Printable Wellbeing Resources for Kids
At Rooftop Post, we believe that nurturing a child’s emotional wellbeing and mental health is just as important as feeding their imagination and creativity. With this in mind, we’ve been creating our first printable resources to help children explore their emotions and practice mindfulness in a positive, fun and engaging way.
Why Focus on Wellbeing?
Well, it’s a fast-paced world, right? And our children face a constant barrage of challenges that can affect their mental and emotional health. They could be managing school pressures, navigating friendships both on and offline, or just trying to stay confident and hopeful in difficult circumstances. Whatever the case, we think it’s more important than ever to give today’s children the tools they need to understand and express their feelings.
Interestingly, recent studies show that even simple activities like colouring or journaling can have a really positive impact on emotional regulation and stress relief. Colouring can enhance mindfulness – the ability to be present in the moment. Meanwhile, journaling is a great way to process emotions, especially as children grow. And beyond that, we all know how important it is to take time out to do activities that are pressure-free and enjoyable. So let’s encourage our little ones – and everyone else – to engage in them.
What’s Available?
So far, we’ve got the following resources ready for you, but we’re busy working on more, so be sure to pop back in a few weeks’ time to discover something new.
Positive Thoughts Colouring Pages:
Featuring uplifting messages like “Gratitude,” “Kindness,” and “Hope,” these pages are designed to encourage children to focus on positive emotions while relaxing through colouring.
Feelings Pie Chart Worksheet:
This is a creative way for children to identify and reflect on the emotions they’re experiencing. The idea is that by colouring in slices of the pie, kids can better understand their feelings and communicate them with trusted adults. This can be a springboard for talking more about feelings, or just a way of expressing them non-verbally.
Wellbeing Activity Cards:
Quick, simple prompts that promote mindfulness and self-care. From breathing exercises to “acts of kindness” challenges, these cards are perfect for home or classroom use.
Printable Wellbeing and Stress-Busting Activity Cards for Children (PDF Download)
How Can These Resources Help?
Each printable has been carefully designed to encourage open conversations about emotions and mental health in an age-appropriate way. They provide a gentle introduction to concepts like gratitude, self-awareness, and emotional resilience, helping children build skills that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or caregiver, these resources can support you in fostering a safe and supportive environment where children feel heard, valued, and understood.
However, colouring with real pens on real paper is more than just a fun activity, it helps children develop their fine motor skills. Colouring on a digital device is not the same – using pencils, crayons, or markers to colour things in on paper requires a different set of motor skills compared to tapping or swiping on a screen. Holding and manipulating these tools can improve hand-eye coordination and develop fine motor skills.
The Midnight Messenger is normally in black and white, but special issues like the Easter one above, are in colour. It regularly features news from well-known parts of the magical world, like Father Christmas’s house in the North Pole, and features many familiar characters such as Jack Frost, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy. But it also features new characters your child won’t have heard of, such as the Worrying Witch, the Fortune-Telling Toad and all sorts of goblins, fairies and elves.
There are many beautiful Tooth Fairy letters out there in the cloud and some of the loveliest ones are very small. Fairy-sized in fact. However, it can be rather fiddly to find a tiny pen (and perhaps your strongest reading glasses!) to write one yourself, so we thought we’d post a couple that are ready-written and free to print out. All you’ll need to make yours is a pair of scissors a dab of glue for the tiny envelope flaps.
If you’re a bit of a fairy crafting fiend, dipping your tiny Tooth Fairy letter in ultra fine glitter before you put it in the envelope will make it sparkle beautifully when your child takes it out. The glitter won’t stick unless it’s the very fine kind though, like the glitter you see people using for nail art. The best place to find some is probably ebay. Also, beware, it can get everywhere and if you spill it on the carpet you’ll spot the occasional sparkle for months, in spite of your best efforts to vacuum it away. We recommend using it on a tray.
