Create Your Own Feelings Garden

The Feelings Garden is a gentle, creative guide designed to help children recognise, explore, and express their emotions in a safe and engaging way. Using a simple, hands-on craft activity, children create their own “feelings garden,” where different flowers represent different emotions. This playful, visual approach supports emotional vocabulary, encourages self-awareness, and helps children communicate feelings that may otherwise be difficult to put into words.

Created to strengthen connection between children and the adults supporting them, the guide includes step-by-step instructions, conversation prompts, and practical tips for using the activity as part of daily emotional check-ins. The resource helps children learn that all feelings are valid and manageable, while supporting parents, carers, and professionals to nurture open, compassionate conversations about emotions.