Fill your bucket and your classroom with kindness — a craftivity that students will be proud to display.
The Bucket Filler Craftivity brings the beloved bucket filling concept to life in a hands-on, creative project that students absolutely love. Based on the idea that we each carry an invisible bucket filled by kindness, students create their own bucket and fill it with written reflections on how they can be a bucket filler for others.
It's equal parts craft and character education — and the finished products make a stunning classroom display about the power of kindness.
Why teachers love it:
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Meaningful and memorable — students connect emotionally to the bucket filling concept
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Doubles as a display — beautiful finished pieces that celebrate your class values
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Great for SEL — builds social-emotional vocabulary around kindness, empathy and community
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Engaging for all levels — creative enough for everyone to enjoy
Perfect for:
- Back-to-school and classroom community building
- Social-emotional learning units
- Anti-bullying and kindness weeks
- Class meetings and circle time discussions
- Reading the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"
What's included:
A printable bucket filler craftivity template with writing prompts — students create their own decorated bucket and fill it with kind thoughts and reflections.
Help your students understand that kindness is contagious — and it starts with them.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
OUR HAPPINESS GUARANTEE
We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
