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5 Activities to Learn about Kindness (Bucket Filler Resources)

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5 Activities to Complement the Book  Have You Filled a Bucket Today

Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids is a fun and effective introduction to what kindness is.  Our family loves it so much that we use it at home and share it with friends all the time.  A few months ago, my husband and I visited our sons’ classrooms (preschool and Grade 1) to read the book and do some activities.

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Play a Guessing Game  Pictionary or Charades works great with the theme "How can you fill a bucket?"

#1 Play a Guessing Game

In our older son’s classroom, we read the book then played Pictionary where we drew examples of bucket filling activities for the kids to guess.  Charades would also work great with the theme “How can you fill a bucket?”

5 Activities to Compliment the Book  Have You Filled a Bucket Today

#2 Make a Bucket

In our younger son’s classroom, we prepared a hands-on craft.  We simply got big red cups and drew faces on with permanent marker, and punched two holes near the rim.  Each child received a cup, pipe cleaner, stick-on jewels and stickers, and a short explanation of what bucket filling is to glue on.  Easy!  They were quite proud of their buckets.

Bucket filler crafts to learn about kindness

#3 Fill a Bucket

After visiting the classrooms, my older son’s teacher took the bucket filling lessons further.  For Mother’s Day, the kids made these sweet cards for where they wrote notes to fill their mothers’ buckets.  The card was made with two pieces of card stock stuck together (around the edges) with a hole cut in the top one, so the cards could fit in!

How can you fill a bucket activities

#4 Make a Poster

She also asked the kids to draw pictures of how they could fill buckets at school and made a beautiful hallway display.

5 Activities to Compliment the Book  Have You Filled a Bucket Today Have You Filled a Bucket Today book

#5 Coloring Book

My Very Own Bucket Filling from A to Z Coloring Book is a great resource for kids who love coloring in.  The illustrations have a sweet yet fun style, and how wonderful to have a coloring book with such positive themes.

Have you used the Bucket Fillers resources?  If not, I highly recommend them for use at home and in the classroom!

Here are some other Bucket Filler posts and activities to learn about kindness that you may enjoy:

Review: Circle of Light CD, a companion to Bucket Filler Resources
Review: Baby’s Bucket Book
Creating a Wall of Kindness (Bucket Filler Activity)
30+ Recommended Character Education Books for Kids

I received materials from Bucket Fillers, Inc to review for this article.  All opinions expressed are my own.  To find out more about advertisement and reviews on my website please click here.

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About Chelsea Lee Smith

Author, certified parent educator, and mother of three with a background in Communications and Counselling, Chelsea provides resources to parents and teachers who want to incorporate personal growth into everyday moments. Follow her @momentsaday on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.

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Comments

  1. Shonda

    June 9, 2015 at 8:36 am

    So, once you make the cute little red bucket, how do you use it? I was going to read this book to my family and try to do some activities.

    Reply
    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      June 9, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      We made it as just a fun craft, we didn’t do anything with it 🙂 But you could always write kind notes to each other if kids were old enough. My four year old os using it to keep special rocks in 😉

      Reply
      • Shonda

        June 9, 2015 at 2:04 pm

        OK, my kids are 4 and 6. I think they would like to put notes in them. I’ll try that. Thank you!

        Reply
  2. Faith

    June 29, 2015 at 8:52 am

    Neat Idea 🙂

    Reply
  3. Janet

    July 21, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    In my class we use ponpoms to fill a bucket for acts of kindness that I observe. When the bucket is full the class gets a special something like extra play time outside. I start off with large ones they get smaller ones as they become more skilled. We chart what the kind act was and give cheers for those involved.

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    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      July 21, 2015 at 2:43 pm

      Lovely, thanks so much for sharing!!

      Reply
  4. Rose

    August 5, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Loved this post Chelsea. What are the cute cards in the main photo? Where can we get those? Thank you for all you post and do to help and inspire others. I have learned much.

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    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      August 5, 2015 at 11:34 am

      Do you mean the rainbow coloured cut outs? I created those with a brief explanation of what bucket filling was, just on the computer – mostly so that when the kids brought the craft home then the parents could understand what it was all about 🙂

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      • Leslie

        September 19, 2016 at 11:30 am

        Do you have a close-up of the explanation? Would love to use it with my Kindergarten / Grade 1 class 🙂

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        • Carlee

          October 19, 2016 at 1:33 am

          I would love to use this with my early kindergarten class…would you mind sharing your explanation??

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          • Chelsea Lee Smith

            October 20, 2016 at 11:09 pm

            I’m very sorry I dont have the file anymore (it was a different computer I made it on) but I basically just described what bucket filling is! Check out their website for ideas.

  5. AMy Sumners

    December 4, 2015 at 3:53 am

    Hello! love your ideas 🙂 can you share with me the little cutout that goes on the Bucket Filler Solo Cup craft? I am definitely doing this with my class!

    Reply
    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      December 7, 2015 at 11:57 am

      Hi Amy! I’m sorry it’s been a while but the cut out was basically a description of what a bucket filler was, and I just created a grid and made the rectangles different colours (we also made bookmarks for my other son’s class – thus the shape). Hope you enjoy the activity!

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  6. Jeanine LaChance

    July 30, 2016 at 3:13 am

    Did you use a whole puncher to make holes for the cup?

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    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      August 4, 2016 at 11:19 am

      Yes!

      Reply
  7. Janelle Koerner

    May 20, 2017 at 2:32 am

    What does the card say to put in the bucket that explains what bucket filling is?

    Reply
    • Chelsea Lee Smith

      May 22, 2017 at 2:36 pm

      Sorry Janelle I don’t have the document anymore. I just summed up the idea of bucket filling (ie Everyone has an invisible bucket, when we do nice things and say nice things we fill someone’s bucket, when we make someone feel bad or bully someone we are emptying their bucket…).

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