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Crafts are one of the most powerful tools for helping children process their emotions. In this video, we walk through six simple crafts you can do at home with your child between the ages of seven and ten.

Each craft helps with a specific kind of feeling: naming emotions, easing worry, calming overwhelm, releasing anger, sharing hidden feelings, and noticing the good.

These are all easy, low-cost, and use materials you probably already have at home. Most importantly, they give your child a way to express what they're feeling, even when words are hard.

Timestamps:

0:00 Why crafts help children process emotions
0:24 Craft 1: The Emotion Color Wheel
1:22 Craft 2: The Worry Jar
2:12 Craft 3: The Calm Down Jar
3:05 Craft 4: Scribble Release
3:59 Craft 5: The Inside-Outside Self-Portrait
5:01 Craft 6: The Gratitude Tree
5:59 How to use these crafts at home

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6 Easy Crafts That Help Kids Process Their Difficult Feelings

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Most screen-free crafts are finished in ten minutes, and then the tablet comes straight back out. These five are different.

Each one keeps going long after the first attempt, because instead of making one thing and being done, your child ends up with something they can keep building, keep playing with, and keep coming back to all week.

You almost certainly have most of the supplies at home already.

Step-by-step instructions appear on screen for each craft, so you can pause, follow along, and skip ahead to whichever one suits your afternoon.

Timestamps:

Chapters 00:00 Why most crafts don't keep kids busy
00:30 Craft 1 — Friendship Bracelets
01:12 Craft 2 — Cardboard Marble Run
01:57 Craft 3 — Sock Puppets
02:40 Craft 4 — Make-Your-Own Board Game
03:22 Craft 5 — Flipbook Animation
04:00 Which one to start with

Give Them A Real Childhood: 5 Crafts That Get Kids Off Screens

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Five easy crafts you can actually do with your kids this week, using things you almost certainly already have at home.

No special supplies, no hours of prep, and no Pinterest-perfect pressure. Just simple, low-mess crafts that hold a child's attention for at least 20 minutes — which, as any parent knows, is the real measure of a successful afternoon.

Step-by-step instructions appear on screen for each craft, so you can pause, follow along, and skip ahead to the one your kid is in the mood for.

Chapters
00:00 5 crafts, almost no shopping
00:22 Craft 1 — Painted Kindness Rocks
01:06 Craft 2 — Paper Plate Sunflower
01:58 Craft 3 — Salt Dough Handprint Keepsake
02:57 Craft 4 — Tissue Paper Suncatcher
03:50 Craft 5 — Nature Collage
04:39 Which one to do first

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