Explore Thanksgiving feelings through drawing and play dough with 49 printable emotion mats featuring turkeys, corn, pies, and dishes. 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:

• 49 Thanksgiving feelings mats featuring turkeys, corn, pies, and dishes
  
  
• 40 Feelings scenario cards
  
  
• Feelings flashcards covering 10 emotions with the 4 Thanksgiving characters
  
  
• Feelings cards with and without feelings words
  
  
• Dice with feelings prompts to extend conversations
  
  
• Full-color and black-and-white versions
  

10 Feelings Covered:

Annoyed, angry, excited, happy, proud, sad, scared, tired, surprised, and worried.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 49 dough + drawing mats | 4 Thanksgiving characters | 40 scenario cards | 10 emotions | Feelings flashcards + conversation dice | Printable PDF | Color + black and white

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Feelings Play Dough + Drawing Mats Growing Bundle includes:

• 10 Seasonal and holiday sets: autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, spring, and summer
  
• Printable feelings mats in 4 character themes per set, scenario cards, feelings cards, and conversation dice
  
• Full-color and black-and-white versions and future sets added 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 Thanksgiving 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 Thanksgiving 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 November 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 Thanksgiving 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.