Emotional Play Ideas

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Get Your Beat On

All Ages

Egg Carton Butterfly

Ages 4+, requires adult help

Act It Out

All Ages

At-Home Movie Theater

Ages 3+

Guess My Emotions

Ages 4+

Surprise Box

All Ages

Toy Hotel

Ages 3+

International Menu

Ages 7 years and older

Emotional Animals

Ages 3+

Stuffed Animal Birthday Party

Ages 3+

DIY Calming Bottle

Ages 3+

Emoji Bingo

Ages 3+

Puppet Play

Ages 5+

Wiggly Worm Farm

Ages 4+

Simon Says

Ages 3+

Acts of Kindness Calendar

Ages 4+

Gratitude Jar

Ages 3+

Emotion Journal

Ages 8+

Snack ‘N’ Social

All Ages

Step by Step Sculpture

All Ages

Big Art

All Ages

Drum Role Play

All Ages

Musical Feelings

Ages 4+, requires adult supervision

Colorful Tree Bark Sketches

Ages 5+

Flower Power

Ages 3+

Make a Vision Board

Ages 5+

Pretend Play Cafe

Ages 3+

Tower Building

Ages 4 years and older

Mini Greenhouse

Ages 3 years and older

Sleeping Lions

Ages 6 years and older

Animal Masks

Ages 4 years and older

You’ve Got Mail

Ages 4 years and older

Story Stones

Ages 3 years and older

Grab the Bacon

Ages 6 years and older

Twin Plants

Ages 4 years and older

Two Truths and a Tale

Ages 8 years and older

Table Talk

Ages 3 years and older

Jump Rope

Ages 5 years and older

Let's Roll

Ages 5 years and older

My Favorite Museum

Ages 3 years and older

Back It Up

Ages 7 years and older

Pretend Pet Salon

Ages 5 years and older

Runway Ready

Ages 3 years and older

Mad Face Scary Face

Ages 3-4 years

Peek-A-Boo

Ages 0 years and older

DIY Doll Nursery

Ages 2 years and older

Traffic Cop Game

Ages 4 years and older

Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?

Ages 5 years and older

The Masked Bunny

Ages 5 years and older

Freeze Tag

Ages 3-10 years

Shadow Tag

Ages 2 years and older

Mother, May I Game

Ages 3 years and older

Catch the Dragon's Tail

Ages 5 years and older

How Am I Feeling

Ages 6+, requires adult help

Pass the Apple

Ages 8 years and older

Another Word For

Ages 7 years and older

Initial Game

Ages 7 years and older

Will You Be My Neighbor?

Ages 3 years and older

Emotions Book

Ages 4+, requires adult help

Sardines

Ages 5 years and older

Memory

Ages 3+, requires adult help

Hop to It

Ages 4 years and older

Charades

Ages 6 years and older

Mood Meter

Ages 5+, requires adult help

Crafty Cards

Ages 3 years and older, requires adult help

Harvest Dash

Ages 3 years and older

Fill the Suitcase

Ages 5+, requires adult help

Snow Painting

Ages 4 years and older

Color Me Strong

Ages 4+, requires adult help

Simon Says it With Feeling

Ages 3+, requires adult help

Duck Duck Drench

Ages 6 years and older