Acts of Kindness for Kids {The Ultimate List of 100+ Random Acts of Kindness}

Looking for ideas for random acts of kindness for kids? This post is for you! Sharing lots of kindness acts for kids, but many of these ideas can be used for adults, too)!

Few things make people as happy as a random act of kindness.

Random acts of kindness have the ability to connect strangers, spread love and turn someone’s day around.

So, today, I’m sharing the ultimate list of random acts of kindness!

But first, let’s talk about the definition of an act of kindness.

What is a Random Act of Kindness

Random acts of kindness are exactly what they sound like: kind things you do for somebody without expecting anything in return.

Acts of kindness can be done to a stranger, or someone you know.

They can be preplanned or spur of the moment.

Performing random acts of kindness make the recipient feel good, but they also make the initiator feel good as well!

How Do You Teach Your Kids About Kindness?

Teaching your kids about kindness starts at home!

While you can buy books on the topic of kindness, I’ve found that the best way to teach kids about kindness is through example.

Let your kids see you being kind, and they will want to be kind themselves.

Stressing the importance of being kind, and helping them figure out some small, but meaningful, acts of kindness to do is a great first step. Let’s talk about how…

Acts of Kindness for Kids

We will begin by splitting this list into 10, 20, and 50 acts of kindness.

Then, we’ll talk about acts of kindness for kids, and acts of kindness for adults.

Let’s get started.

What are 10 Acts of Kindness?

These are ten of the most popular and easy-to-do acts of kindness.

• In a drive through, pay for the car behind you
• Hide a painted rock for someone to find (here are some favorite painted rock ideas)
• Give someone a compliment
• Hold the door open for the person behind you
• Send a card or postcard to a friend in the mail

• Venmo someone a few dollars to buy a coffee/hot chocolate
• Let someone go in front of you in a checkout line
• Smile at a stranger
• Let someone go ahead of you in traffic
• Make a donation to a person’s favorite charity or nonprofit

What are 20 Acts of Kindness?

Choose one of the 10 acts of kindness above, OR read on for 10 more random acts of kindness to try…

• Leave a note or drawing in a public place for someone to find
• Volunteer in a local hospital or nonprofit organization
• Donate blood
• Say thank you to delivery drivers
• Pay for someone else’s meal at a restaurant

• Mail a letter to a soldier
• Leave a coupon in the grocery store next to the correct product
• Pick up litter around your neighborhood or city
• Insert coins into a stranger’s parking meter
• Donate clothing or goods to a homeless shelter

What are 50 Acts of Kindness?

Looking for even more kind acts to help make someone’s day brighter?

In addition to the 20 above, here are 30 more to consider!

• Pay someone’s library fees
• Pay off someone’s layaways
• Take a neighbor or friend’s dog for a walk
• Offer to babysit for free
• Rake a neighbor’s leaves

• Over tip a waitress, hairdresser, or service person
• Buy and give away a lottery ticket
• Help someone cross the street
• Wash someone’s car for them
• Write a kind note on a napkin or card and leave in a random place

• Plant a tree, bush or wildflowers
• Hold the elevator for someone
• Donate your pop tabs
• Donate to a little library
• Drop off baked treats for a neighbor

• Donate to a kickstarter campaign
• Volunteer at a foodbank or local farm
• Mow a neighbor’s lawn
• Offer to pet sit for free
• Donate school supplies to a local school or organization

• Donate or purchase from a teacher’s wishlist
• Tell someone how they’ve positively influenced your life
• Give someone flowers for no reason
• Fill up a birdfeeder
• Donate your hair to an organization that makes wigs

• Adopt a pet
• Leave coins in a vending machine for people to find
• Wash someone’s car
• Help tutor a student
• Read a book to a child

Free Random Acts of Kindness

Sometimes, you want to perform a gesture of kindness, but don’t have a lot of extra funds to donate to causes or buy strangers coffee.

That’s ok! Turns out, there are a lot of acts of kindness that don’t cost a cent.

Here are some of my favorites….

• Write kind messages on sticky notes and leave them in random places
• Compliment someone’s hair, shoes, bag, outfit, eye color etc.
• Let someone go in front of you in a store checkout lane
• Write a kind note or poem and give to someone you know
• Smile at a stranger

Simple Kindness Acts

Some acts of kindness are grand gestures, which is great!

If you are looking for some simpler acts to try, though, start here…

• Let someone in front of you in traffic
• Pick up litter
• Hold a door open for someone
• Send an email or text letting someone know you are thinking of them
• Phone a friend or relative who would like to hear from you

(More) Acts of Kindness for Kids

Kids love getting involved in doing something kind for others! Encourage their spirit of generosity with these ideas….

• Paint a kindness rock and leave somewhere public
• Draw a picture on a sticky note and leave for someone to find
• Call a family member and tell them something you love about them
• Make a card for someone just because
• Mail a postcard to a friend or family member

• Help pick up litter
• Recycle
• Share with a friend
• Invite someone to play with you
• Read a book or tell a story to a younger sibling

Random Acts of Kindness at Work

The workplace is a great place to practice acts of kindness!

You spend the majority of your day with your coworkers, so why not show them a bit of kindness with these easy ideas…

• Clean out the office refrigerator
• Ditto for the office microwave
• Bring in treats to share with your coworkers
• Offer to help a coworker with a project or task
• Bring in coffee/chocolate/tea to share with coworkers

• Leave a sticky note saying something kind on a coworkers desk
• Offer to photocopy something for a coworker
• Make note of coworkers birthdays and remember to wish them a “happy birthday” on their special day
• Bring in a coffee for a coworker
• Give a coworker a compliment

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Have a great day!