BIG Feelings Kids Coping Tools Card Deck

Help kids build coping skills in a way that feels playful, practical, and emotionally safe.

The BIG Feelings Kids Coping Tools Card Deck gives children concrete strategies for handling big feelings like frustration, worry, sadness, overwhelm, disappointment, anger, and stress. Each card offers a simple coping tool kids can try when they need help calming their bodies, expressing what they feel, reconnecting with others, resting, problem-solving, or using their imagination.

These cards are designed to support emotional regulation without shame, pressure, or lectures. They can be used at home, in therapy, in classrooms, in calm corners, or during counseling sessions.

This deck can help kids:

• choose a coping tool when big feelings show up
• build emotional awareness and self-regulation skills
• practice calming, expressing, connecting, resting, and problem-solving
• learn that feelings are valid, and choices still matter
• feel more supported during emotional moments

Great for:

• kids ages 6–13
• parents and caregivers
• school counselors
• therapists
• teachers
• calm corners
• social-emotional learning activities
• transition times

Big feelings are okay. This deck helps kids practice what to do with them.