This collection of free art therapy worksheets for children and teens offers a simple and engaging way to explore feelings each day. The 31 printable activities are designed to support emotional wellbeing, helping young people understand their emotions, express themselves through drawing, and build confidence in managing both comfortable and difficult feelings. Each page includes a guided art activity that encourages children to notice their thoughts, body signals, reactions, and sources of support. Over time, these daily prompts help develop emotional awareness, self-expression, and regulation skills in a gentle and creative way. These printable art therapy activities for kids and teenagers can be used at home, in schools, or in therapeutic settings. They are suitable for parents, carers, teachers, social workers, counsellors, and other professionals who want to support children’s mental health and create consistent, supportive routines around feelings and wellbeing.
Day 1 – My Feeling Right Now
Today is about noticing how you feel. Sometimes feelings can be hard to explain, and that is okay. This activity gives you a simple way to show your feeling using colours, shapes, or even a creature. There is no right or wrong way to do it. Take your time and let your drawing show what is going on inside. When you are finished, choose one word that matches your feeling. This is a good first step in understanding yourself a little better.
Day 2 – The Worry Jar
Today is about getting worries out of your head and onto paper. Sometimes worries can feel big or hard to explain, and they can stay stuck inside. This activity gives you a simple way to draw or write your worries and place them somewhere safe. As you draw the jar and close the lid, imagine your worries staying inside it instead of staying inside you. You can also think about the things that help you feel calm and add them around the jar. Take your time and remember, you can always come back to your jar later.
Day 3 – My Safe Place
Today is about creating a place where you feel safe and calm. Everyone has a place like this, real or imaginary. It might be your bedroom, a beach, a park, or somewhere you make up in your mind. This activity helps you build that place on paper so you can return to it whenever you need to feel relaxed or settled. As you draw, think about what you can see, hear, and do there. Add yourself into the picture and show what you enjoy doing in that space. Take your time and make it feel just right for you. This place belongs to you, and you can come back to it whenever you need a moment of calm.
Day 4 – The Angry Volcano
Today is about understanding anger in a simple and safe way. Everyone feels angry sometimes, and that is okay. Anger can feel big, fast, and hard to control, but drawing it can help you see it more clearly. In this activity, you will draw something that made you angry and use colours, shapes, or lines to show how it felt inside. You will also think about what helps you calm down when you feel this way. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Take your time and let your drawing show your feelings.
Day 5 – My Superhero Self
Today is about noticing what you are good at. Everyone has strengths, even if they are small or easy to miss. This activity helps you see those strengths in a fun and creative way. You will draw yourself as a superhero and show the things you are good at around you. These could be things like being kind, trying your best, helping others, or not giving up. Take your time and think about what makes you you. There is no right or wrong way to do this. This is your chance to see yourself in a positive and powerful way.
Day 6 – My Mood as Weather
Today is about noticing your feelings in a simple and creative way. Feelings can change throughout the day, just like the weather. Sometimes they feel bright and calm, and other times they can feel stormy or mixed. This activity helps you show how you feel by turning your mood into weather. You might draw sunshine, rain, clouds, or a storm – or even all of them together. There is no right or wrong way to do it. Take your time and let your drawing match how you feel today. This can help you understand your feelings a little better and see that they can change.
Day 7 – Someone Who Matters to Me
Today is about thinking about the people who are important in your life. These might be family members, friends, teachers, or anyone who makes you feel safe, happy, or cared for. This activity helps you notice what you like about them and how they make you feel. As you draw, think about the things they do that make a difference to you. It could be something small, like making you laugh, or something bigger, like helping you when you feel upset. Take your time and focus on what makes this person special to you.
Day 8 – My Heavy Backpack
Today is about thinking about the worries, problems, or big feelings that can make life feel heavy. Sometimes these things can feel like carrying a full backpack. This activity gives you a simple way to draw or write what feels hard, and also think about what helps you feel better. Around the backpack, you can add people, places, activities, or calming ideas that help lighten the load. You can also choose one thing you would like to take out of the backpack, even just for today.
Day 9 – All About Me
Today is about thinking about what makes you you. Everyone is different, with their own likes, strengths, and important people in their life. This activity gives you a simple way to show different parts of yourself in one picture. As you draw, you can include things you enjoy, things you are good at, and people who matter to you. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Take your time and add as many details as you like. This is your chance to show what is important to you.
Day 10 – A Time I Tried My Best
Today is about thinking about a time when you tried your best. This could be something small or something that felt difficult. It does not have to be perfect or successful. What matters is the effort you put in. This activity gives you a simple way to draw that moment and remember what you did. As you draw, think about what helped you keep going, even if it was hard. This can help you see that trying is important and something to feel proud of.
Day 11 – Draw Without Thinking
Today is about giving your mind a break. You do not need to think about what to draw or try to make it look a certain way. This activity lets you fill the page with colours, lines, and shapes in any way you like. Just keep your hand moving and see what happens. There is no right or wrong way to do it. As you draw, you might start to feel calmer or more relaxed. This is your time to slow down and let your mind rest.
Day 12 – What Happiness Feels Like
Today is about thinking about a time you felt happy. This could be something small or something special. Happiness does not always look the same for everyone. This activity gives you a simple way to draw what was happening in that moment and show how it felt using colours or shapes. As you draw, think about what made that moment feel good. There is no right or wrong way to do it. Take your time and let your drawing show your experience of happiness.
