Doodle for calm with this fun summer themed doodle worksheet for kids. We love a good doodle – did you know that doodling can lower stress and improve sleep? In fact, drawing and doodling has many benefits for mental health and has been shown to help us feel more positive and reduce anxiety.

Directions: Have your child can draw faces on the suns - can they draw a different emotion each time? Or can they draw the different emotions summer brings? There are lots of fun ways to use this activity sheet!

Benefits:

• Boost imagination and creativity.
• Mindful and calming – doodling is an act of meditation and helps us to feel grounded and present.
• Relieve anxious thoughts or unhelpful emotions.
• Distraction technique – doodling can help distract from distressing emotions and help children feel focused.
• Expand emotional literacy by drawing different emotions.
• Fun summer theme – feel more in tune with our environment and appreciate the summer weather by doodling faces on the suns!