{"id":490,"date":"2022-03-01T12:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/?p=490"},"modified":"2022-03-06T13:17:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T03:17:39","slug":"simple-relaxation-activities-for-children-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/simple-relaxation-activities-for-children-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Relaxation Activities for Children (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many easy and enjoyable activities that children can do to create a sense of bliss and calm; especially useful in times of heightened emotions . This information is a continuation of the blog <em><a href=\"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/simple-relaxation-activities-for-children-part-1\/\">Simple Relaxation Activities Part 1<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensure you supervise your children when carrying out these activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enjoy this time together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tapping and self-massage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tap head like raindrops<\/li><li>Tap your face as though raindrops are falling<\/li><li>Tap chest like a gorilla<\/li><li>Tap arms as if you are making pizza dough<\/li><li>Give your body a quick massage and imagine your neck, back, arms and legs are like playdough or jelly and you\u2019re touching the playdough or jelly.&nbsp;&nbsp;Be gentle&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cloud gazing and using your imagination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Look at the clouds<\/li><li>What can you see?<\/li><li>Can you see a person?<\/li><li>Can you see an animal or animals?<\/li><li>Can you see a cloud shaped car?<\/li><li>Can you see a piece of fruit in the shape of a cloud?<\/li><li>Use your imagination and find lots of different cloud shapes and objects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laughter Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Laugh like a kookaburra<\/li><li>Laugh like a king or queen<\/li><li>Laugh like a happy baby<\/li><li>Laugh like a pirate<\/li><li>Laugh like a lion<\/li><li>Laugh like a clown<\/li><li>Purr like a cat<\/li><li>Buzz like a bee<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"145\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/53a6c21c-387d-4b84-a584-02effa4798f0\" alt=\"Hand, Imprint, Handprint, In, Finger, Colour\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Photo by Schaferle from Pixabay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Craft activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Origami: Create beautiful paper folded items<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.origamiway.com\/very-simple-origami-for-kids.shtml\">https:\/\/www.origamiway.com\/very-simple-origami-for-kids.shtml<\/a>&nbsp;for simple kids origami<\/li><li><strong>Homemade musical instruments and jewellery<\/strong>: Collect some items using milk bottle lids, string, cardboard boxes, stickers, alfoil, straws, catalogues, paperclips etc and create musical instruments and jewellery&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Streamer Rainbows<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happinessishomemade.net\/streamer-rainbows\/\">https:\/\/www.happinessishomemade.net\/streamer-rainbows\/<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Airplane Clothespins Kids Craft<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;See video and instructions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/diyinspired.com\/airplane-clothespin-kids-craft\/\">https:\/\/diyinspired.com\/airplane-clothespin-kids-craft\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mindful colouring:<\/strong>&nbsp;Enjoy colouring in a picture; focus on the action of colouring in<\/li><li><strong>Nature Collage:<\/strong>&nbsp;Collect items from the garden, park or beach and arrange the items on your paper with glue<\/li><li><strong>Textured collage<\/strong>: Collect items from around the house like pasta, ribbon, cardboard, material, stickers, string etc and arrange the items on your paper with glue<\/li><li><strong>Hand of Gratitude<\/strong>: Put your hand in paint, make a handprint then write or draw things or people you are grateful for on the hand<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Copy my rhythm (clapping game)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adult makes a clapping pattern and child repeats then swap<\/li><li>Take turns doing this<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Relaxation for kids is usually very fun and interactive but the overall purpose is to promote feelings of calmness in your children.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is now more important than ever with the challenges our world is facing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Let\u2019s create a calmer and kinder world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Helen Anderson \u2013 Kindness Cultivator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>B Ed, B Bus, Adv. Dip of Nutrition, Dip of Counselling, Dip of Life Coaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/helen_downunder\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/helen-anderson-2a487971\/\">LinkedIn&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helen.anderson.3114\">FaceBook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Disclaimer<\/u>: These activities do not replace the advice of any medical practitioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;Always seek advice from a doctor or medical practitioner if you have any concerns.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Accreditation: Feature photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@yankrukov?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Yan Krukov<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/active-children-doing-balancing-exercises-8613312\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many easy and enjoyable activities that children can do to create a sense of bliss and calm; especially useful in times of heightened emotions . This information is a continuation of the blog Simple Relaxation Activities Part 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensure you supervise your children when carrying out these activities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enjoy this time together! Tapping and self-massage Tap head like raindrops Tap your face as though raindrops are falling Tap chest like a gorilla Tap arms as if you are making pizza dough Give your body a quick massage and imagine your neck, back, arms and legs are like playdough or jelly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-helen-kindness-cultivator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commonhealthkids.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}