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🧰 Calming Strategy Toolbox – Printable Coping Skills Activity for Kids

A fun, hands-on way to help children manage big emotions and build lifelong calming strategies.

Looking for an engaging, all-in-one resource to help your child recognize and manage big emotions like anger, frustration, or overwhelm?

The Calming Strategy Toolbox is packed with hands-on, visual, and interactive tools to support emotional regulation and spark meaningful conversations.

Created by a school counselor, this resource is perfect for:

✨ Parents
✨ Educators
✨ Homeschoolers
✨ Counselors
✨ SEL specialists

✅ What’s Included & How to Use It:

🧩 Toolbox Craftivity + Calming Tools Template

✂️ Children cut, color, and assemble their very own calming strategy toolbox, then fill it with their preferred calming strategy tools
💡 Use it to: Teach and reinforce calming strategies, build ownership, and create a tangible take-home or calm-down corner visual.

🖼️ 5 Teaching Posters / Visual Tools

📌 Bright, colorful visuals to help children understand:

• What anger feels like

• What it means to feel angry

• What calming strategies are

• How to recognize and respond to big emotions

💡 Use them to decorate your space, guide daily routines, or reinforce healthy habits.

🎨 Coloring Page – “How Does Your Body Feel When Upset?”

🖍️ A creative, reflective activity where children draw or color to express how emotions show up in their bodies.
💡 Use it to encourage emotional awareness and build language around feelings.

🎲 Conversation Cube (Printable Dice Template)

🗣️ Includes prompts like:

• “What’s your favorite calming strategy?”

• “How do you calm yourself down when upset?”
  💡 Use it to spark family conversations, reflection time, or quiet discussions.

💬 Situation Cards + Toolbox Sheet + Calming Tools

🧠 Kids choose calming strategies to match real-life situations (e.g., “Your friend won’t share,” “You got in trouble at school”).
💡 Use them for role-play, problem-solving practice, or to reinforce daily emotional check-ins.

✍️ Activity Sheet – My Calming Strategy Tools

🎉 A fun worksheet for children to decorate and personalize with their favorite calming tools.
💡 Use it to reinforce understanding and celebrate their unique toolbox.

🎟️ Exit Tickets – “One Tool I Will Use”

📝 Simple reflection slips that help children name and remember the calming strategy they’ll use next.
💡 Use them to close your activity, track growth, or build a calming strategy wall at home.

💛 Perfect For:

• Homeschool SEL lessons

• Calm-down corners or cozy spaces

• Parenting routines or emotional coaching

• Children with big feelings or sensory needs

• Printable behavior support tools

• Gentle parenting approaches

Help your child build confidence, self-awareness, and emotional strength — all through creative play and meaningful connection. 💕

👉 Download the Calming Strategy Toolbox today and make emotional regulation easier for you and your child.