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Printable Art Therapy Meditation Coloring Book

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This art therapy coloring book is free for you to print out on your home printers. With 11 pages to color in this book it is perfect for meditation to help clear your mind.

This printable can be used for any age, from children to teenagers to adults. I don’t know about you but meditation is something my body and mind craves right now.

It is hard to get motivated to sit in a quiet spot (if I can find one in my house) to listen to a meditation tape or CD but being able to sit and color is a great “busy” activity. The trick to being able to meditate and enjoy the joy of colouring is to make sure everyone else is also occupied.

Print some extra sheets off and give them to the kids. Pour yourself a hot chamomile tea or chilled tea, light some candles, grab some coloring pencils and start coloring. I found silence made my children talk or hum so after a few sessions we decided to play some elevator-style music. This one is my favorite.

You can grab the printable here.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]