• Blog
  • by: Anne-Marie Spencer
  • May 18, 2020

Family craft activities to promote mindfulness

When parents and children are feeling heavy emotions, it’s good to engage in simple mindfulness activities to help. Mindfulness is noticing what’s going on outside—and inside—of us with acceptance and kindness, and is an important skill in coping with the world. The mindfulness activities here use household items and are designed to help the entire family connect to and experience a sense of calm through fun craft-centered activities.

This calming glitter bottle 

This decorative face mask 

These five fun mindfulness crafts

This string art 

These fun sidewalk chalk ideas

This fun DIY maze

Don’t forget simple classics like coloring, it's all the rage for a reason! You can take it a step further and teach the idea of concentrating on what you're doing and coloring with mindfulness. Accompanied with relaxing music, it’s a calming activity great for all ages. 

 

 

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