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?
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.
A relaxing colouring page featuring a boy thinking about gratitude, kindness, and hope – perfect for encouraging positive emotions in children.
A mindful colouring page with a girl thinking about gratitude, kindness, and hope – a great way to promote emotional well-being in children.
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.
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.
Printable activity cards to help children manage stress – a great tool for relaxation and self-regulation.
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.
Whether your child has just mastered bike riding, finished their first book, or swum a whole length without help – these printable kids’ certificates are here to help you celebrate their achievements in a magical, memorable way.
Created with love by Rooftop Post, all our certificates are free to download and print for personal use. They’re perfect for rewarding everyday milestones, building confidence, or adding a special touch to classroom celebrations.
Bike Riding Award
Mini-Monster Certificate
🎉 Make a “Celebration Corner” at Home
Print a few certificates and hang them up in a special spot in your kitchen, hallway, or child’s bedroom. This way, achievements are not only rewarded but remembered every day.
Learning to Swim (Ready to Personalise)
Learning to Swim (No name needed)
Learning to Read (Ready to Personalise)
Learning to Ride a Bike (Ready to personalise)
📚 Use in the Classroom
Teachers, these work well for end-of-week awards or surprise boosts for kids who’ve put in great effort. Just print, fill in, and hand them out with a smile!
Monstrously Good Student
Scarily Good Schoolwork
Fairy Certificate of Tidiness
Safe Socks Award
Learning to Swim
💡 Tip: Pair with a Small Treat
Want to make it even more special? Tuck a certificate inside a card or pair it with a little prize – like a new book, badge, or sweet treat.
Brave as a DragonStrong as a DragonFairy Certificate of Achievement
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:
St George’s Certificate of Bravery
St George’s Certificate of Achievement
We have some dragon certificates available too, which might come in handy. Here are a couple of examples – click here to see more:
Valiant as a Dragon
Strong as a Dragon
We’ve also got some knight and dragon-themed colouring:
George and the Dragon
Dragon Head
Dragony Monster
Fire Breathing Dragon
St George’s Dragon
Sky Dragon
Dragon Eggs
Dragon Dinosaur
Dragon in Flight
Knight
Curvy Dragon
Time for Tea Dragon
Looking to decorate your home or classroom? You might find something useful in our collection of St George’s Day bunting:
St George’s Day Bunting
St George’s Day Bunting
St George’s Cross Flag
St George’s Cross Flag Colouring
You might also like these free printable greetings cards:
Dragon Greetings Card
St George’s Day Card
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.
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.
There are many beautiful Tooth Fairy letters out there in the cloud and some of the loveliest ones are very small. Fairy-sized in fact. However, it can be rather fiddly to find a tiny pen (and perhaps your strongest reading glasses!) to write one yourself, so we thought we’d post a couple that are ready-written and free to print out. All you’ll need to make yours is a pair of scissors a dab of glue for the tiny envelope flaps.
Miniature Tooth Fairy Letter
So far, we’ve got two letters for a general tooth pick-up and one for a first tooth. Each comes with a matching envelope for a girl or a boy – whichever you want. (They’re all below.) If you’d rather print a normal-sized letter instead, you can still find a range of them on our Tooth Fairy notes page. We’ll be tracking how busy this page is and if it proves popular, we’ll make more miniature letters in the not-to-distant future.
Choose Your Printable Miniature Letter Below:
Just click on the picture of the Tooth Fairy letter you want and you’ll be taken to a PDF file to print and/or download. It’s all free but if you like these and want to support us, come back and see us soon, join our mailing list, or let a friend know. Happy crafting!
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Boy Thanks for Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Girl Thanks for Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Boy – 1st Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Girl – 1st Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Boy Thanks and Keep Brushing
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Girl – Thanks and Keep Brushing
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Boy: Thanks for Another Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter for a Girl: Thanks for Another Tooth
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter – Thanks for Another Tooth (Boy)
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter – Thanks for Another Tooth (Girl)
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter (Boy)
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter (Girl)
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter (Girl)
Tiny Tooth Fairy Letter (Boy)
If your children speak French, you might also like these tiny letters:
Top Tip:
If you’re a bit of a fairy crafting fiend, dipping your tiny Tooth Fairy letter in ultra fine glitter before you put it in the envelope will make it sparkle beautifully when your child takes it out. The glitter won’t stick unless it’s the very fine kind though, like the glitter you see people using for nail art. The best place to find some is probably ebay. Also, beware, it can get everywhere and if you spill it on the carpet you’ll spot the occasional sparkle for months, in spite of your best efforts to vacuum it away. We recommend using it on a tray.
Miniature Tooth Fairy Letter for a Young Lady
Larger Notes
Don’t forget we also have a range of bigger notes, not to mention Tooth Fairy certificates you can print out – for those who find it a bit easier to use something human rather than fairy-sized!
This week we’ve put together two sets of rhyming clues for treasure hunts. One is a pirate theme, the other is for mermaids. They make a great activity for birthday parties or any other family gathering where there are children to entertain.
What You Need:
A printer, obviously, and a pair of scissors. You’ll also have to think of a prize (or “treasure”) you can put at the end of the hunt, with the very last clue. For the pirate treasure hunt, you’ll need an egg to place one of the clues next to, as you’ll see when you read the rhymes.
If you need more help: Scroll down, there are suggestions for hiding each clue lower down.
Just print the clues, cut them out and hide around the house accordingly. (There are PDF buttons underneath each set of clues to make printing extra-easy.)
When planning your treasure hunt, here are some questions to ask yourself and extra ideas for each clue below.
Whole House or Certain Rooms?
If you’re planning this scavenger hunt for a children’s party, you might want to make it clear which rooms they should look in and which are off-limits – just in case you don’t want a million little hands rifling through every cupboard in the house!
Competition or Team Work Game?
You might also want to decide whether your treasure hunt is a competition or not. Does the first person to get to the end get the prize? Or is it about team work? If it’s the former, make it clear that clues must be left where you found them, so that the next player can find them too. If it’s the latter, make sure there’s some “treasure” for everyone at the end.
Tips and Suggestions for Each Verse of Pirate Clues:
Yo ho, me lovelies! Here be a clue: To find the surprise Ye must seek out a shoe!
Just pop the clue into any shoe that the children are likely to find. If you want to make it easier, you could point them to the right room.
Keep on, me hearties! A pirate’s got grit, Ye’ll find the next clue Where ye like to sit.
Place the clue under/on/under the cushion of a chair. It could be a dining chair, armchair, rocking chair and so on.
Well done, me pirates! You’re moving ahead A secret is written Where ye go to bed.
This one’s easy – just hide the clue in a bed. If it’s a party and you don’t want children in every room, make it clear which bedrooms are off-limits.
Now listen up closely Me beauties, me gems, There’s a landlubber watching The next clue’s on them!
You or another adult should hide the next clue about your (or their) person. Perhaps in a pocket or, if you’re joining in the festivities, under the pirate hat you’ve got on!
Not far to the treasure, Me brave sailing folk! The next one’s beside A thing with a yolk.
You’ll need to place the next clue near an egg. Perhaps in the fridge or egg basket? If you don’t have a real egg in the house, you could always draw one, cut it out, pin it to a wall and put the clue beside it.
Fine work buccaneers! Now hark to me fable: There once was a clue Who hid by a table.
Any table will do here – if you’re feeling crafty, tape the clue underneath it rather than leaving it on top.
Well done me shipmates! You’re right on the brink… The last clue is hiding Not far from a sink.
Could be the bathroom or the kitchen – just hide the clue in or near a sink.
Aha so ye found it! I’m piraty-proud, A toast to yer cunning And courage out loud!
The “treasure” should be left with this clue. It can be anything – chocolate, sweets, a toy. Might be a nice touch to make it a piraty gift, arrr! If this treasure hunt wasn’t a competition, make sure there are enough goodies for everyone. You could always include one of ourpirate certificatesat the end for whoever got there first. This one, for anHonorary Pirateone would be a good fit:
Honorary Pirate Certificate (No name needed)
Tips and Suggestions for Each Verse of Mermaid Clues:
Follow the clues For treasures galore! Swim that way dear mermaids, The first’s on a door.
Pick any door in your house and stick/pin the next clue to it. If you want to make it harder, you could choose a less obvious door, such as the door to a wardrobe… or even a cat door!
Hark to me, merfolk, Crustaceans and fish! The next clue is hiding Inside a dish.
Pop the next clue inside a dish, any dish you know the children will find. Might be best not to choose a valuable one though, in case it gets broken.
Well done, now another…. If you’re in a rush I’ll tell you a secret: It’s near a hairbrush.
Hide the clue near a hairbrush. If the children don’t know where to look, you could always point them towards the correct room.
The next place is strange It’s a manmade machine And the clue is not far From its sparkly bright screen.
This “manmade machine” with a “sparkly bright screen” could be a TV, a laptop, a desktop, or even a tablet. (In theory, it could even be a phone but that might be hard for them to guess.) Hide the next clue near whichever device you have in your house – we always use the TV.
Nice work, lovely creatures, But now understand: A grown-up is hiding A clue in their hand!!!
This could be you or one of the other grown-up friends/parents. Give them the clue before the game starts and tell them fold it up small and hide it in a fist. Pick someone who doesn’t mind having their hand prised open by small fingers!
Now you must swim To and fro, here and there, To find a clue waiting Under a chair.
Any chair in the house will do for the next clue. You could hide it under the chair’s cushion, under the chair itself, or tape it to the back of the chair.
The hunt’s nearly over, You’ve swum many knots, Now look in a room Full of saucepans and pots!
Clearly, the next clue needs to be hidden in the kitchen. You can make finding it as easy or as difficult as you like.
Hooray little merfolk, Here is your prize. You are not only pretty But clever and wise!
This is the last clue so some kind of mermaid treasure should be left here. Sweets/candy is probably the most obvious prize – you could also add one of our free mermaid certificates. The one below would be an easy choice because it doesn’t require you to add a child’s name. (Obviously, if it’s a competition you couldn’t add a name in advance because you wouldn’t know which child was going to get to the end first!):
Mermaid Friend (No name needed)
Attribution: All pirate and mermaid rhymes in the clues above were written by Leone Annabella Betts and have been reproduced on this site with her blessing.
Looking for More Pirate Party Ideas?
From around the internet, we like these:
Make a Pirate’s Treasure Map – This is a great idea for a pirate’s party activity. Just watch the BBC (CBeebies) video then get the children at your party making maps of their own.
Make a Pirate Treasure Chest – If you’ve got a bit of preparation time, this print and craft treasure chest from Tim’s Printables might prove useful. You make one for each guest, pop a couple of sweets inside and put it on the party table.
Buccaneer Eye Patches – Authentic looking eye patches to print out from Real Classroom Ideas.
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