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Kindness cards for neighbours

Make cards, drawings or small treats and deliver them to neighbours, grandparents or a local aged-care home.

  • Ages 3–12best for 4–10
  • 1–2 hoursabout 20 mins of prep
  • Prepare days aheadplan below
  • Freenothing to buy
  • At home (inside)any weather
  • Some helplow mess

Plan it

Good planning makes a good day. Tick things off as you go.

1Days before

2On the day

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You'll need

From home

  • Card
  • textas
  • stickers
  • envelopes
🪄 Wizard's tip

Ask them who should get one. Kids often pick people adults overlook, like the postie or the bin collector.

How to do it

  1. Talk about who might like a surprise.
  2. Make cards with drawings and a message.
  3. Deliver them together (letterbox, door, or aged-care reception).
  4. Talk about how it felt to give.

Younger kids: Draw a picture and pop it in a neighbour's letterbox together.

Older kids: Write messages, bake a small batch of biscuits, and plan who to surprise and why.

⚠ Safety Deliver together; kids don't approach strangers' doors alone.

Builds Empathy & kindnessCreativityCommunication

Clean-up 10 minutes.

Make it a bigger day Bake ANZAC biscuits to deliver with the cards.

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Kindness cards for neighbours