Seasonal Creative Calm Kits
When life gets to be a lot, creative activities can soothe your nervous system, help you process your thoughts and feelings, and bring you back to yourself.
These are your emergency creative kits for intense times.
Choose a kit for the summer season, or the festive period.
Creative Calm Summer Survival Kit
For when the summer gets too hot to handle
Creative activities suitable for the whole family that will help regulate everyone’s nervous systems.
Summer brings a lot of pressure.
If you’ve got kids and everyone’s together a lot more than usual, the children want entertaining and the parents are trying juggle that with their normal routine, life can get intense.
Even if you don’t have children, there are a lot of conflicting demands, and a lot of external messaging telling us we should deliver an unattainably perfect summer.
So unwind, cool down your inner weather, and help everyone connect with these low-pressure activities. No list to complete, just an emergency pack to reach for when tensions start to simmer.
Christmas Creative Calm Kit
Create a calm and peaceful festive season
24 creative therapy activities to support you through the most intense time of the year.
The festive season can be a lot.
This is your emergency calm kit. Break it out when you need a moment away from all the busyness, or when the feelings are a little overwhelming.
In this pdf you will find 24 creative therapy activities to support you throughout December by grounding yourself and connecting with your soul through your creativity.
You could do one activity a day, like an advent calendar.
Or you could dip in and choose a random activity when you feel the need.
You don’t have to do all 24 before Christmas (or your festival of choice) - you can use (or reuse) any of them whenever you like.
The activities are organised into groups to suit different aspects of the festive season. You don’t have to follow this structure, just go with what suits your needs. But you'll find activities for:
- Setting calm foundations
- Managing stress during the festive build-up
- Handling big feelings that arise during this time
- Staying present in the moment
Each activity is simple, to fit in with your time and energy, and can be done without any special skill of equipment.