Make exploring feelings creative, playful, and hands-on with this Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats Growing Bundle! Children can use play dough to sculpt facial expressions or draw directly onto seasonal and holiday-themed characters while practicing emotional identification, self-awareness, and social awareness.

This collection includes 10 themed sets of printable feelings mats, scenario cards, emotion cards, and conversation dice. Instead of relying only on verbal questions, children can show what an emotion might look like by shaping a mouth, adding eyebrows, drawing an expression, or creating a face with dough. The accompanying scenarios encourage conversations about how different situations might feel and how emotional expressions can vary.

Perfect for child therapy, individual counseling, small groups, preschool and early elementary SEL lessons, sensory-friendly activity centers, and home use, these printable emotion activities offer flexible ways to explore feelings throughout the year.

📦 What's Included:

✔️ Fall & Autumn Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 43 feelings mats featuring acorns, leaves, footballs, and sunflowers, plus 36 scenario cards and additional feelings activities.

✔️ Halloween Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 44 feelings mats featuring pumpkins, witches, Frankenstein-inspired characters, and mummies, plus 40 scenario cards and conversation activities.

✔️ Thanksgiving Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 49 feelings mats featuring turkeys, corn, pies, and dishes, along with 40 scenario cards, feelings cards, and conversation dice.

✔️ Winter Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 44 feelings mats featuring winter-themed characters, 40 scenario cards, and printable color and black-and-white options.

✔️ Christmas Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 44 feelings mats featuring an elf, Santa, reindeer, and gingerbread man, plus 40 scenario cards and feelings discussion dice.

✔️ Valentine's Day Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 44 feelings mats, 44 scenario cards, and conversation dice for exploring emotions through Valentine's Day-themed activities.

✔️ St. Patrick's Day Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 44 feelings mats featuring leprechauns, shamrocks, rainbows, and pots of gold, plus 40 scenario cards and discussion dice.

✔️ Spring Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 48 feelings mats featuring bees, butterflies, clouds, and tulips, plus 40 scenario cards, printable versions, and conversation dice.

✔️ Easter Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 45 feelings mats, 40 scenario cards, color and black-and-white options, and feelings conversation dice.

✔️ Summer Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats

• 39 feelings mats, 40 scenario cards, feelings flashcards covering 10 emotions, and additional summer-themed activities.

🎒 Quick Details: PreK–Grade 2 | 👥 Individual, small group + classroom | 🖨️ Printable PDF | 🎯 Feelings identification, emotional expression, social awareness + fine motor skills

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

The Growing Bundle includes all 10 linked sets above, giving you a collection of creative, hands-on emotion identification activities for use throughout the year.

🎁 This is a Growing Bundle! Purchase now and receive all future additions at no extra cost. As new themed sets are added, the bundle will continue to expand.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

Emotional identification, emotional vocabulary, recognizing facial expressions, self-awareness, social awareness, perspective-taking, emotional expression, communication, creativity, and fine motor coordination.

Children can explore how eyebrows, eyes, and mouths contribute to facial expressions while learning that feelings do not always look the same for everyone.

The scenario cards encourage children to consider different emotional experiences without requiring them to disclose personal experiences before they are ready.

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Sculpt different facial expressions with play dough
• Draw feelings faces on seasonal characters
• Use scenario cards to discuss how someone might feel in different situations
• Practice identifying emotions with the included feelings cards
• Roll the conversation dice to extend discussions about emotions
• Laminate mats for repeated use with dough or dry-erase markers
• Offer drawing as an alternative for children who prefer not to touch dough
• Use as a low-pressure conversation starter during child therapy
• Incorporate into individual counseling and emotional regulation groups
• Create hands-on feelings stations in preschool and elementary classrooms
• Choose seasonal themes that connect with children's interests and experiences
• Send selected printable mats home for family practice

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Child therapists, mental health counselors, social workers, psychologists, school counselors, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, early childhood educators, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and families.

Especially helpful for professionals seeking tactile, creative emotion identification activities that allow children to communicate through drawing, sculpting, play, and conversation.

🖨️ Format & Download:

Includes 10 digital sets of printable feelings play dough and drawing mats, scenario cards, and accompanying emotion discussion activities.

Individual sets include different quantities of mats, scenario cards, feelings cards, and conversation dice. Refer to the linked product descriptions above for the specific contents of each set.

Print the mats for drawing activities or laminate them for repeated use with play dough or dry-erase markers.

Play dough, drawing materials, laminating supplies, and other physical materials are not included.

📌 Important Notes:

• Offer alternatives to play dough (such as drawing) for children with tactile sensitivities, motor differences, or personal preferences.
• Some sets feature specific holidays. Select themes that are relevant and welcoming to the children and families you support.

• This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available.