The Very Hungry Worry Monsters

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Lisa uses watercolors to make monsters, and I thought it would be perfect to make these while practicing controlled breathing. The Worry Monsters are part of a holistic approach we have to upholding school values around supporting and feeling supported.

Personifying worry or anxiety can help students to make their abstract experience of worry a little more tangible. Below you will find an interactive no print Google Slides version available for online/remote learning. So when I saw this amazing art activity from Liska at Adventure in a Box,I knew it would be great for worry group to teach students helpful strategies to manage worries.We’ll share a tutorial for a fun monster worry box in the next section, but let’s be clear, this technique is equally effective with any box you may have lying around in the house. Councillor Liz Brighouse, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Youth Services, said: “These hand-made monsters will be used by our social care team when working with children in care and young people to help resolve any worries they have. While I have never named my anxiety, I do work on reminding myself that it is anxiety and I do not have to listen to it bully me around!

Worry Box: In this post, you will learn what a worry box is, why it works, and what the best fit could be for your child.She shares real life experiences that have helped her daughter manage her anxiety and OCD as well as vulnarbale posts about what it feels like to move through these daily challenges.

With your hot glue gun, place a line of glue all the way down the line of the white foam teeth that you cut out. To start, I ask students to imagine what their worry would look like if it were a real-life monster.If you are looking for mindfulness crafts to do some work with your kids or students this can be a great project. We are a team of teaching experts, who have worked as teachers, consultants, course-leaders, authors, and bloggers.