Shop Kind Gift Guide
50+ kids’ gift ideas with kindness at their core
Gift giving opportunities pop up throughout the year, from annual holiday, birthday, and anniversary celebrations, to one-time milestone moments like graduations, major accomplishments, or just because.
With the overabundance of consumerism in our culture, it’s natural for parents who care about the world to want to be mindful of what they're purchasing, not wanting junk to accumulate in their homes.
That’s why we assembled this tried-and-true gift guide of favorite presents with kindness at their core. You’ll find special projects and tools that keep kids busy, encourage reflection, and encourage conversations; activities, items, and games that help them explore and understand the world around them; apparel that supports good causes, and more.
Bonus points if once the items have been played with, they can be donated for another child to enjoy!
Share your ideas! Help us connect big-hearted families with products that inspire compassion and grow kindness. Leave a comment below with your suggestions to grow our list!
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50+ Kids' Gift Ideas with Kindness at Their Core
Activity Kits & Project Supplies
These kindness-themed kits and projects are perfect for your next big-hearted gift, party activity, or meaningful family activity.
Paint kind and inspiring messages to place around your community with this creative rock painting kit!
Ages 7 and up
Quick-Release Bug Catching Tool
Get up-close-and-personal views of spiders, centipedes, flies, and more with this tool designed for catch-and-release bug inspection. It provides a safe and educational way for children to explore and learn about insects and critters. Great for transporting the odd indoor spider, too!
Ages 4 and up.
Everything you need to create and display an empowering poster.
Ages 8 and up.
Simply press each colorful, bee-friendly seed ball halfway into bare soil and water. Ideal for guerilla gardening.
All ages.
This color-coded moneybox is a timeless gift that will inspire and teach children to save, spend, and share wisely for a lifetime.
Ages 4 and up.
Dive into the colorful world of mandala art with artist-quality acrylic paints, featuring eight vivid colors that bring your designs to life. Reusable stencils included. Perfect for mindfulness and relaxation while expressing yourself creatively.
Ages 13 and up. Great for beginners!
Diamond Art Painting Bookmark Kit
Create vividly fun bookmarks to share with friends, teachers, or a Little Free Library near you!
Ages 7 and up.
Everything you need to create and send Magic Mail to people in need of cheering up.
Ages 4 and up.
"Choose Friendship" Bracelet Maker
Design cute kindness bracelets to share with friends.
Ages 8 and up.
Create and share colorful origami creations with people in need of a smile, or hide them around your community for people to find.
Ages 8 and up.
Everything you need to create, promote, and run your very own temporary tattoo stand for charity.
Ages 8 and up.
This craft kit will make it easy for a group of 12 to think creatively about sharing kindness.
Ages 3 and up.
Start a ripple effect with your next random act of kindness by leaving behind a calling card encouraging the next person to pay it forward.
All ages.
Grab your colored pencils, put on some music, and create cheer for folks who could use a smile.
Ages 8 and up.
Work with your hands and lead with your heart! This kit includes everything your child needs to build and paint this beautiful heart-shaped picture frame. The frame can store multiple photos or artwork so you can easily change what's on display. Your child will learn new skills, get creative, and feel a sense of pride when they complete this special project that is a functional work of art!
Games
Play has a remarkable ability to strengthen empathy muscles, spark curiosity, and encourage critical thinking, in addition to being fun! Choose a game from the list below for your next family game night or gathering of friends.
I Never Forget a Face Matching Game
Cultivate cultural awareness and prompt thoughtful discussions with this lovely, creative matching game.
Ages 3 and up
Friends & Neighbors - A Cooperative Game
This fun, award-winning game allows your family to talk about emotions, community, and how your child can help.
Ages 3 and up.
Stone Soup - A Cooperative Game
This collaborative memory game pairs well with the Jon J. Muth's heart-warming version of the fable Stone Soup. Children learn social development skills with no reading necessary.
Ages 5 and up.
Wildcraft! - A Cooperative Game
Learn about edible and medicinal plants and how they are used, in this fun, engaging game constructed from environmentally-friendly materials.
Ages 4 and up.
This fun word association game works well over video chat, is perfect for intergenerational groups, and is sure to inspire lots of laughs.
Ages 8 and up
Go on a virtual adventure to America’s national parks!
Ages 8 and up
Passport to Culture Board Game
Make your way around the board to test (and grow) your knowledge of world cultures. This game is a fun way to help your family think global.
Ages 10 and up.
Books
Great books make beautiful gifts. The titles recommended by Doing Good Together offer exceptional stories and an opportunity for families to reflect on big ideas. See some favorites here and browse more chapter and picture books in our Read with Empathy book lists.
Apparel
Wear your heart on your sleeve or socks – literally. These big-hearted items of clothing make great gifts and serve as inspiration and daily reminders to keep kindness at the forefront.
T-Shirt from Anti-Bullying Awareness Co
We love this colorful design from Anti-Bullying Awareness Co with the popular phrase, “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
Age 8 and up.
Pals Socks - Mismatched Friends
Mismatched on purpose, these socks help celebrate differences! Pals Socks donates a percentage of profits to charities that help build a better world.
Ages 3 and up.
Sustainable shoes with 1/3 of profits going back to growing healthy communities!
All ages.
Talking Tools
Enhance your family’s next dinner conversation or road trip and encourage intergenerational connections with these thoughtful and creative conversation-starting games and prompts.
Engage your family with more than a dozen games and activities. Perfect for encouraging introspection and big conversations.
Ages 8 and up.
Explore different mindfulness tools to cope with the broad spectrum of emotions that we all encounter day by day.
Ages 10 and up.
Over 200 kindness-themed, magnetic words to inspire your inner poet.
Ages 10 and up.
This little box of cards is a perfect first-aid kid for stressful moments. Great for all ages, but especially for teens and parents.
All Ages.
These conversation cards creat3 an opportunity to share thoughts, opinions, desires and dreams. Perfect for mealtimes, bedtime, or in the car.
Ages 6 and up.
Journals
Writing is such an effective way to process experiences and enhance learning through reflection and creativity. These beautiful, themed journals offer budding writers opportunities to build connections and explore big ideas at their own pace.
Keep a nature notebook to include photos, drawings, pressed flowers, and notes to record your outdoor observations.
Ages 7 and up.
Start a ripple effect of kindness, and send a journal to follow it along its way. With luck, your journal will make its big-hearted way back to you.
Ages 10 and up.
Dad & Me - A Father, Child Journal
Encourage children to write, draw and doodle to reinforce the special father-child bond.
Ages 8 and up.
Just Between Us - A Mother & Daughter
Writing prompts and quizzes in this beautiful mom and daughter journal pave the way to discussing everything from friends and school to crushes and growing up.
Ages 8 and up.
Between Mom and Me - A Mother & Son Journal
This engaging prompt journal is the perfect tool to strengthen your mother son relationship. Record memories together, swap stories, compare perspectives, and explore common and unique interests. Letters back and forth and interactive lists invite you both to reflect, write, and doodle about topics timely to your life.
Ages 8 and up.
This beautiful hardcover journal will help you create 52 lists, one for every week, to celebrate and cherish the many relationships that make up a community.
Teens & Parents
Choose Kind Journal: Do One Wonderful Thing Every Day (A Wonder Journal)
With more than 6 million copies sold worldwide and over five years as a New York Times bestseller, Wonder has inspired countless readers to reflect on their actions and to Choose Kind. This journal prompts writers to reflect on ways they can actively be kind every day to the people in their lives and to themselves. Filled with quotes from the book and questions that are both fun and insightful, this journal is the perfect gift for a Wonder fan.
Ages 8 and up.
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