Kindness & Gratitude Activities
Kindness at S&S Worldwide
Creating an environment that encourages Kindness and sharing it throughout the larger community is important to us.
The support our associates show to one another, as well as the larger community, is what inspires the culture at S&S Worldwide.
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
Creative Reads™ - Be Kind Kit
“Be Kind” is always a good message to share! With our new and exclusive Creative Reads™ kit, you can provide a themed, hands-on experience to complement story time and introduce your kids to project-based learning.
Your group can decorate these magnets in so many ways - with paint, markers, collage materials, and more! We also sell the magnets individually.
Gratitude Journals
Our kid and teen gratitude journals have been created to help guide elementary to middle and high school age kids to recognize and be thankful for the big and simple things in their life.
These 100-page journals have a high-quality cardstock cover with heavy weight 80# paper pages inside. There are 4 packs to choose from - individual journals to purchase and 12 packs, both for kids or for teens.
COMMMUNITY KINDNESS
Kindness Art Projects
One of our favorite ideas to encourage a community culture of kindness is to work on a collaborative kit. These projects allow individual creativity and self expression, combined with team work.
A kindness art project lends itself to a wide age group from young children to older adults. Create a kindness quilt, or use our scatter kindness canvas with hearts. Each individual can create their own message and design, to then tie or glue them all up at the end and proudly display.
Inspirational Messages to Brighten the Day
Encouraging messages and a reminder to be positive throughout the day can have an impact on your community.
We've gathered a few of our favorite suggestions for you that are affordable and easy ways for individuals to express their kindness artistically and share with others to build a positive environment.
Kindness Rocks
Spread the love, happiness, and joy throughout the community by decorating your own kindness rocks with inspirational messages.
Place them around your local community to help spread the message to others, and make someone's day.
Wearable Positivity
Put a smile on everyone's face that you cross paths with that day.
Whether it be an Emoji design, a word like "SMILE" or a favorite happy quote; you have the opportunity to really bring out the best in someone's day by carrying your positive messaging with you.
Spread PEACE
Get creative together as you spread PEACE and Kindness with participants in this art project.
Our IMAGINE PEACE Velvet Art Kit is perfect for a colorful reminder of how participants can create a peaceful and caring environment.
Give & Receive Compliments
It feels just as good to give a compliment as it does to receive one. Which is why these craft sticks are perfect for creating a community compliment jar.
Encourage members, students or residents to write compliments on these colorful craft sticks to place in a jar, as well as take one when they need to brighten their day.
INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF KINDNESS
Watercolor Wall Art
With inspirational sayings like Be Awesome, Make Every Day Count, and Believe in Yourself - these resist art watercolor messages have colorful power packed behind their positive vibe.
These are perfect to place in a picture frame and hang on the wall to help as a daily reminder to stay positive and have confidence.
Make a Kindness Bracelet
What better way to show someone you're thinking about them that lasts longer than a smile, than a bracelet built with love!
We have dozens of beads to choose from, but these are a few of our favorites that fit along right with our Kindness theme.
Coloring with a Purpose
Coloring is fun and relaxing, but there is something special behind coloring to give. Although we have hundreds of items to color and paint in our Velvet Art and Color Me product lines, we love the featured items below. Our Velvet Art To Go allows for Kindness On-the-Go. There are Velvet Art images on one side and an area to write a quote and leave your name on the back.
Both our Good Vibes Craft Kit cards and our Greetings Cards are perfect to help make someone's birthday special, wish them well, congratulate them, celebrate something or just because. Then of course our Color Me Blank Puzzles. We love writing inspiring quotes on these with bold colors so that the puzzle maker can smile when they read the special note we've left them.
Give a Flower with Power
It feels just as good to give a compliment as it does to receive one. Which is why these craft sticks are perfect for creating a community compliment jar.
Encourage members, students or residents to write compliments on these colorful craft sticks to place in a jar, as well as take one when they need to brighten their day.
FUNDRAISING FOR A CAUSE
Fundraising Ideas
Whether it is a local charity, a family or individual that needs support or a national non-profit organization - encouraging those in your program and community to give back is important.
There are many ways to raise funds and help out, regardless of age or ability. We have listed some ideas below as well as some Fundraising Start Up Kits and Necessities for raffles and events.
Caught Being Kind
What does being kind look like? When working with children and young students, you may need some incentives or rewards to encourage kindness in your classroom or program.
Below are some ideas that you can use to give students that are "Caught Being Kind", or even as a fun giveaway to celebrate a week of Kindness.