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June 10, 2013

Acts of Kindness for Kids: Chalk Messages

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Leaving chalk messages for people is one of our favorite kindness acts and is perfect for summer!  The only supply you need for chalk messages is sidewalk chalk so they are the perfect random act of kindness for kids.

Acts of Kindness for Kids: Chalk Messages

We have had so much fun leaving chalk messages for people that we know and don’t know.  You can brighten a neighbor’s day by drawing on their driveway when they aren’t home or write a note at the park or on the sidewalk for strangers to find.

Write a chalk message to brighten someone's day!

 We have always left ours anonymously, but it would be fun to leave a birthday message at a friend’s house or a congratulations message for a big day too!  The sky really is the limit when it comes to chalk messages!

More easy acts of kindness for kids:

  • Acts of Kindness for Kids {and You!} Pinterest Board
  • Acts of Kindness: Give a Cup of Coffee
  • Kids Crafts: Acts of Kindness for the Earth

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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  1. Jessica @ Play Trains! says

    June 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    I love it when I see chalk messages on the pavement at parks! Great idea to use it as an act of kindness for children. Pinning.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 12, 2013 at 10:36 am

      Me too Jessica!!! There is just something so sweet about children’s drawings that makes it such a wonderful kindness act! Thanks so much for pinning!!!

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  2. Deb @ Living Montessori Now says

    June 13, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    I love uplifting sidewalk chalk messages like the ones I’ve seen on the Sidewalk Chalk Project Facebook page. What a lovely idea to have your children leave kind messages in chalk! I pinned your post to my Kindness Projects Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/kindness-projects/

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      June 13, 2013 at 10:49 pm

      Thanks Deb! I cannot wait to check out that FB page! I did not know about it! So cool!!!

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  3. Sandra May says

    January 18, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    I have always let my kids and now my grandkids play with chalk. A friend of mine moved into a neighborhood across the park from where I live, let her daughter and daycare kids draw on her own sidewalk and driveway. The homeowners association told her it was graffiti and that she had to clean it up or pay a fine! We were appalled! We’d never heard of such a thing. These kids were 5 years old and under. So, people might want to check to see what is acceptable in their neighborhood before leaving random acts of kindness of chalk. They might get slapped with a fine.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      January 18, 2014 at 8:34 pm

      Oh my goodness Sandra! Whoa! I can’t imagine not being able to draw on the sidewalk or driveway with sidewalk chalk. 🙁

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  4. jenna says

    April 29, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    love this

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 29, 2014 at 4:06 pm

      Thanks Jenna!

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  5. Klaudia says

    June 21, 2021 at 11:37 am

    Megan are you Polish I am

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