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.
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.
- Just right click on it.
- Save it to your computer.
- 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:
I love this list!!
Thanks Lorie! It has been lots of fun so far!!!
LOVE IT!!!!!! I love your little card too!!! :):):)
xx m
Awww! Thanks! I’m glad you like the card!
What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing. You are so creative!!
Thanks! We have been having lots of fun with it!
Hope the jokes give you some giggles!
They are so cute! Thanks for sharing!
Ahhh I love the candy cane bomb idea!! Brilliant! Will have to add that to our list next year!
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!
How do I print off your free random acts of kindness that you reference above. Live the idea. Thanks
Right click on the picture and then save it to your computer. Let me know if you have trouble!
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
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! 🙂
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
I want the RACK”d Card too please 🙂
If you look right under the picture of the card in the post there is a link you can click on to get it! 🙂
Can I use the Random Acts of Christmas Kindness 2016 for my Sunday School. I’d like to make copies for the 20 students.
Yep! That would definitely fall under classroom use. Merry Christmas!
thank you and thanks for sharing