Fun Mindfulness Activities For Kids -- Free PDF Printables

Last updated on December 8th, 2021 at 10:58 pm

Mindfulness is a great way for kids to self reflect and learn how to be more focused and observant. Even if they don’t exactly understand how it works, the practice of becoming more mindful is clearly something that children, as well as adults, can benefit from. It reinforces their development as they discover their world, understand emotions, and learn to express them.

As important as mindfulness for children is, it doesn’t occur naturally in youngsters. That’s why activities aimed at cultivating mindful behavior are crucial. They can help educate children to grow up with healthy and balanced attitudes toward themselves and each other. Check out the pages of fun mindfulness activities for kids below–all designed to help them grow their awareness both inside and out.

Fun Mindfulness Activities for Kids — Free Printables

The first of the mindfulness activities for children is a simple paint-by-number. This helps kids create a colorful image by just focusing on small simple details that all add up to create a big picture. The “Trace and Breathe” page teaches mindful breathing for kids, helping them to feel grounded while conentrating on their breathing. This is an important part of meditation, and is really good for clearing your mind of distractions. There is also a reflective that has kids count backward from five, listing things they experience with each of their five senses. It starts with five things they can see, and it ends with one thing they can taste.

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Observations and Reflections for Children

Similar reflective mindfulness exercises for kids in this set are the “Mindfulness BINGO” and “Daily Reflection” activities. Mindfulness BINGO is a version of BINGO that prompts kids to actively respond to directions such as “listen to a song you love,” or “make someone laugh.” On the “Daily Reflection” page, children follow prompts to indicate mood, weather, and make other internal observations such as “Three Things That Made Me Happy Today.” The whole set of mindfulness resources for kids is rounded off by a small assortment of easy yoga poses to help them stay in tune with their bodies and control their movements. Print these colorful mindfulness activities pdf pages now to improve mindfulness in your children!

Click on the pages below to print your mindfulness activities for kids pdf pages. These will print letter-size, or use your printer’s settings to fit them to your page.

Tip: Some of these pages can be used over and over again, so you may want to print them on cardstock or laminate them. Here’s an inexpensive laminator we recommend.

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