My Feelings First Aid Kit - Make An Emergency Mental Health Kit - WMHD2025 - FREE

Free printable “My Feelings First Aid Kit” activity, perfect for World Mental Health Day 2025 - use with our World Mental Health Day 2025 Presentation for Primary Schools!

A creative worksheet for children to build their own personalised toolkit of strategies for managing tricky emotions.

Helping children learn to manage their feelings is a vital part of supporting their wellbeing. The My Feelings First Aid Kit activity gives children a fun, creative way to explore the strategies that help them when they experience big emotions. By thinking about what works for them - whether it’s drawing, listening to music, talking to a trusted adult, or taking a break - children begin to understand that they already have positive coping tools they can use when life feels tricky.

This free printable activity is perfect for World Mental Health Day 2025, but can also be used at any time of year to spark important conversations about emotions, self-care, and resilience.

Features

• One-page printable worksheet in A4 format.

• Prompts provided to help children get started, with space to add their own ideas.

• Creative, hands-on design encourages colouring and decorating.

• Suitable for KS1 and KS2 pupils.

• Free to download, print, and use.

About This Resource

The My Feelings First Aid Kit is designed to help children identify strategies that make them feel calmer and more in control during tricky times. The activity asks pupils to “fill” their kit with drawings or words that represent the things that support them - such as a safe adult, a safe space or comforting object.

By creating their own personalised kit, children learn that everyone’s coping strategies are different, and that discovering what works best for them is part of looking after their mental health.

World Mental Health Day 2025

The theme for World Mental Health Day 2025 is “Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies: Access to Services.” For children, this theme has been reframed into the idea of finding help and support during “tricky times.” The My Feelings First Aid Kit activity connects directly to this, encouraging children to identify the actions and strategies they can always turn to, even when things feel difficult.

Benefits

• Encourages children to reflect on their own coping strategies.

• Builds emotional literacy by linking feelings with positive actions.

• Creates a personal resource that children can keep and use.

• Supports resilience and self-regulation.

• Provides a creative and engaging task suitable for all ability levels.

• Free and easy to use - no preparation required.

How to Use

1. Print copies of the worksheet for your class or group.

2. Introduce the idea of a “Feelings First Aid Kit” and why it’s important to know what helps us feel better.

3. Encourage children to fill in the kit with drawings, words, or symbols that represent their personal coping strategies.

4. Invite pupils to decorate their kit, making it colourful and unique.

5. Ask children to cut out their kit and keep it somewhere safe, such as their desk, folder, or bedroom wall, as a reminder of their strategies.

Suggested Uses

• Use alongside our World Mental Health Day 2025 Presentation for Primary Schools.

• Whole school assemblies, PSHE lessons or classroom discussions.

• Wellbeing weeks or awareness events.

• Small group work with pastoral leads or school counsellors.

• As a take-home activity to share with parents or carers.

The free My Feelings First Aid Kit worksheet is a simple but powerful activity that helps children explore and identify positive ways to cope with big feelings. With prompts, space for creativity, and a design that encourages personalisation, this resource makes it easy to introduce important conversations about emotions and wellbeing in a fun, age-appropriate way.

Perfect for World Mental Health Day 2025 and beyond, this activity supports resilience, emotional literacy, and mental health awareness in primary-aged children.

Download your free My Feelings First Aid Kit worksheet today and give your children the tools to build their own coping toolkit. A creative, child-friendly activity that makes talking about mental health simple, safe, and fun.