This year, I have a 5, 3 and 1 year old boys who are all so excited, in each their own way, for all the holiday-ness that is about to come our way in December. A big part of what Christmas means to me is giving. I love making hand-crafting girls, making homemade body products with essential oils, and chocolates for friends and family! My kids are already going on about all the things they want Santa to bring, and although I love playing along and letting them have their Santa Clause fantasy, I really want to instill in them that this time of year we should focus on blessing others and being good people in conjunction with Santa bringing us a gift.
After scouring the internet for ideas on how my 5 and 3 year old's can bless others, I come up pretty short on ideas that A) didn't cost us tons of money (hello, raising three kids isn't cheap!), and B) wasn't super involved or over their heads.
So here is a list of 25 ideas on how 3-5 year old's can bless others this season that will make an impact on them, as well and help your community!
1. Learn a few Christmas carols and visit a retirement home
2. Draw pictures and mail to family and friends with your holiday cards
3. Ask friends who do not celebrate your same holiday traditions to come over for a play date and to teach you about their traditions
4. Bake cookies with mommy or daddy and share with neighbors
5. Offer to babysit a friends children for a few hours and do a holiday craft with them
6. Visit your local animal shelter and pet animals (bonus: buy some pet treats to take and give!)
7. Go for a walk and pick up garbage (Caution!! Watch your kids close and have them wear gloves!)
8. Sort your toys and books and clothes and donate those you don't need to a shelter, children's hospital, or local consignment store
9. Make bird or squirrel feeders and place them outside for the animals
10. Visit a pond and take stale bread to feed the birds
11. Paint Love Rocks and leave around your park for others to find
12. Put change in the red bucket outside grocery stores and talk about how the money will help others
13. Put together a box of food and drop at the local food bank
14. Make treats or pictures to take to your local librarians, nurses at the pediatrician, teachers, or babysitters
15. If you have yard space, plant a Christmas tree to grow for the future
16. Smile at everyone in the grocery store and say something nice to them
17. Make a video with mommy of you singing a Christmas song and email to grandparents
18. Leave a treat in the mail box for the mail deliverer
19. Take homemade goodies to your local fire and police stations
20. Invite friends over for a holiday part
21. Leave some puzzles or coloring books in a children's waiting area
22. Take chalk on a walk and leave pretty pictures on the sidewalk for others
23. Learn a new joke and recite it at family gatherings
24. Take bubbles to the park and share them with kids you don't know
25. Help decorate for the holidays
I hope you and yours find time to bless others this time of year, as well and take time for yourself as a family to celebrate. Leave some comments below of more ways small children and bless others!
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