Help students explore feelings in a creative, hands-on way with these Winter Feelings Play Dough and Drawing Mats! These engaging social-emotional learning activities invite children to draw or sculpt facial expressions on winter-themed characters while practicing emotional identification, self-awareness, and social awareness.

Featuring snowmen, yetis, penguins, and turkeys, this resource includes 44 feelings mats, 40 scenario cards, feelings cards, and conversation dice. Students can experiment with different facial expressions, consider how someone might feel in a particular situation, and practice recognizing and expressing emotions.

Perfect for individual counseling, small-group counseling, classroom SEL centers, and winter activities, these printable mats offer a playful, sensory-friendly alternative to traditional feelings worksheets. Students can participate through drawing, play dough, discussion, or whichever approach works best for them.

📦 What's Included:

❄️ 44 Winter Feelings Play Dough & Drawing Mats

• 44 printable feelings mats featuring four winter character designs.
• Snowman, yeti, penguin, and turkey characters.
• Blank faces for students to draw or sculpt different emotional expressions.
• Opportunities to explore how facial features can communicate feelings.
• Activities that can be used with play dough, drawing materials, or other creative tools.

💬 40 Feelings Scenario Cards

• 40 scenario cards for exploring emotions in different situations.
• Opportunities to discuss how someone might feel and why.
• Encourages students to consider different emotional responses to similar situations.
• Can be paired with the drawing and dough mats for additional practice.

❤️ Feelings Cards

• Printable feelings cards for introducing and reviewing emotional vocabulary.
• Visual supports to use alongside the winter character mats.
• Opportunities to connect feeling words with facial expressions.
• Can be incorporated into matching activities, discussions, and creative play.

🎲 Feelings Question Dice

• Printable dice with questions and prompts about emotions.
• An interactive way to extend feelings discussions.
• Can be used alongside the mats, feelings cards, and scenario cards.
• Encourages students to reflect on emotions through play and conversation.

🖨️ Color & Black-and-White Versions

• Full-color versions for engaging visual activities.
• Black-and-white versions for flexible printing.
• Options for individual sessions, small groups, and classroom SEL centers.

🎒 Quick Details: Elementary Students | ❄️ 4 winter character designs | 🎨 44 feelings mats | 💬 40 scenario cards | ❤️ Feelings cards | 🎲 Question dice | 🖨️ Color + B&W | Printable resource

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

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🌈 Feelings Play Dough & Drawing Mats Bundle

• Includes 10 sets of seasonal and themed feelings dough and drawing mats.
• Features more than 35 feelings mats in each set.
• Includes 40 or more scenario cards in each set.
• Provides different characters and seasonal themes for practicing emotional identification throughout the year.

❄️ Winter Counseling + SEL Bundle

• Includes seven winter-themed counseling and SEL resources.
• Combines seasonal games, puzzles, drawing and dough mats, yoga activities, mazes, and Color by Code activities.
• Offers a variety of ways to practice emotional awareness, coping skills, feelings exploration, behavior choices, and social skills.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying and naming emotions

✔️ Recognizing facial expressions and emotional cues

✔️ Building emotional vocabulary and self-awareness

✔️ Exploring how different situations might make someone feel

✔️ Developing social awareness and perspective-taking

✔️ Expressing emotions through creative activities

✔️ Practicing communication and feelings-related discussions

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Invite students to draw different facial expressions on the snowman, yeti, penguin, or turkey mats during individual counseling sessions.
• Offer play dough as a hands-on alternative to drawing for students who enjoy tactile activities.
• Pair the 40 scenario cards with the mats to explore how someone might feel in different situations.
• Use the feelings cards to introduce or review emotional vocabulary before students create their own facial expressions.
• Roll the feelings question dice to encourage discussion and reflection during counseling groups.
• Use the mats during Lunch Bunch or small-group counseling sessions to practice identifying and expressing feelings.
• Laminate the mats or place them in reusable sleeves for use with dry-erase markers during winter SEL centers.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators working with elementary students.

This resource is especially useful for professionals looking for hands-on, creative ways to support feelings identification, emotional vocabulary, self-awareness, and social awareness.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ 44 printable winter feelings mats.

✔️ 40 printable feelings scenario cards.

✔️ Feelings cards for emotional vocabulary practice.

✔️ Printable feelings question dice.

✔️ Full-color and black-and-white versions.

✔️ Activities suitable for drawing or play dough.

This is a digital download containing printable resources. Play dough, drawing materials, and other physical supplies are not included. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 Important Notes:

This resource includes 44 feelings mats featuring four winter character designs: snowman, yeti, penguin, and turkey.

The goal is to help students explore emotional expressions and recognize that people may express or experience feelings differently. There is no single correct way to draw or sculpt an emotion.

No refunds on digital products.