Activity Summary:
Kids create their very own “Kindness Passport” and earn stamps by doing small acts of kindness inspired by countries around the world. This activity teaches empathy, global awareness, and good old-fashioned kindness in a way that feels like a game or mission!
✈️ What You’ll Need:
A printable or handmade “passport” (just folded paper or a printable template you can offer on your site!)
Markers, crayons, scissors, and glue
Internet access or a printed guide (optional) for cultural info
Stickers or space to draw “stamps”
A parent or older sibling to help explain ideas
📚 How It Works:
Make Your Passport!
Kids decorate the front of their passport with their name, a drawing of themselves, and a made-up “Kindness Country.”Pick 5 Countries
Choose 5 real countries (you can offer a rotating list each month!). For each country, there’s a kindness mission based on cultural values or practices. Example:Japan 🇯🇵: Practice omotenashi—the spirit of hospitality. Mission: Make a handmade card for a neighbor or teacher.
India 🇮🇳: Inspired by the value of seva (selfless service). Mission: Help clean a shared space without being asked.
Ghana 🇬🇭: Inspired by community storytelling. Mission: Call or talk to a grandparent and ask them to tell a story.
Philippines 🇵🇭: Known for bayanihan (communal unity). Mission: Do a surprise chore to help your family.
Korea 🇰🇷: Inspired by respect for elders. Mission: Write a note or draw a picture thanking someone older than you.
Stamp Your Passport
After completing each act of kindness, draw or stick a “stamp” in your passport page for that country.Reflect (in kid terms!)
On each page, kids can answer simple prompts:What did you do?
How did it make someone else feel?
How did you feel after doing it?
Show Off Your Passport
Parents or teachers can celebrate kids’ progress with a Kindness Certificate, or post pictures of completed passports online (with permission).
🌏 Educational Benefits:
Global Learning: Learn about other cultures in a fun, hands-on way
Empathy Skills: See the impact of kind actions on others
Language & Writing: Practice storytelling through reflection
Responsibility: Follow through on real-world tasks
🐯 Tiger Cub Bonus Challenge:
“Can you create your own country and design a kindness mission for it? What values would your people have? What good deed would represent them?”
Let kids invent their own “kindness culture” and share it!
