13 ideas for your kids & teens to spread kindness from home!
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Dear Superheroes,
As you hunker down at home with your families for the upcoming weeks we are here to support you. We KNOW that minutes can sometimes feel like hours when you run out of things to do and places to go… We feel you, so we created 13 Acts of Kindness that can be completed during quarantine! These activities encourage kindness, spark creativity and promote service within your home and community. Remember to snap some photos or video! Post your photos on social media and use the #GPPKindnessChallenge so we can find them! So wash your hands… Roll up your sleeves and let’s get to work! SAFETY NOTE: ***Remember to follow guidelines and restrictions set by your local government agencies and health organizations for staying safe during this time. Before beginning any of these activities, talk to your parents or guardians to ensure that your chosen activity fits within safety guidelines.***
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JOIN #GPP'S KINDNESS CHALLENGE! prizes will be awarded to a select number of participants!
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Activity #1: Superhero Invasion!
Age: All Family
Calling all superheroes! This is a super fun activity that your whole neighborhood can do! The idea is simple. Plaster your windows with your kids’ drawings of superheroes. When families take a walk on your block, your kids can be on the hunt for all of the superheroes in your neighbors’ windows! You can also add superhero action figures or anything else that’s “superhero” themed to your window display. Invite your neighbors to do the same!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures with our league of superheroes. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge so we can find them!
Age: All Family
Calling all superheroes! This is a super fun activity that your whole neighborhood can do! The idea is simple. Plaster your windows with your kids’ drawings of superheroes. When families take a walk on your block, your kids can be on the hunt for all of the superheroes in your neighbors’ windows! You can also add superhero action figures or anything else that’s “superhero” themed to your window display. Invite your neighbors to do the same!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures with our league of superheroes. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge so we can find them!
We LOVE this drawing from @bribelser on Instagram!
Activity # 2: Thank Our Superheroes with a Chalk Walk
Age: All Family or 16 years and older
Use your artistic Superpowers to create THANK YOU messages in chalk! Grab your chalk and take field trip to a sidewalk near a hospital, fire station, police department, grocery store, etc. Use your creativity and write a colorful "thank you" message to the heroes who are keeping us safe during this time!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures on GPP's social media to inspire others. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
Age: All Family or 16 years and older
Use your artistic Superpowers to create THANK YOU messages in chalk! Grab your chalk and take field trip to a sidewalk near a hospital, fire station, police department, grocery store, etc. Use your creativity and write a colorful "thank you" message to the heroes who are keeping us safe during this time!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures on GPP's social media to inspire others. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
Activity 3: Mail a Love Note to a Loved One
Age: All Family
A little love note can go a long way to boost someone else's spirits! Think of your family members/friends who are quarantined alone right now. Is it a grandparent? A teacher? A friend? Practice your superpowers of writing and drawing to create a note, card or letter that will surely brighten their day!
Activity 4: Secret Superhero
Age: All Family
This activity is very similar to "Secret Santa" with a superhero twist! Make a list of everyone you're quarantined with on strips of paper. Put the names in a hat or a jar, etc. Take turns selecting a name from the hat. (Shhh... This is your Secret Superhero.) Every day (for a week) you will give homemade presents (macaroni necklace, homemade cookies, Lego creation, drawing, greeting card, etc.) or treasures (wild flowers, pine cone, roll of toilet paper, etc.) to your Secret Superhero. Then on the last day, reveal your Secret Superhero identities!
Age: All Family
This activity is very similar to "Secret Santa" with a superhero twist! Make a list of everyone you're quarantined with on strips of paper. Put the names in a hat or a jar, etc. Take turns selecting a name from the hat. (Shhh... This is your Secret Superhero.) Every day (for a week) you will give homemade presents (macaroni necklace, homemade cookies, Lego creation, drawing, greeting card, etc.) or treasures (wild flowers, pine cone, roll of toilet paper, etc.) to your Secret Superhero. Then on the last day, reveal your Secret Superhero identities!
Activity #5: Superhero "Thank You" Card
Age: All Family
Use your superpowers of creativity and kindness to make “thank you” cards for the nurses, doctors, and all other healthcare workers who are battling COVID-19 in the hospitals and other facilities. GPP is working with parents, teachers, schools and school districts in Arizona and other parts of the US to achieve this Greater Purpose Project on a larger scale.
Step 1: Fold a sheet of paper in half (construction paper is great for this).
Step 2: Draw a picture and include a note of gratitude, love and encouragement.
Step 3: Invite your kids' classmates, family members, soccer team etc. to make cards too!
Step 4: If you know a healthcare worker, ask if you can deliver the cards to him/her in a plastic bag. The healthcare worker can share the cards with their co-workers. **Please refrain from dropping off the cards (unannounced) at hospital or other medical facility during this time.**
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Mail your cards to The Greater Purpose Project and we will deliver them to healthcare workers who will distribute to local hospitals in the Greater Phoenix and Tucson area.
Mail To:
The Greater Purpose Project
3104 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona
85016
Age: All Family
Use your superpowers of creativity and kindness to make “thank you” cards for the nurses, doctors, and all other healthcare workers who are battling COVID-19 in the hospitals and other facilities. GPP is working with parents, teachers, schools and school districts in Arizona and other parts of the US to achieve this Greater Purpose Project on a larger scale.
Step 1: Fold a sheet of paper in half (construction paper is great for this).
Step 2: Draw a picture and include a note of gratitude, love and encouragement.
Step 3: Invite your kids' classmates, family members, soccer team etc. to make cards too!
Step 4: If you know a healthcare worker, ask if you can deliver the cards to him/her in a plastic bag. The healthcare worker can share the cards with their co-workers. **Please refrain from dropping off the cards (unannounced) at hospital or other medical facility during this time.**
OR
Mail your cards to The Greater Purpose Project and we will deliver them to healthcare workers who will distribute to local hospitals in the Greater Phoenix and Tucson area.
Mail To:
The Greater Purpose Project
3104 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona
85016
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Activity 6: Neighborhood "Chalk Talk"
Age: All Family Grab your chalk and head outside! Use your sidewalk as your canvas to create drawings and encouraging messages for your neighbors to enjoy on their daily walks. Leave some chalk out and invite passersby to write their own messages! |
We love this chalk drawing from lgeorgescu on Instagram!
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A huge shout out to Emma Dinnan and Lucie Grimes (pictured above). These 16-year olds just completed a Food Drive Challenge with the Corona Del Sol High School Girls' Lacrosse Team!
Activity 7: Host a Local Food Drive
Age: All Family and or 16 and older
In the Greater Phoenix area - more than half a million children depend on their school for meals. Since Arizona schools are closed for the rest of the year, there are hundreds of families struggling to eat. The Greater Purpose Project is working with teenagers across the state to help combat this problem by hosting food drive challenges!
Dig through your cupboards and help stock the shelves of a local foodbank in your area. Invite your neighbors to do the same. If you want to spice up your food drive; make it a competition! This works great for high school sports teams or other groups. Here's an easy way to do it!
Step 1: Divide your team into mini-teams of five people or less. Determine the duration of the food drive. How many weeks will your challenge go?
Step 2: Invite the mini-teams to reach out to their family/friends to donate items.
Step 3: Give each team a point for each donation they collect. (Ex: a jar of peanut butter is worth one point, a jar of pasta sauce is worth one point.) Give each team a point any time they create a social media post about the food drive.
Step 4: At the end of each week host a ZOOM call and have each mini-team report how many items they collected. Track the results.
Step 5: At the end of the challenge, determine the winning team and give them their prize!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures on GPP's social media to inspire others. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
Age: All Family and or 16 and older
In the Greater Phoenix area - more than half a million children depend on their school for meals. Since Arizona schools are closed for the rest of the year, there are hundreds of families struggling to eat. The Greater Purpose Project is working with teenagers across the state to help combat this problem by hosting food drive challenges!
Dig through your cupboards and help stock the shelves of a local foodbank in your area. Invite your neighbors to do the same. If you want to spice up your food drive; make it a competition! This works great for high school sports teams or other groups. Here's an easy way to do it!
Step 1: Divide your team into mini-teams of five people or less. Determine the duration of the food drive. How many weeks will your challenge go?
Step 2: Invite the mini-teams to reach out to their family/friends to donate items.
Step 3: Give each team a point for each donation they collect. (Ex: a jar of peanut butter is worth one point, a jar of pasta sauce is worth one point.) Give each team a point any time they create a social media post about the food drive.
Step 4: At the end of each week host a ZOOM call and have each mini-team report how many items they collected. Track the results.
Step 5: At the end of the challenge, determine the winning team and give them their prize!
When you’re done remember to snap some photos! We’d love to share your pictures on GPP's social media to inspire others. Email your photos to: [email protected]. If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
Activity 8: Driveway Concert
Age: All Family
Calling all rockstars! Got a guitar? A saxophone? Or do you dream of becoming the next American Idol? Host a free concert in your driveway for your neighbors to enjoy! If you want to take your concert to the next level, record a Facebook Live so that all of your friends and family can enjoy your concert from miles away!
Age: All Family
Calling all rockstars! Got a guitar? A saxophone? Or do you dream of becoming the next American Idol? Host a free concert in your driveway for your neighbors to enjoy! If you want to take your concert to the next level, record a Facebook Live so that all of your friends and family can enjoy your concert from miles away!
Activity 9: Take a Hike!
Age: All Family
If you're looking for an instant mood boost, then grab the family and explore any hiking trails that are open at this time! Bring a plastic bag and be on the look-out for trash and or recyclables to pick-up and discard. We guarantee your playtime outdoors will be a gift to you and the environment.
Age: All Family
If you're looking for an instant mood boost, then grab the family and explore any hiking trails that are open at this time! Bring a plastic bag and be on the look-out for trash and or recyclables to pick-up and discard. We guarantee your playtime outdoors will be a gift to you and the environment.
We love this photo courtesy @thekindnessrocksproject. Follow them on Instagram!
Activity 10: Paint "Happy Little" Rocks
Age: All Family
Go on a rock hunt and find the perfect gems to paint! After you select your rocks, use your artistic superpowers to paint cheerful designs or messages. Place the happy rocks around your neighborhood for everyone to enjoy. Or if you know of a neighbor who may be in quarantine alone, drop a painted rock at their home and leave a kind note.
Bonus Activity: Create a "rock hunt" for your neighborhood! After you're finished painting the rocks, place them around your neighborhood and invite your neighbors to search for all of your "rocks of art."
If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
Age: All Family
Go on a rock hunt and find the perfect gems to paint! After you select your rocks, use your artistic superpowers to paint cheerful designs or messages. Place the happy rocks around your neighborhood for everyone to enjoy. Or if you know of a neighbor who may be in quarantine alone, drop a painted rock at their home and leave a kind note.
Bonus Activity: Create a "rock hunt" for your neighborhood! After you're finished painting the rocks, place them around your neighborhood and invite your neighbors to search for all of your "rocks of art."
If you post the photos on social media remember to use the #GPPKindnessChallenge.
This photo is courtesy of Pillows from Preston. The sewing superheroes from this amazing nonprofit have sewn more than 600 masks and counting! Check them out here: http://www.pillowsfrompreston.org/index.html
Activity 11: Sew Good!
Age: All Family
Is sewing your superpower?! Grab some fabric and put your (sewing machine) pedal to the medal! Help the mask shortage by creating some of your own and giving them away to family, friends and essential workers. Here is a link for a pattern to guide you. https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/
Age: All Family
Is sewing your superpower?! Grab some fabric and put your (sewing machine) pedal to the medal! Help the mask shortage by creating some of your own and giving them away to family, friends and essential workers. Here is a link for a pattern to guide you. https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern/
Activity 12: Host a Superhero Story time!
Age: Middle School or High School
Do you have younger cousins or family friends who are quarantined at home? We know they would love to hear from you! Grab a book and schedule a FaceTime, Zoom Call or other video chat with them. Read the kids a few books, and or tell a few jokes! The kids will love it! Bonus: Dress up like a superhero or other costume while you read!
Age: Middle School or High School
Do you have younger cousins or family friends who are quarantined at home? We know they would love to hear from you! Grab a book and schedule a FaceTime, Zoom Call or other video chat with them. Read the kids a few books, and or tell a few jokes! The kids will love it! Bonus: Dress up like a superhero or other costume while you read!
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Activity 13: Make a Superhero Snack!
Age: All Family Is baking your superpower? Treat your family to some cookies, bread or other superhero snack! They will love it! (Just remember to pick up the kitchen when you're done.) |
We love 6-year-old Lincoln Vedadi! Stay tuned for his Superhero Baking segment with #GPP Founder, Lauren Burgoyne!
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Don't forget to share your acts of kindness with us! We can't wait to see you superheroes in action!
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