100 Acts of Kindness Challenge

Purpose: To make this world a kinder place, one act of kindness at a time!

Preparation:
You will need:
• 100 photocopies of Acts of Kindness for Kids poster (either as an 8 x 11 sheet or enlarge
it to 11 x 17-inch paper).
• Post the poster onto the wall where it can be easily seen.

Instructions:
1. Challenge your class to complete the list of 100 Acts of Kindness for Kids either
individually or as a class project.
2. Individual project:
a. Give each student a copy of the challenge to either tape to their desk or put into
a folder or duotang.
b. Each morning, ask students to reflect on their actions the day before and
highlight the acts of kindness they remember doing.
c. Discuss as a class who students were kind to - relatives, friends, strangers,
classmates, etc.
d. Have students look over their remaining acts each day and make a goal of
completing one or two between now and the next morning.
e. Celebrate the total number of kind acts that students are doing each day either
by adding the numbers together or asking students how many they have
accomplished.
3. Class project:
. Follow the process above but highlight the kindness items as a class.

Modifications:
1. Challenge other classes in the school and see who which one can complete the most
acts of kindness.
2. Create the challenge during a set time, i.e., during Random Acts of Kindness Day or
Week, and invite the whole school to participate.
3. Create posters displaying acts of kindness and put them up in the school to remind
everyone to be kind.
4. Have a kindness detective week, where your class observes other students being kind
and highlights the ones they see in the school or in the classroom.

Adapted from:
http://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com
1. Put change in a vending machine. 51. Sing songs at a nursing home.
2. Hold the door open for someone. 52. Invite someone to play on the playground.
3. Do a chore for someone without them knowing. 53. Tell the principal how great your teacher is.
4. Tell a joke. 54. Donate a toy to Toys for Tots.
5. Return someone’s cart at the store. 55. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.
6. Give candy to your bank teller. 56. Say thank you when you see service members.
7. Leave a letter in a library book. 57. Fill a kindness jar with candy for another family.
8. Feed the birds. 58. Make a thank you sign for sanitation workers.
9. Leave happy notes around town. 59. Make a busy bag for a family with young children.
10. Put a small bin in your car to collect recycling. 60. Bring cookies to the custodian.
11. Call your grandparents and ask them about their 61. Help make dinner.
childhood. 62. Donate new pajamas for foster kids.
12. Pick up litter. 63. Make a get well card for someone.
13. Let someone go ahead of you in line. 64. Bring your neighbors’ garbage cans up for them.
14. Compliment a friend. 65. Take care of someone’s pet while they’re away.
15. Wash someone’s car. 66. Leave a popcorn surprise on a DVD rental machine.
16. Write a thank you note for your mail carrier. 67. Share a special toy with a friend.
17. Plant something. 68. Clean up your room without being asked.
18. Bake dessert for a neighbor 69. Tape a video message for faraway friends.
19. Walk dogs at the animal shelter. 70. Leave kindness stones at the park.
20. Check in on an elderly neighbor. 71. Give a candy bar to the bus driver.
21. Set up a lemonade stand and donate the profits. 72. Send dessert to another family at a restaurant.
22. Send a card to a service member. 73. Give spare change to the food pantry.
23. Bury treasure at the playground. 74. Buy extra school supplies for a teacher.
24. Set the table for dinner. 75. Make muffins for your pharmacist.
25. Leave bubbles on someone’s doorstep. 76. Teach someone something new.
26. Put money on a stranger’s layaway bill. 77. Reuse paper when you are drawing.
27. Tell someone why they are special to you. 78. Pay for someone’s toll.
28. Donate outgrown clothes. 79. Give someone a hug coupon.
29. Buy a coffee for a stranger. 80. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
30. Pass out stickers to kids waiting in line. 81. Write a note for someone’s lunch.
31. Talk to someone new at school. 82. Collect money or items for your favorite charity.
32. Write chalk messages on the sidewalk. 83. Donate coloring books and crayons to the children’s
33. Weed or shovel for a neighbor. hospital.
34. Donate food to the food pantry. 84. Write a poem for a friend.
35. Bring flowers to your teacher. 85. Ask for donations instead of birthday gifts.
36. Tell a manager how good your service was. 86. Help someone unload groceries at the store.
37. Tape change to a parking meter. 87. Make a candy gram for the police department.
38. Donate socks and supplies to the homeless shelter. 88. Collect books for the library.
39. Give a lottery ticket to a stranger. 89. Adopt an animal online.
40. Call a friend you haven’t seen in a while to say hello. 90. Decorate tissue boxes and hand sanitizer for nursing
41. Tape money for the ice cream truck to a friend’s front stations.
door. 91. Make a homemade gift for someone.
42. Take treats to the fire station. 92. Clean up your toys without being asked.
43. Read a book to someone. 93. Deliver water bottles to the homeless shelter.
44. Leave heads up pennies on the sidewalk. 94. Create activity bags for families of deployed soldiers.
45. Donate a book to a doctor’s office waiting room. 95. Give high fives to a friend.
46. Tell someone how much you love them. 96. Make a thank you card for your librarian.
47. Say hello to everyone you see. 97. Dry the slides at the park with a towel after it rains.
48. Make someone else’s bed. 98. Make play dough for a preschool class.
49. Hold the door open for someone. 99. Send a postcard to a friend.
50. Wave at kids on school buses. 100. Smile at everybody. It’s contagious.