25 Kindness Elves Activities

The kindness Elves have been spreading the true Spirit of Christmas since 2013. Twelve days before Christmas they arrive to give daily prompts to the kids on how they can be kind. Check out these 25 kindness elves activities below to spread love and service to your family, friends, community, world, and nature.

Every morning the kids will wake up to a new idea and a letter from the day before about a specific positive action the elves saw. You can still keep the elves doing silly antics like the original Elf on the shelf, but take the focus away from blame, shame, and bribery. The Kindness elves only see the lovely and reinforce that. Gifts from Santa and anyone are given out of love, not because we are good.

Kindness elves Activities for Family/Friends

Teaching your child about kindness happens first in the home. With Caring for siblings, pets, and parents. All year long we can be encouraging them to help, but Christmas is an especially magical time, because giving is the true spirit of Christmas. Listed below are kindness elf activities for at home.

• Pray for your Family -we do a full day of learning about how we can simply go to God and ask for love and peace to be spread to family, friends, our community and our world
• Make Dinner– depending on the age of your children they can help or do this alone
• Compliment Day– Compliment everyone in the household all day long. Teach your youngest kids what a compliment is and how wonderful it can make someone feel. Never hold back a positive thought about someone
• Send a letter– bless an extended family member or friend by sending them something beautiful in the mail
• Do someone else’s chores
• Be kind to yourself- Write out words of affirmations with the kids to teach them positive self thought and talk. Being kind to ourselves is just as important as being kind to others
• Be kind to your body– Teach your children that having a well balanced diet, getting active, and drinking plenty of water is vital to be kind to the body we have been given. Here is our favorite ways to GET ACTIVE as a family. but of course…
• Make a sweet treat- Share a special Christmas dessert, because not having perfect self control is shown to bring a longer, more happy life! Share it with a friend or family member

Community Kindness Elves Activities

How you you bless the people in your community this Christmas? Here are some ways to show your kids how to care for those in your local community.

• Pray for your community
• Donate food to a local food pantry– take the kids to the grocery store and have them select things that are on the list of needs, but things that they love too.
• Buy a Christmas gift for a child in need
• Shovel a neighbors yard/or do yard work if you have no snow
• Take goodies or make a card for your local first responders- Make sure to call ahead to ask what they will except/like.
• Donate supplies to local animal shelter
• Deliver flowers to someone
• Paint kindness rocks and spread them on a local walking trail
• Donate warm clothes to a shelter
• Smile at everyone you see that day

Global Kindness Elves Activities

The kindness doesn’t have to stop in your community. The world is vast and love is needed in every corner. Teach your kids these things by having the kindness elves offer suggestions that will bless those far far away who need support too.

• Pray for the world
• Buy an animal for a family in need– Heifer International offers you the ability to buy an animal that will provide food or help to a family in a hurting nation. It makes a great gift to do one in honor or someone you love too.
• Send Cards to military
• Find a global organization that speaks to your family and donate. One of our other favorites is Love 146 that fights to stop human trafficking in children specifically.

Nature Kindness Elves Activities

Our kindness can extend to nature too. We as a family believe in doing our best to keep the earth clean and healthy. If you feel the same way, you may already do some of these things on the daily. You could have a refresher course with the kindness elves on why you do these things. If you don’t do them, now is a fabulous time to take small steps.

• Start composting– take your food scraps and put them to good use, or just keep them out of those plastic bags in the land fills. Here is a simple guide to start.
• Pick up trash outside
• Start Recycling or have a 100% Waste free day
• Feed the birds
• Pray for the earth– That more people, including our governments, will see that we need to take better care of the earth

I hope these 25 kindness elves activities left you with a sense of hope that it isn’t too difficult to show love and be a light. We need your unique talents and heart to make the world a better place. Be blessed this holiday season and always.

Keep Blooming! ~Bekah

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