Adventures in Kindess

While perusing Pinterest I've come across several ideas for spreading joy.  I am so blessed in my life that I decided to take the little things that I already do a bit further.  I'm also using some of the ideas I find to plant seeds into the minds of my Webelos Den. (For those of you not familiar with Cub Scouts, Webelos are 4th and 5th graders; Webelos stands for We'll Be Loyal Scouts.) Webelos are preparing to become Boy Scouts, and since the Boy Scout Motto is "Do a Good Turn Daily" I've been talking about the phrase I have adopted "Random Acts of Kindness."  Check out this amazing blog entry about how one blogger spent her birthday doing random acts of kindness.  How I Celebrated my Birthday (aka 38 random acts of Robyn)

While this little project is not random; I often send this particular friend little mementos to brighten her day,  I thought this idea (once again, found on pinterest) was an idea that is easy for everyone to do.  As a matter of fact, the original blogger used these for her husband and children, I also saw a pin where it was used during Teacher Appreciation week. 

The original design used a 7 day pill box, but I couldn't find one of the large ones. What I did find was a 7 bin craft organizer that is about the same size as a large pill box. 

1.  Simply fill the compartments with little treats. For this particular gift I used individually wrapped items as, in this instance, I was concerned with even the smallest germs.  For others I have planned I plan on splitting bags of Skittles, M&M's etc.  among different boxes.  

2.  On top of the treat I have placed a hand written note of encouragement. The original design had printed them out on the computer, and even had a page to download for you to print off yourself.  If I ever find the website again I will add it to this post. But I think hand written sentiments are much more personal and uplifting.

3.  Since the box is pretty see through and I wanted the contents to be a surprise, I wrapped the bottom of the box in pretty paper.  I added stickers  to the top of each compartment for the days of the week since I wasn't using a pill box.  Then I added just a bit of embellishment. 

This is going out in the mail tomorrow, but since the recipient reads my blog, I'll have to hold this post for a few days so I don't ruin her surprise.  Update: upon receiving the box, my friend opened every compartment, so I was able to post this sooner than I expected.  By the way, she loved it so much she was in tears.

I hope you take some time to do a random act of kindness soon!