Calming Colouring for Kids

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The beautiful artwork in this book will enhance your wellbeing by helping you to become more mindful – to be ‘in the moment’ as you choose calming colours and focus on the delicate lines, what you’re doing here and now, rather than worrying about what happened at work or any other anxieties. We use them when they have a free moment and also to calm and focus the children when they are particularly excited. Twelve animals are available, including a bat, butterfly, dragonfly, elephant, fox, iguana, owl, raccoon, rhino, turtle, hermit crab and snail. Colouring helps to lift your child’s mood, encourage forming positive coping mechanisms, learn how to mange and control anxious thoughts and feelings and act as a distraction from negative thoughts. The result is a book to treasure – a unique combination of words of wisdom and pictures filled with childlike joy that will encourage positivity long after the colouring-in is done.

Focusing on completing detailed patterns and adding colour creatively has a relaxing, stress-busting effect. There are no rules or complicated step-by-step instructions in these pages and no need for expensive art and craft supplies.We have forest school on a Thursday and there's often a 15 minutes gap between the time we get back and when the children go for lunch, so nice to have something to hand to give them for that time. If you are doubting about investing the money for resources, think again, it's the best on the web for UK resources. We also have this Editable Mindfulness Name Colouring Activity and these Words of Encouragement Mindfulness Colouring Sheets.

You can learn more about mindfulness and its part in the Five Precepts of Buddhism with our Teaching Wiki here. If you'd like to give your children a bit more creative freedom, check out our Seahorse Colouring Outline Sheet.

Thanks to Miller, the pictures in this book are enchanting, and Rayner gives us words of real wisdom and humour in coping with anxiety or panic. The ArtMaker Mindwaves Calming Colouring Kit: Ocean Tranquillity allows children and adults alike to explore their creative side and bring some serenity to the world in this truly captivating under-the-sea themed book! All this alongside Jules Miller’s pictures… You’ll find magical gardens, pretty coastal scenes and gorgeous country landscapes, dogs snuggling by the fire and cats playing with wool.