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Printable Wellbeing Activities for Children

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?

Two children of different ethnic backgrounds sitting at a table, happily colouring in a Feelings Pie Chart worksheet. They are smiling, sharing crayons, and engaging in the activity in a cosy, nurturing home environment.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.

Children’s feelings pie chart worksheet with different emotions such as happy, sad, excited, and worried. Kids can colour in the sections that match how they feel.
This fun and simple feelings pie chart helps children express their emotions by colouring in the slices that match how they feel. A great tool for parents to start conversations about feelings.

 

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.

A set of printable stress-busting activity cards for children, featuring simple mindfulness and relaxation exercises such as deep breathing, tracing shapes, guided imagery, and grounding with senses.
Printable activity cards to help children manage stress – a great tool for relaxation and self-regulation.

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.

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Remembrance Day Printables

It’s so important to remember those who laid down their lives in the hope of of keeping the rest of us safe, that we might inherit a better world.

Of course, we remember them for more than just one day a year, but Remembrance Day is a chance to do so together, and with that in mind, below are the printables we’ve got which we think might be useful for this day.

The British Legion need your donations more than ever.  You can donate to their Poppy Appeal here: britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate

Let’s start with some posters, which you can use to decorate. The colouring in ones are a nice way for children to be involved, so that the next generation will also be encouraged to remember.

Next, we have some printable remembrance cards.

While Remembrance Sunday is always the second Sunday in November, Remembrance Day in the UK is on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.  On that day at 11:00 GMT a two-minute silence is usually observed to commemorate those who died in conflict.  Remembrance Day is also called “Armistice Day”.

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Mother’s Day Colouring

Looking for free printable Mother’s Day colouring pages?

We have some charming pictures for your child to colour below.  They’re carefully designed for all ages to enjoy.  In creating them, we focused on magical creatures and gentle animal scenes –  things we know bring big smiles!

Why bother with printable colouring in our digital world?

Sometimes people wonder whether to bother with printing out colouring pages for children (or indeed adults!) in a world where there are so many activities to do online.

A boy colouring a picture as a present for his mother on Mother's Day.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.

Plus of course, there’s the fact that colouring on paper gives children a rest from all the distractions online.

Time spent colouring on paper is good for adults too.  As we’re all realising, reducing screen time can help alleviate eye strain, promote better sleep patterns, and encourage more physical activity.  If you’re looking for more calming activities to enjoy with your child, you might like our printable wellbeing activities for children – they’re free to download and great for quiet time together.

Another big reason to invite your child to colour in a printable page is that on days such as Mother’s Day, a picture they’ve worked on can make a beautiful gift!  There’s a real sense of accomplishment which comes with being able to give someone something you’ve made look good, too.  So it’s also an excellent way to amplify the joy of giving.  Talking of which, you might find our printable Mother’s Day cards useful – like our colouring, we designed them with young children in mind.

How to Turn Your Child’s Artwork into a Special Gift:

  • Pop it into a frame for a keepsake Mum can hang up.
  • Fold it in half and write a message inside to make a homemade card.
  • Laminate it to use as a placemat for a special breakfast-in-bed tray.
  • Add glitter or stickers to personalise the picture even more!
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi – St David’s Day

Croeso i popeth ar gyfer Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant!  Welcome to all our St David’s Day printables!

It’s still early days for our St David’s Day resources and we’ll be adding more as the years go by.  However we’ve already created some great celebratory printables below and we hope you and your children enjoy them.  Have a very happy time on the 1st of March, as you remember the patron kindly, nature-loving patron saint of Wales.

Please note that parts of this page have been written in Welsh as well as English, in keeping with the spirit of celebrating Wales.

Want to know more about how Wales is celebrating St David’s Day this year? You can find a list of events, as well as a bit of history on the Visit Wales website.

If you’re a teacher or if you just fancy learning a bit of Welsh for fun, you might find these basic worksheets useful. They are designed to be easy enough for primary school children, but any learners can use them.

And here are a few more colouring pages, including a cute Welsh dragon drawn with thick lines that are easy to stay inside – ideal for younger children.

Decorations are next, so you can decorate your home. We think the Welsh dragon paper chains look especially lovely when they’re done. You just print them, cut out the strips and stick the ends together with a bit of glue or tape to form a chain.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i chi a’ch blant! x

And here are some printable St David’s Day cards, because it’s always nice to send something to let your family and friends know you ae thinking of them on the 1st of March, especially if Wales occupies a special place in their heart.

Looking for a card to colour in?  Below is a lovely Red Dragon card which should be fun for children to colour in themselves.  It is suitable for younger and older children due to its strong, clear design with substantial lines and plenty of space for easy colouring, as well as some detailed parts.  All in all, a great chance for children to get creative on St David’s Day.

Dyma gerdyn hyfryd gyda dyluniad clir a chyfeillgar o’r Ddraig Goch, sy’n sicr o fod yn hwyl i’w lliwio gan blant. Mae’r gofod mawr, ardal lliwio eang a manylion y draig yn rhoi cyfle i blant fod yn greadigol gyda’u dewis lliwiau. Mae’r llinellau cryf a’r elfennau dylunio syml yn addas iawn ar gyfer ystod oedran eang, o blant ifanc i’r rhai ychydig yn hŷn.

 


P. S. If you love dragons, you can find more of our dragonish resources here.

Autumn, Colouring, Halloween

Halloween Ghosts

Looking for some ghosts to print out for Halloween?  Here’s our collection.  We hope you have fun decorating!

One great way to use all these different ghost characters is to thread them all along a string.  They look great!  Oh, and don’t forget that you can also use out blank ghost template to draw your own.

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Schoolwork Achievement Certificates

Well, it’s back to school after the summer and we always get requests for achievement certificates for schoolwork around this time of year.

So if you’re a teacher or a parent helping with your child’s learning, here are some of our favourite certificates.  We hope they’ll be of use to you:

Our Award from the Council of Dragons is always popular too!

Printable children's certificate saying you've been as clever as a dragon.
Clever as a Dragon

You might also like these school-themed resources:

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St George’s Day Printables

If you’re looking for things to print out for St George’s Day this year, we’ve gathered all ours together below.  You might also want to check out our general dragon page for further ideas.

First off, here are a couple of St George certificates:

We have some dragon certificates available too, which might come in handy.  Here are a couple of examples – click here to see more:

We’ve also got some knight and dragon-themed colouring:

Looking to decorate your home or classroom?  You might find something useful in our collection of St George’s Day bunting:

You might also like these free printable greetings cards:

St George’s Day Story for Young Children

One of the problems with the St George’s Day story is that like many old tales, it can be viewed as a bit violent and sexist by today’s standards.  While this isn’t such an issue for older children who can understand it’s of its time, it can make it hard to tell to little ones.  With this in mind, we’ve created what we hope is a slightly more child-friendly version of the story.  We haven’t changed the core narrative, but we have retold it by:

  • making it clear that this particular dragon was dangerous and cruel;
  • empowering the princess to take part in deciding her own fate, rather than just being treated as an object for her father to give away as a prize in a male battle;
  • glossing over the violence of the fight between the dragon and George, which in many of the older stories is a bit gory and drawn out.

The PDF of our St George’s Story for Children is free to download and we hope you find it useful.

St George Activity Idea for Older Children:
If you are dealing with older rather than younger children, you could create a great learning activity by telling them a more adult version of the story and asking them how they would change it to tell to a younger child, or to suit a modern audience.

Other Activities:

This St George’s Day word search is another fun printable activity.  Just click/tap it to download the free PDF.

There are two more word searches below which are suitable for St George’s Day.

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Rainbow Posters

Are you looking to show your support for the NHS or other key workers?  Great!  It’s lovely to see rainbows popping up in windows all over the UK, appreciating just how precious all our health workers are.  Here’s our little contribution – a collection of rainbow posters for children to print and colour in:

By the way, we think it’s really nice of you to think of others during this difficult time.  Your kindness is far more magical than anything we do on this site.

If you have a key worker among your friends or family, why not colour in a poster just for them? We’ve tried to include as many as we could think of, and there’s one you can fill in yourself if we’ve missed someone.

Looking for plain rainbow colouring without any writing? These are two of our favourites?

And here are two final posters which are key to that all-important message to stay home if you can:

Colouring, Summer

Summer Seaside Colouring

It’s always fun for the children to do a bit of colouring in, so as summer gets going, (in the northern hemisphere anyway), we thought we’d post a collection of our printable seaside colouring pages:

Whether you’re after magical makebelieve like mermaids, or pictures of real ocean creatures such as the giant squid, we hope your family will enjoy colouring these beach and sea themed scenes.

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Colouring for Spring

This is just a quick post to gather together all our favourite colouring pages for spring.  Great for those rainy afternoons with the children, though fingers crossed you won’t get too many!

Feeling musical this spring?  You might like these:

 

Along with colouring pages, you might also enjoy the following printables which are popular in spring:

Mermaid Certificates

Learning to Swim - free mermaid certificate
Learning to Swim

Our mermaid certificates are always popular in spring – though we’re never quite sure why!  Possibly it’s a time when children learn to swim.  Anyway, they’re also fun for children’s parties, oh, and we’ve got a mermaid invitations and a mermaid treasure hunt you can print too.

Pastel Alphabet Bunting

Perhaps it’s the soft spring colours that make our printable pastel alphabet bunting a popular download at this time of year.

Tooth Fairy Notes

Notes from the Tooth Fairy

These little notes from the Tooth fairy never stop being popular, no matter what the time of year. At the moment, they are among our top five most visited pages.