Building Feelings Worksheets

Every builder has feelings  and this set helps kids explore theirs, one block at a time. 🧱

Building Feelings is a block-themed emotional learning activity set created by Diane Morales, MS, CCLS II, a certified child life specialist with over 10 years of pediatric hospital experience. Using the familiar, hands-on concept of building blocks, kids learn to identify, express, and reflect on their emotions in a way that feels playful instead of scary.

Perfect for kids who love to build! & the adults who love to support them.

🧱 What's Inside:

Building Feelings — choose feeling colors and assign a block color to each emotion
Think About an Experience — reflect on a recent event and identify what feelings came up
Build It — use blocks to show how much of each feeling was present
Reflection — which feeling had the most blocks? the fewest? what did you learn?
Professional Tips Page — guidance for clinicians, therapists, and caregivers on how to facilitate the activity
How Does Your Builder Feel — color the minifigure body based on where feelings live
Build Your Builder — color builder heads to match different emotions

💛 Perfect for:

Child life specialists
Therapists and school counselors
Parents and caregivers
Telehealth sessions
Classroom social emotional learning
Kids who are visual or hands-on learners

✏️ How to Use It:

Print and pair with real building blocks for a fully tactile experience, or use the worksheets on their own. Works beautifully as a standalone activity or as part of a therapy session.

📄 Details:

Instant digital download
PDF format
Print at home or at a local print shop
Letter size (8.5 x 11)