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December 3, 2012

Advent Calendar Idea: Random Acts of Christmas Kindness

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How do you countdown to Christmas with your family?

Do you use an advent calendar?

Our family has decided to try something new this year and do a Random Acts of Christmas Kindness Advent calendar! 

We really enjoyed participating with Moms Fighting Hunger this fall and I thought this would be a fun way to bring the spirit of giving to the Christmas season.

List of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness Ideas

We made a list of ideas for Random Acts of Christmas Kindness, but decided to keep it simple and not do a formal calendar. 

This time of year is crazy and I wanted to make sure this project didn’t become a burden.  We also didn’t choose 24 activities right away so we can tailor our RACKs to the things we encounter this month.

Today is Day 3 and we have been having a blast! On Day 1 we gave up our prime spot at the taping of the ABC Christmas Day parade at Walt Disney World to a father who had a daughter in the parade, on Day 2 we donated money to the poor through our church, and today we paid for coffee in the car behind us at Starbucks.

Want to use this RACK’d card too? Keep reading to see how to print it at home!

RACK’d Card Printable

I made a free Random Acts of Christmas Kindness printable that we hand out with each act of kindness.  You can use it too for any RACKs you do this month.

  1. Just right click on it.
  2. Save it to your computer.
  3. Print on 4×6 inch photo paper–you can even have multiple copies made at Walgreens or an online photo site!

In addition to the list above we have also decided to try and visit a nursing home with some goodies, donate to our local Ronald McDonald House, and tell Nurturestore’s Christmas jokes to our friends.  But we’ll still have room for more!

What fun kindness ideas do you have for us?

If having things all planned out is your thing be sure to download our free printable Random Acts of Christmas Kindness Advent Calendar!

And for even more RACK ideas check out:

  • Holiday Mail for Heroes: Send a Card to a Service Member
  • Random Act of Christmas Kindness: Help a Neighbor
  • Random Acts Kindness and Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
  • 24 Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for Kids
  • all of our Acts of Kindness posts

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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Comments

  1. Lorie says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:14 am

    I love this list!!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      December 4, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      Thanks Lorie! It has been lots of fun so far!!!

      Reply
  2. Melissa @ mamamiss says

    December 4, 2012 at 11:17 am

    LOVE IT!!!!!! I love your little card too!!! :):):)

    xx m

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    • Megan says

      December 4, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      Awww! Thanks! I’m glad you like the card!

      Reply
  3. Kathy says

    December 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing. You are so creative!!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      December 4, 2012 at 10:21 pm

      Thanks! We have been having lots of fun with it!

      Reply
  4. cathy@nurturestore.co.uk says

    December 4, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Hope the jokes give you some giggles!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      December 4, 2012 at 10:20 pm

      They are so cute! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  5. The Iowa Farmer's Wife says

    December 11, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    Ahhh I love the candy cane bomb idea!! Brilliant! Will have to add that to our list next year!

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 13, 2012 at 9:26 pm

      I love your reindeer candy canes! We are totally trying those! And we are super excited to do it. At first the kids wanted to walk around Target and throw candy canes in people’s carts and I thought it would be fun to wrap a neighbor’s mailbox post in yarn with candy cane stripes…candy cane bombing is what we agreed on!

      Reply
  6. Cynthia says

    November 20, 2013 at 5:32 am

    How do I print off your free random acts of kindness that you reference above. Live the idea. Thanks

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 20, 2013 at 7:50 pm

      Right click on the picture and then save it to your computer. Let me know if you have trouble!

      Reply
  7. Coco Cana says

    December 6, 2013 at 6:17 pm

    This is a great list. We’ll be doing some of these things for sure. I also recommend having your kids buy gifts for children in need. My family bought gifts for Operation Christmas Child (link here) and it was an awesome family project! http: //mytalesfromthecrib.blogspot.com/2013/11/operation-christmas-child-donating.html

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 8, 2013 at 1:06 pm

      We love doing Operation Christmas Child! This year we also adopted a 4 year old girl off the angel tree and have been enjoying giving her a total Christmas experience! Keep up the good work! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Lynn says

    November 16, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Thank you, Megan. You are giving Random Acts of Kindness by sharing this with each and every one of us. Thank you, thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family. My sister-in-law posted your information on FACEBOOK! Lynn

    Reply
  9. Valerie Csavina says

    November 29, 2015 at 7:19 pm

    I want the RACK”d Card too please 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 29, 2015 at 9:59 pm

      If you look right under the picture of the card in the post there is a link you can click on to get it! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Kathy Ramsay says

    November 19, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    Can I use the Random Acts of Christmas Kindness 2016 for my Sunday School. I’d like to make copies for the 20 students.

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 19, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Yep! That would definitely fall under classroom use. Merry Christmas!

      Reply
      • Kathy says

        November 21, 2016 at 8:21 pm

        thank you and thanks for sharing

        Reply

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