Feelings in a Jar: A Fun Game for All Ages for Endless Play & Interaction (In a Jar Series)

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Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Try to include activities that have a sensory component so that your child can connect with them both on a sensory level and emotionally. For example, the color red may represent anger and the color blue may represent feelings of sadness. Having an whole suite of tools at your disposal as a parent is the only way to avoid the knee jerk, reactive responses we often give our little ones. If your child struggles to connect with pictures you find, consider taking a photo to use as a prompt for your child.

Some children do very well with an image of the exact thing rather than a picture representing the activity. More time is spent on the "bottling up" and less time is spent on the healthy alternative, but I like the general message and I find the artwork interesting. I may read this with my young human to see how he responds, but I'm a little bit worried that he will infer that it is "normal" to bottle up your feelings.

Usually, it just takes one of the items and he is calm enough to talk about what was upsetting him and make a plan to move forwards. Each jar holds 101 little slips printed with feelings words"-gleeful, insecure, grateful, angry, cranky, courageous, hopeful, and many more. If you don’t have pom poms at home you can use different color strips of paper, beads, or you can send kiddos on a scavenger hunt to find things of like colors around the house.

Using the same example, inside of a breakup, this might help you identify one day that what you are feeling most is abandoned and anxious. It isn't long before he finds that he needs to hide not only the bad feelings, but also he has to hide feelings of excitement and joy, too. In fact, the best thing about a coping skills jar, is that it can be taken with you and used anywhere! Each jar holds 101 little cards printed with “feelings words”—gleeful, insecure, grateful, angry, cranky, courageous, hopeful, and many more. Plus, there’s extra content from partners Scouts, LEGO and NCT, and you can share your own tips through the new parent community sharing feature!A lovely little story that offers help in sorting out feelings for kids…and, maybe, for grownups, too.