Fill a stocking with kindness - Christmas kindness activity

Set your class a week-long kindness challenge with this ‘fill a stocking with kindness’ activity. This 16-page Christmas printable will get your class reflecting on why kindness is important, and how to show it to others. You have the option to use the completed stockings for a kindness display.

The activity

Print a stocking template for each student. Each stripe on their stocking represents a day of the week. There are templates for 5 days (to use for a school week), or for 7 days if you want the challenge to continue over the weekend.

For the next week, students will try to complete an act of kindness every day. For each one, they can colour in a stripe on their stocking (starting at the bottom), and write what they did. By the end of the week, they will have a rainbow-striped Christmas stocking of kindness.

The templates

You can choose the template options that best suit you.

• Stocking with 5 stripes (for 5 days) with a border. Designed to be used as a stand-alone worksheet.
• As above but with 7 stripes
• 4 x stocking designs, each with 5 stripes, to be printed on card and cut out on completion. These can then be used to create a Christmas kindness display.
• As above but the stockings have 7 stripes.

In addition to the activity template, this resource includes:

• Teacher notes
• 2 optional worksheet printables for children to complete before and after the challenge

Both UK and US paper sizes are included. This resource is not editable.
Suitable for upper KS1 or lower KS2.