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Acts of Kindness Project- Remembering Those Who Serve

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 Toddler Approved and several other kid bloggers are hosting the second annual 100 Acts of Kindness Project. Each week one of the hosts shares the theme of the week and encourages everyone to demonstrate acts of kindness during the week. Last year I shared each of ways we shared kindness with others and how we recorded what we were doing to keep track of them.  We are still working through the challenges, but I haven’t been great at sharing how we have completed them with you. I did want to share a care package that  we put together to send my brother in law in Afghanistan. He has been serving there for a few months and still has a few months to go. Remembering those who are serving our country overseas as well as in the states is really important to me.
Acts of Kindness Project- Remembering Those Who Serve
I started the project by gathering some wonderful treats from Trader Joe’s. JDaniel and I love to shop there. He really loves the fruit leather bars. I was able to find a variety of cookies, fruit bars, and fruit leather bars. I should have asked my sister Kate what he really likes, but time got away from me.

Directions for Putting This Acts of Kindness Project Together

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Then I set out a bunch of art supplies for JDaniel to decorate the inside of the box with. I wasn’t sure if I should let JDaniel decorate the outside of the box. I didn’t want to to interfere with the box getting to my brother in law.
Acts of Kindness Project- Remembering Those Who Serve

JDaniel decided the heart shaped dolies needed to be scattered all over the inside box. He placed in them everywhere. Even the bottom of the box ended up with a few.
After he had added some paper and felt hearts, he added a piece of ribbon to the bottom of the box. He really wanted to weave it in and out of the holes on the outside of the box. I wasn’t sure that the post office would approve. He was a little disappointed, but understood that we wanted the box to get all the way to Afghanistan.

Acts of Kindness Project- Remembering Those Who Serve
We waited a while for the glue to dry under the hearts and then filled it to the brim with the treats I had purchased.  On top of the treats we added two cards that had been part of a doile printmaking project we did earlier in the week. I simply cut a few squares out of it and folded them into cards.

When everything had been packed into the box, we wrapped what seemed like an endless supply of packing tape around the box. Everything should be housed safely and securely inside the box.

We hope Uncle Chuck will love getting it.

How can we remember those around us that serve others by doing an acts of kindness project?

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  6. That is a fantastic box! When my husband was deployed he cherished packages like this! And yours is so festive and adorable. Your brother in law will love it.

  10. You did a great job picking items he will enjoy. Most of all I think he will love the decorations and cards. Very unique and filled with love. Thank you!!!

  14. That is FANTASTIC! The hearts looked like they were floating out of the box! I know it will be so appreciated!!

  15. That is an AWESOME box…
    He is going to LOVE IT 🙂
    Maybe you can give me pointers for thinking “outside the box” if Marc gets deployed again…

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