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A gentle, heart-led toolkit for children and families.

Explore your big feelings through playful stories, drawing, and calming breathwork.

“Big feelings. Safe spaces. Growing hearts.”

Created to help little ones grow with care, confidence, and emotional understanding.

“Even the smallest wings can carry the biggest feelings”, Luma the Butterfly.

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Welcome to your Feelings toolkit.

It is for everyone, regardless of how you learn, speak, read, or move.

You might:
✅ Like to look at pictures
✅ Like to touch things
✅ Like to colour or draw
✅ Like to listen
✅ Like to point
✅ Like to show your feelings in your own way

All of these ways are okay.
This is your space.

You can do this on your own or with someone you trust.

This toolkit is for you to help you:
🌿 Notice your feelings
🌿 Show your feelings
🌿 Know what helps you feel calm
🌿 Ask for help when you need it

There are no right or wrong answers.
You can do a little or a lot.
You can stop and come back anytime.

 

🌸 How to Use This Toolkit

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✅ You can look at the pictures.
✅ You can point, colour, draw, or move.
✅ You can use it with a parent, carer, teacher, or helper.
✅ You can come back to it whenever you like.
✅ You can skip pages — it’s okay.
✅ You can keep it as your own special feelings book.

 

🌿 Emotional Safety

Sometimes, feelings are big.
If any part feels too hard, you can:
✅ Stop and breathe
✅ Go to a calm place
✅ Ask someone you trust to help you

Remember:
✨ All your feelings are okay.
✨ You are not alone.
✨ You are becoming — in your own way, in your own time.

 

Section 1: What Are Feelings?

Feelings live inside us.

They can be big or small.
They can feel nice... or not nice.
They can change — sometimes very quickly.

 

✨ Feelings live in our body.
✨ They are messages — telling us what is happening inside.
✨ All feelings are okay.
✨ You are allowed to feel whatever you feel.

 

🦋 Feelings come and go

Feelings do not stay forever.
They can come and go — like butterflies.

Some feelings stay for a long time.
Some stay for a short time.

It is okay — all feelings change.

 

🌸 You can notice your feelings

You can learn to notice:
✅ How your body feels
✅ How your breath feels
✅ What your feelings are telling you

 

🌿 You can show your feelings

You can:
✅ Point to feelings
✅ Draw them
✅ Move your body
✅ Use colours
✅ Make sounds
✅ Use pictures
✅ Show your feelings in your own way

 

🦋 Section 2: How Do Feelings Feel?

Feelings are not just in your head.

Feelings live in your body.
Your body gives you clues about how you feel.

You can notice:
✅ How your heart feels
✅ How your tummy feels
✅ How your head feels
✅ How your hands feel
✅ How your breath feels
✅ How your body moves

 

✨ There is no right or wrong way to feel.
✨ Everyone feels feelings in their own way.

 

🌸 My body clues

When I feel:

😊 Happy — my body feels...
😟 Worried — my body feels...
😢 Sad — my body feels...
😡 Angry — my body feels...
😴 Tired — my body feels...

 

🌿 “Show me” page

✨ Point to where you feel it:
[Heart]
[Head]
[Tummy]
[Hands]
[Breath]
[Muscles]

✨ Draw where you feel it:
[Big body outline to colour or point on]

 

🦋 Luma says:

"It’s okay to feel your feelings in your body.
Your body is wise — it helps you know what you need."

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Section 3: Feelings Words & Faces

Here are some words and pictures to help you show how you feel.

There is no right or wrong way.
You can:
✅ Point
✅ Circle
✅ Colour
✅ Show
✅ Say (if you want)

 

🦋 How do you feel today?

😊 Happy
😟 Worried
😢 Sad
😡 Angry
😴 Tired
❤️ Loved
💪 Strong
🌈 Mixed feelings

 

✨ You can feel more than one feeling at a time.
✨ Feelings can change during the day.
✨ All feelings are okay.

 

🌸 “Show me” page

How do you feel?
✅ Point to a face
✅ Colour the one that fits
✅ Choose more than one if you want

[Feelings faces page — big simple faces for pointing, colouring, or circling]

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🦋 Luma says:

"You are allowed to feel many things.
Feelings are like butterflies — they can change and move."

 

Section 4: What Helps Me Feel Calm?

Sometimes feelings feel BIG.

When that happens, there are things that can help you feel calm again.

✨ You can learn what helps YOU.
✨ Everyone is different — that is okay.

 

🌿 Things I like:

✅ Music I like
✅ Soft things I like to touch
✅ A favourite toy
✅ A quiet space
✅ Looking at nature
✅ Moving my body
✅ Hugging a trusted person
✅ Reading a story
✅ Holding a soft pillow or blanket

 

🦋 People who help me

“People who help me feel calm are...”

✅ Mum or Dad
✅ Grandma / Grandpa
✅ Carer / Teacher
✅ Friend
✅ Support worker
✅ Someone else

 

🌸 Places I feel safe

“Places that help me feel safe are...”

✅ My room
✅ My home
✅ A quiet space at school
✅ A nature space
✅ The car (with a safe person)
✅ My garden
✅ With someone I trust

 

🌿 What helps when I feel upset

“When I feel upset, it helps me when...”

✅ Someone listens
✅ I get a hug
✅ I have quiet time
✅ I move my body
✅ I take butterfly breaths
✅ I hold something soft
✅ I talk (if I want to)

 

“Show me” page

✨ Point, circle, or colour the things that help YOU feel calm.

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🦋 Luma says:

"You can learn what helps you feel calm.
It is okay to ask for what you need.
You are becoming strong in your own way."

 

Section 5: Butterfly Breaths with Luma

Sometimes when feelings are very big, or when you feel worried or upset...
Breathing slowly can help.

✨ Breathing helps your body feel calm.
✨ It gives your feelings space to move.
✨ You can try butterfly breaths anytime.

 

🌿 Wings in and out

1️⃣ Sit or stand.
2️⃣ Stretch your arms out like butterfly wings.
3️⃣ Breathe in — wings come in.
4️⃣ Breathe out — wings open wide.
5️⃣ Do this 3 times — slowly.

 

🌸 Hands on heart

1️⃣ Put your hands gently on your heart (or tummy).
2️⃣ Breathe in slowly...
3️⃣ Breathe out slowly...
4️⃣ Feel your hands move with your breath.
5️⃣ Do this 3 times.

 

🌿 Three small butterfly breaths

1️⃣ Sit quietly.
2️⃣ Take a small breath in...
3️⃣ Let it out slowly...
4️⃣ Do this 3 times.

✨ You can do this anytime — no one even needs to know.

 

🦋 Luma says:

"Even small breaths can help big feelings.
You are allowed to take your time.
Butterfly breaths can help your wings feel light again."

 

Section 6: My Support Circle

When you feel big feelings...
When you feel upset...
When you need help...

✨ It is okay to ask for help.
✨ You do not have to feel alone.
✨ There are people who can help you.

 

🦋 People I can trust

“People who help me feel safe are...”

✅ Mum / Dad
✅ Grandma / Grandpa
✅ Carer / Key worker
✅ Teacher / School helper
✅ Support person
✅ Friend
✅ Someone else I choose

 

🌸 Who I can talk to

“When I need help, I can talk to...”

✅ Circle or point to the people you trust.
✅ You can also draw them here.
✅ You can ask your helper to write their names.

 

🌿 “Show me” page

✨ Draw or colour your support circle.
✨ You can use pictures or words.
✨ You can add people who help you feel safe.

 

🦋 Luma says:

"You do not have to carry feelings alone.
You are allowed to ask for help.
There are people who care about you."

 

Section 7: My Feelings Pages

This is YOUR space.

You can:
✅ Draw your feelings
✅ Colour your feelings
✅ Use stickers or pictures
✅ Write words (if you want)
✅ Use your own way to show how you feel

There is no right or wrong.
All feelings are welcome.

 

🌿 Draw your feelings

✨ Draw how you feel today.
✨ Use colours to show different feelings.
✨ Big or small — it’s all okay.

[Big open drawing page]

 

🌸 Butterfly Wings

✨ Colour the butterfly wings — use colours to show your feelings.
✨ Each part of the wings can show a different feeling.
✨ You can make your own feelings butterfly!

[Big butterfly outline — for colouring]

 

🦋 Feeling stories

✨ You can tell a story about a feeling.
✨ You can ask a helper to write it for you.
✨ You can draw it.

“One day I felt...”
“This is what helped me...”

 

✨ You can come back to these pages anytime.
✨ You can use them again and again.
✨ You are becoming.

 

🦋 Luma says:

"Your feelings are welcome here.
You can show them in your own way.
There is no rush. There is no wrong way.
Your feelings are part of your beautiful wings."

Luma’s Notes & Encouragement

 

Sometimes we need gentle words to remind us:

✨ It’s okay to feel.
✨ It’s okay to rest.
✨ You are not alone.
✨ You are becoming — one breath, one feeling, one step at a time.

 

Luma says:

✨ “You are allowed to feel many things.”
✨ “Feelings do not make you wrong — they make you human.”
✨ “When feelings are big — breathe like butterfly wings.”
✨ “There is always someone you can ask for help.”
✨ “Your feelings are part of your beautiful story.”