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55 Random Acts of Kindness Kids Can Do

Looking for ways to teach your kids about kindness and empathy? These 55 random acts of kindness for kids are perfect for kids of all ages.

Teach your children to be kind by encouraging them to do random acts of kindness for strangers as well as family members. We should treat everyone with kindness in our lives.

This printable list of good deeds for kids has ideas for any time of the year, in school or during the summer months.

You can also use this kind deeds list for kids to go with these activities for Granma Camp too!

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Parents may need to help the kids with some of these kind deeds like driving to the hospital to donate old magazines that were collected. You will find some acts of kindness that will benefit you in return on this list as well. Print link below.

  1. Hold the door for a stranger
  2. Return a neighbors garbage can back from the curb
  3. Conduct a mini food drive and take the food to your nearest food pantry
  4. Leave a nice note for someone
  5. Collect old magazines and donate them to the hospital for waiting rooms
  6. Let someone in line ahead of you at school
  7. Give someone a compliment
  8. Pick up trash in your neighborhood
  9. Do a chore for a sibling
  10. Help your Mom with the dishes without being asked
  11. Rake leaves for a neighbor
  12. Shovel snow for a neighbor
  13. Help someone carry their groceries
  14. Donate toys to a charity
  15. Donate clothes to a charity
  16. Tell a family member how much you love them
  17. Give your parents a hug for no reason
  18. Talk to the new kid at school
  19. Write a Thank you letter to a teacher
  20. Give the bus driver a Thank you card
  21. Call your grandparents just to talk
  22. Babysit your younger sibling to give your Mom a break
  23. Offer to walk a neighbor’s dog
  24. Read a book to a younger sibling
  25. Wash the car without being asked
  26. Help Mom or Dad set the table for dinner
  27. Volunteer to say the Blessing at dinner (see this list of Blessings)
  28. Feed the birds, use this bird suet recipe
  29. Serve your parents breakfast in bed on a Saturday morning
  30. Bake cookies for neighbors. Mom can help
  31. Donate your unused school supplies to a teacher
  32. Make a few DIY bookmarks and tuck inside of library books for others to find and enjoy (see these DIY Book Marks)
  33. Collect old toys from all your friends donate to a women’s shelter
  34. Set up a lemonade stand and donate all the proceeds to a local charity
  35. Skip the gifts at your next birthday and ask for donations to a charity instead
  36. Make greeting cards for the children’s hospital. Call and ask how to deliver them. Quite likely you will have to leave them at the reception desk and their social worker will distribute them.
  37. Donate your old video games to the Children’s hospital
  38. Smile at everyone today
  39. Write a Thank-you note to someone who has been special to you this year
  40. Tell the school cafeteria worker how much you appreciate them with a simple “Thank-you for what you do”
  41. Share a snack with a classmate
  42. Make up your siblings bed for them
  43. Offer to help a neighbor pull weeds from their flower beds or garden
  44. Join a community clean-up day, with parents permission
  45. Hand out stickers to kids waiting in line
  46. Offer to put someone’s shopping cart away for them
  47. Pray for a friend
  48. Clean up a mess that isn’t yours
  49. Volunteer at a local animal shelter
  50. Leave a Thank you note for your mail carrier
  51. Leave a Thank you note for the trash collector
  52. When you are out and about, hold the door open for strangers all day
  53. Empty the dishwasher without being asked
  54. Give the dog a bath without being asked
  55. Send cards to U.S. military on active duty overseas, here is where to send them
  56. Collect old towels or blankets to donate to your local animal shelter

This list of good deeds for kids to do can be used any time of the year to teach empathy to your children. They are great for homeschool and Sunday School projects too. You can incorporate teaching kids to do good deeds in Grandma Camp during summer break too.

Also see our 100 Random Acts of Kindness for Adults

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