love doing acts of kindness with their mum. Here they cleaned up litter at the local park.
Kaylee’s in 4th grade. She donate some toys to charity when her school used our Kindness Week checklists.
A boy learns to knit so he can help make hats for premature babies.
10-year-old Kaylee from Bridge City, Texas taking out the trash for her Grandma.
3-year-old Calan delivering cookies to his neighbours for Thanksgiving.
Ocean making port pillows for the local cancer centre. These help women with breast cancer after they've had surgery.
Rose aged 11, Mikal 12 and Betty 8 love visiting nursing homes in Coffs Harbour, Australia to entertain the residents.
These boys spread some happiness in by handing out over 50 origami hearts with a kindness message inside.
Stephen decided to help his neighbours by clearing the snow from their path and sidewalk.
11-year-old Rose loves to dance and entertain. It makes the residents of nursing homes in Coffs Harbour, Australia so happy when she comes to visit.
This sister and brother team made someone's day by leaving coins in the laundromat.
Calan put a painting in his mailbox with a message on it, thanking the postal workers for all of their hard work, especially over Christmas.
6-year-old Daniel from Melbourne helping his dad fix his Grandmother's garage door.
Marissa, 10 & Tristan, 6 from Ohio, USA used their allowance to buy Christmas gifts for the Angel Tree to make sure less fortunate kids received a present.
Aiden from Australia gave police officers directing traffic icy poles on a hot day.
lex, 11 from Ohio, USA donated his movies, toys, games & dress ups to adults with developmental disabilities & asked to help deliver them.
Christian, a fourth-grader from Utah, USA helps out at home by making his bed.
Students made posters to make motorists smile on the way to work.
More kindness from kids around the world
I LOVE to hand out flowers to strangers at the grocery store. My mom will buy a dozen roses and then I go out to the front and hand out a rose to different people coming into grocery shop. I love seeing their smiles and making them happy. - Emma |
I cleaned up my neighbors front yard and left a card in their letterbox. - Reece |
I mopped the floors and wiped down the benches and cabinets to surprise my mum. - James |
I gave my brother a pea on a Kindness Card 'cause he likes them. - Mitchell |
When it was cold, I gave my jersey to Tay. - Andiswae |
I made my mum's bed really fancy and cleaned her room. - 9 year old girl |
I made pancakes for mum and dad on the weekend. I made my brother's bed. - Max |
I gave my friend $5 when he lost his money at the spring fair. - Trent |
I mowed my neighbours front lawn and naturestrip. - Max |
My brother and I got cricket bats for Christmas but my brother was sad because his was too big. I already had a good one, so I gave him mine. - Zac |
I helped my sister with her homework. - Ella |
We helped cook sausages and sell books at a fundraiser. - James, Lachie, Max & Zac |
I got the remote for my dad so he didn't have to get up. - Hayden |
My friend dropped her pencils and I picked them up for her. - Tia |
I gave my friend some of my really good football cards that he needed to complete his set. - Zac |
I tickled my mom's back. - Kyeta |
I gave someone clothes and shoes for the kids she adopted. - Shannon |
I helped my grandma wash the dishes. - Natalie |
I gave my bronze life saving medal to a girl who was so sad she did not have one! - Kyeta |
My mum and I took clothes we'd collected to a community meal for the homeless. - Max |
I helped my mom in the kitchen. - Courtney |
I returned a dog to its owner. - Year 7 girl |
I helped my seven-year-old cousin with his homework and read a story to him. - Tayla |
I took the dinner plates through to the kitchen without having to be asked. - Year 7 girl |
I helped my mom when she was feeling sick and comforted my sister when she was scared. - Demi |
I found a man’s wallet and returned it to its owner. - Year 7 girl |
I helped clean the tidal pool of all the litter - Year 7 girl |
Some other great ideas kids had to inspire you to show kindness
Help out at home. Carry something for someone when they need help. - Chloe |
Say thank you to someone when they play with you. - Tyler |
Make a cake for your parent's birthday. Lend someone your ball. Save up and take your parents out to dinner. - Max |
Compliment people on good thing. Help someone with their spelling. Help your teacher hand out notices. - Zac |
Get someone a drink of water. - Ethan |
Help someone ride their bike. Lend a pencil to someone. Share your toys. Help your friend with their homework. - Lochie |
Give your mum money for doing stuff for you. - Emily |
Let someone else go first. - Paige |
Hug people and make them feel happy when they are sad. - Year 4 girl |
Help with things mum and dad do like the dishes or setting the table. - Ebony |
Help raise money for charities. Help with shopping and compliment other people. - Sydney |
Take the rubbish bins in for your neighbour. Make a cup of tea or coffee for your mum or dad. Help someone make friends. Feed the dog. Set the table. Ask if your parents want the mowing done. Make someone's bed. Say thank you and sorry. Help dad cook the barbeque. - Year 3 children |
Play with someone if they're alone. - Year 4 boy |
Make your own lunch and pack your bag. - Taylah |
Be happy when you help out. - Aaron |
Water the plants around the house. - Tom |
Help out at home by cleaning, washing or even just place things in a neat way instead of just dumping it there. - Charlotte |
Invite someone over if they are bored at home. - Tamika |
Read to your brother. - Rose |
Make your mum breakfast. - Declan |
Feed the animals when it's not your turn. - Shelby |
Help your mum put clothes on the washing line. - Tia |
Offer someone your chocolate from the advent calendar. - Monique |
Make some kindness rocks!
They're easy and fun to make and every one of them is unique. All you need are some clean, flat stones and some paint. You can even get paint markers and glitter glue. I like to start by painting a color over my stones and then adding my message and decorations.
When they're dry, cover them with PVC glue which you can brush on or ask your parents to take them outside and spray them with a sealant.
The next step is to hide them in places for people to discover! You can put some in the library, on supermarkets shelves, in someone's bag, in the park, near the pump at the petrol station, even in the crook of a tree!
