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Advent Preparations: Kids Good Deed List

Advent

Yesterday, I committed to cutting what seemed like a thousand strips of little paper to look like hay for our manager....and on each slip of paper, a good deed is listed. And I thought if anyone out there is looking for a similar list - here you go....

Not only is this project meant to give the baby Jesus a soft place to lay in the wooden manger, it helps to prepare a delicate heart to welcome our Lord this Christmas.

And so without further ado....stop racking your brain to think of a good deed list...Here's one for you, and with small modifications could be perfect for your little ones!...You'll see some duplicates in there...

I am getting ready to welcome Baby Jesus into my heart….. I love you Baby Jesus and this is how I show you!

I love you Baby Jesus: Say “thank you to a teacher at school who helps you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell your mom what you like best about her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Be nice to someone who is hard to get along with.
I love you Baby Jesus: Stick up for someone who is being made fun of, or being criticized.
I love you Baby Jesus: Be patient with everyone today.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone the story of when Jesus was born.
I love you Baby Jesus: Give someone in your family a hug.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the poor, the hungry and the homeless.
I love you Baby Jesus: Find someone at school who is usually alone and talk with him or her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Keep a smile on your face for three whole minutes!
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell a joke to someone who seems sad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pray for someone who is sick.
I love you Baby Jesus: Put a dollar of your own money in the poor box at church.
I love you Baby Jesus: Do a household chore without being asked.
I love you Baby Jesus: Open a door for someone at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Smile at everyone!
I love you Baby Jesus: Read a story to someone younger than you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Let someone read a story to you!
I love you Baby Jesus: Make a special card for Dad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Make a special card for Mom.
I love you Baby Jesus: Make a special card for your sister or brother.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pick one of your toys to give to a poor child, to donate.
I love you Baby Jesus: Go through the house and empty all the garbage bins.
I love you Baby Jesus: Wake up early and help make the lunches for school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Wake up early
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask your teacher how you can help her.
I love you Baby Jesus: If a friend looks sad, give them a hug.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say hi to someone who isn’t nice to you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pick two pieces of clothes to donate.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask Mom what you can help her with.
I love you Baby Jesus: Organize the shoe cabinet.
I love you Baby Jesus: Hang up all the coats.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean up the toys.
I love you Baby Jesus: Organize the book shelf.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a letter to your godparent.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your room without Mom telling you to do it.
I love you Baby Jesus: Make your bed.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your sister’s room for her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your brother’s room for him.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a letter to a Great Grandparent.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a thank you note to someone who did something nice for you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Bring a small baggie of candy to a special teacher at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clear the table after dinner.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help Mom to set the table before dinner.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the poor.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the lonely.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the hungry.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for those who are cold.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for your family.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for someone who teases you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell your sister you love her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Play a game with your brother.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean up the hallway.
I love you Baby Jesus: Sweep under the table.
I love you Baby Jesus: Empty the clean dishes out of dishwasher.
I love you Baby Jesus: Fold all the blankets.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school you are excited for Jesus’ birth.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school you are excited for Christmas.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school why you love Jesus so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Lead the decade of rosary in the car on the way to school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask Dad if we can say a family rosary together, then do it!
I love you Baby Jesus: Sing a Christmas song.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for Mom.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for Dad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Bring Mom someone’s PJs to wash for them.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask to watch a show about Jesus.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pay extra attention to your teacher at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell the Principal at school thank you for all she does.
I love you Baby Jesus: Teach someone younger than you a new prayer.
I love you Baby Jesus: Answer ‘Yes Dad’ to everything he tells you for one day.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell Dad why you love him so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell Mom why you love her so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help someone find their coat and help them put it on.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help someone make a snowman outside.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write down 10 things you are grateful for, then put the list in the manger.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help Mom fold laundry.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say “thank you to a teacher at school who helps you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell your mom what you like best about her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Be nice to someone who is hard to get along with.
I love you Baby Jesus: Stick up for someone who is being made fun of, or being criticized.
I love you Baby Jesus: Be patient with everyone today.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone the story of when Jesus was born.
I love you Baby Jesus: Give someone in your family a hug.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the poor, the hungry and the homeless.
I love you Baby Jesus: Find someone at school who is usually alone and talk with him or her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Keep a smile on your face for three whole minutes!
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell a joke to someone who seems sad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pray for someone who is sick.
I love you Baby Jesus: Put a dollar of your own money in the poor box at church.
I love you Baby Jesus: Do a household chore without being asked.
I love you Baby Jesus: Open a door for someone at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Smile at everyone!
I love you Baby Jesus: Read a story to someone younger than you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Let someone read a story to you!
I love you Baby Jesus: Make a special card for Dad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Make a special card for Mom.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pick one of your toys to give to a poor child, to donate.
I love you Baby Jesus: Go through the house and empty all the garbage bins.
I love you Baby Jesus: Wake up early and help make the lunches for school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Wake up early
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask your teacher how you can help her.
I love you Baby Jesus: If a friend looks sad, give them a hug.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say hi to someone who isn’t nice to you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pick two pieces of clothes to donate.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask Mom what you can help her with.
I love you Baby Jesus: Organize the shoe cabinet.
I love you Baby Jesus: Hang up all the coats.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean up the toys in the Red Room.
I love you Baby Jesus: Organize the book shelf.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a letter to your godparent.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your room without Mom telling you to do it.
I love you Baby Jesus: Make your bed.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your sister’s room for her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean your brother’s room for him.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a letter to a Great Grandparent.
I love you Baby Jesus: Write a thank you note to someone who did something nice for you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Bring a small baggie of candy to a special teacher at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clear the table after dinner.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help Mom to set the table before dinner.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the poor.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the lonely.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for the hungry.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for those who are cold.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for your family.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for someone who teases you.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell your sister you love her.
I love you Baby Jesus: Play a game with your brother.
I love you Baby Jesus: Clean up the hallway.
I love you Baby Jesus: Sweep under the table.
I love you Baby Jesus: Empty the clean dishes out of dishwasher.
I love you Baby Jesus: Fold all the blankets.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school you are excited for Jesus’ birth.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school you are excited for Christmas.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell someone at school why you love Jesus so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Lead the decade of rosary in the car on the way to school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask Dad if we can say a family rosary together, then do it!
I love you Baby Jesus: Sing a Christmas song.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for Mom.
I love you Baby Jesus: Say a prayer for Dad.
I love you Baby Jesus: Bring Mom someone’s PJs to wash for them.
I love you Baby Jesus: Ask to watch a show about Jesus.
I love you Baby Jesus: Pay extra attention to your teacher at school.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell the Principal at school thank you for all she does.
I love you Baby Jesus: Teach someone younger than you a new prayer.
I love you Baby Jesus: Answer ‘Yes Dad’ to everything he tells you for one day.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell Dad why you love him so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Tell Mom why you love her so much.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help someone find their coat and help them put it on.
I love you Baby Jesus: Help someone make a snowman outside.

I love you Baby Jesus: Help Mom fold laundry.

I love you Baby Jesus: Write down 10 things you are grateful for, then put the list in the manger.


Comments

Anonymous said…
wow...what a great idea! I was trying to find something to do with our kids and this is perfect. You even included the list which saves me time. That is invaluable as any mom would know! Thanks for the inspiration.
Caring Mom said…
Thank you so much for this! Yeah, I'm in the same situation as Anonymous: always looking for these. THANK YOU for taking the time to share them with us!

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