Comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Resources
Halloween Feelings Dough + Drawing Mats + Scenario Cards
Explore Halloween feelings through drawing and play dough with 44 printable emotion mats featuring pumpkins, witches, Frankenstein, and mummies. This hands-on SEL activity also includes 40 scenario cards, flashcards covering 10 emotions, and dice with feelings prompts for counseling and classroom conversations.
Children draw on the blank faces or mold dough to create facial expressions, then discuss what the character may be feeling. Pair the mats with the scenario cards and flashcards to practice naming emotions, noticing facial features, and connecting feelings with situations. Full-color and black-and-white versions are included.
📦 What's Included:
- 44 Halloween feelings mats featuring pumpkins, witches, Frankenstein, and mummies
- 40 Feelings scenario cards
- Feelings flashcards covering 10 emotions with the 4 Halloween characters
- Dice with feelings prompts to extend conversations
- Full-color and black-and-white versions
10 Feelings Covered:
Angry, confused, embarrassed, excited, happy, proud, sad, silly, surprised, and worried.
🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 44 dough + drawing mats | 4 Halloween characters | 40 scenario cards | 10 emotions | Feelings flashcards + conversation dice | Printable PDF | Color + black and white
🛍️ Bundle & Save:
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Halloween Counseling & Social Emotional Learning Bundle includes:
- 9 Resources: these feelings mats, feelings puzzles, expected behavior game, positive affirmation and feelings mazes, 2 yoga and movement games, and pumpkin, sunflower, and bird Color by Code activities
- Feelings identification, positive self-talk, social skills, behavior choices, and movement with digital games and printable activities
Feelings Play Dough + Drawing Mats Growing Bundle includes:
- 10 Seasonal and holiday-themed sets of feelings dough and drawing mats
- More than 35 feelings mats per set with accompanying scenario cards for exploring emotions throughout the year
- Future resources added to the growing bundle at no extra cost
🎯 Skills Addressed:
- Naming feelings and emotional identification
- Recognizing facial features and expressions
- Self-awareness and emotional expression
- Social awareness and considering feelings in different situations
- Communication through feelings discussions
- Fine motor skills through drawing and molding dough
💡 Ways to Use It:
Choose a Halloween character and use dough or drawing to show a feeling. Read a scenario card, discuss how the character might feel, and create a matching expression. Use the flashcards to introduce or review the 10 emotions, then roll the feelings dice to extend the conversation.
Use the mats in individual counseling, small groups, play-based counseling, speech-language activities, or Halloween SEL centers. Laminate the full-color mats for repeated use with modeling dough or dry-erase markers, or use the black-and-white versions for drawing and coloring during October lessons.
👩🏫 Who It's For:
School counselors, social workers, psychologists, child therapists, play therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special educators, classroom teachers, and parents working with children in kindergarten through second grade.
🖨️ Format & Download:
Printable PDF materials in full color and black and white. Print the mats, scenario cards, flashcards, and feelings dice for shared activities. Play dough, markers, and other activity supplies are not included.
📚 More Fall Resources:
Read Fun Fall Counseling and Social Emotional Learning Activities for Halloween and autumn ideas using feelings mats, games, puzzles, and other counseling activities.
📌 Important Notes:
- 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.
