3 indoor activties that’ll teach children how to practise some random acts of kindness this week

Lord knows we all need it right now.

The world as we know has changed almost beyond recognition these past few days. I think most of us are scared. And worried. And left feeling just a little bit helpless in all of this. But now more than ever we need to keep looking for the good in things. Keep thinking positive thoughts. And, most important of all, keep being kind to one another. We are all in this together – and here are just three easy ways to show each other that this week: 1. Hang some colourful St. Patrick's Day art in your windows (so bypasser will see it) There are no parades this year. But to cheer us all up, how about having your children make some colourful St. Patrick's Day art – rainbows, leprechauns, shamrocks, gold coins, you name it – and hang them facing out in the windows of your house? That way, bypasser will see it – in an almost reverse parade as they walk by your house. And let's be honest, we could all do with some rainbows and happy feels right about now. 2. Write letters and send them to residents in nursing homes Because they fall under the category of those extra vulnerable to getting seriously ill from the novel coronavirus, many elderly in nursing homes across the country have been shut off from having visitors these next few weeks. There is no denying their days will be long and lonely, and so how about you get your children to write some lovely letters to residents at a local nursing home? Or, make some colourful art to send? I am sure it will all be much appreciated. 3. Make kindness tones and leave them at a local park I love the idea of this. Take a walk on a local beach (or somewhere else where you will find pebbles or smooth stones), then bring them home, clean them and paint them with lovely colours and maybe some uplifting and kind words and messages too. Let them dry, and then take them to a local park and leave them out for people to find them. Or leave them around your neighbourhood to cheer up your entire community.