Ways to Calm Your Anxious Child Through Activities
Colour to calm the mind
Activities That Calm An Anxious Child
Help calm your child by engaging their senses and grounding them in the present moment. Activities that require focus can help to calm down racing thoughts.
Anxiety Reducing Family Activities
Colouring. Colouring has soothing side effects as it connects our mind with our body as we work to colour within the lines.
Building/Creating. Think Lego/building blocks or any craft that requires focus.
Dancing. Moving our bodies helps us boost endorphins.
Funny movies/tv shows. Watching a family favourite movie that is funny and light hearted can reduce anxiety as it's familiar, it's can help take the focus off the worrying and is a great opportunity to snuggle up together. Snuggling also helps calm your little one's nervous system.
Creative expression. Using art to express emotion can help your child work through their emotions.
Colouring Sheets
Let's Colour!
Let's colour! Pick your favourite scene or character and start to colour!
Materials Needed:
- Crayons, pencil crayons or markers
Colouring to Reduce Anxiety
Colouring isn't just for kids. It can be a healthy activity for the whole household. Belmount.org says "Coloring has the ability to relax the fear center of your brain, the amygdala. It induces the same state as meditating by reducing the thoughts of a restless mind. This generates mindfulness and quietness, which allows your mind to get some rest after a long day at work." So consider picking up an adult colouring book to calm your own mind and print off a few of these for your little ones. They are a great way to connect the message from the book with their imagination.
If you enjoyed colouring as a child, you'll likely enjoy it as an adult.