Volunteers
On this special page for Highmark Caring Place volunteers, you'll find information that will be helpful to you in facilitating your peer support groups.
In the top section are documents with general information about preparing for and managing your groups.
Following that are group activities from the Children's Activity Manual.
You can arrange the activities in three different ways:
- By Type (that is, by their relationship to the Grief Spiral)
- By Age Group
- By Category (e.g. "Group Discussion & Interview Activities," "Exploring the Caring Place Facility," etc.)
You are also able to add a new activity of your own by completing the form provided.
Documents & Training
- Program Content Form
- iPad Digital Media Group Project Form
- iPad Ground Rules for Groups with Volunteer Notes
Activities
We have captured activities that have been adapted and readapted where the original source is unknown. Although we can't credit all ideas back to their original sources, we thank all who have, knowingly and unknowingly, contributed to the creation of this compilation of activities whose purpose is to provide an outlet for grieving children and facilitate discussion within a peer support group.
The activities are presented with the ultimate goal that the volunteers' choices to use them will be led by themes of the grief spiral, the nature of the group and the individual children in the group.
View activities by:
- Balloon Pop
- Capes NEW!
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Decorating Name Tags
- Feelings Wall
- Good-Bye Banner
- Good-Bye Video
- Grave Markers
- Group Juggle NEW!
- Group Rules
- Hearts
- Last Word
- Passing the Squeeze
- Posters to the People in Our Lives
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Rock Ceremony
- Scrapbooks
- Sneak-A-Peek NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- The Sun Shines
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wish Wands
- Yarn Web Sharing
- Balloon Pop
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Caring Place Reporter
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Critters
- Customized Word Search
- Decorating Name Tags
- Digital Group Paintings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Emotion Bingo
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Feelings Ball
- Feelings Charades
- Feelings Game Show
- Feelings Go Fish
- Feelings Memory
- Feelings Quick Draw
- Four Corners NEW!
- Giant Chain
- Good-Bye Banner
- Good-Bye Video
- Grief Duck Duck Goose
- Grief Musical Chairs
- Group Juggle NEW!
- Group Paintings
- Group Rules
- Group Word Cloud
- Heart Puzzle
- Last Word
- Memorial Stone Jar
- Mini Me Animal NEW!
- Musical Questions
- Object Grab
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common
- Pass the Ball NEW!
- Passing the Squeeze
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Scrapbooks
- Sneak-A-Peek NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- Stacking Cups NEW!
- The Sun Shines
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- What Does Your Grief Look Like?
- Art Grab
- Balloon Pop
- Body Drawings
- Butterflies of Hope
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Caring Place Reporter
- Clothespin Activity NEW!
- Collages
- Drawings
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Family Portrait
- Feelings Ball
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Game Show
- Four Corners NEW!
- Giant Chain
- Grief Bridges
- Grief Duck Duck Goose
- Grief Experience Cards NEW!
- Grief Musical Chairs
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Memory Lane
- Memory Tree
- Musical Questions
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt
- Reunion Building
- Yarn Web Sharing
- Art Grab
- Balloon Pop
- Body Drawings
- Butterflies of Hope
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Collages
- Customized Word Search
- Discussion Posters
- Dissolving Paper Messages
- Dream Catchers
- Drawings
- Emotion Dice
- Emotions Photos
- Feelings and Memory Tiles
- Feelings Backpack
- Feelings Barometer
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Flashlight Talk
- Emotion Bingo
- The Evolving Emotion of Grief: An Art Journal
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Charades
- Feelings Dance NEW!
- Feelings Express NEW!
- Feelings Face Paper Plate NEW!
- Feelings Fishing
- Feelings Game Show
- Feelings Go Fish
- Feelings Memory
- Feelings Pizza
- Feelings Plates
- Feelings Quick Draw
- Feelings Release NEW!
- Feelings Spinners
- Feeling Squares
- Feelings Tornado NEW!
- Feelings Wall
- Grief Ball Toss
- Grief Quotes
- How Does Your Heart Feel Today?
- Inside/Outside Feelings Masks
- Kaleidoscope of Feelings
- Loss Letters
- Memory Lane
- Mini Me Animal NEW!
- Musical Questions
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Nightmare Art
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- The Quiet Safe House
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Scream Box NEW!
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- Snowball Fight
- Speaking Gibberish NEW!
- Star Wars Search Your Feelings: Galactic Edition (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Tough Feeling & Regret Creatures NEW!
- Web of Feelings
- Weaving Ribbons
- Worry Dolls
- Airplane Messages
- Anagrams
- Art Grab
- Badger's Parting Gifts
- Balloon Release
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Candle Lighting Lanterns NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Collages
- Discussion Posters
- Digital Collages
- Drawings
- Feelings and Memory Tiles
- Feelings Toss
- Flashlight Talk
- Gifts from the Person Who Died
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died
- Grief Quotes NEW!
- Group Word Cloud
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Holiday Table
- If I Could Tell You Letters
- Memorial Candle
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Capsules
- Memory Cards
- Memory Lane
- Memory Tree
- Notes to Adults
- Object Grab
- Photo Coasters
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- Reunion Building
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Support That Remains
- Weaving Ribbons
- Art Grab
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Caring Place Structure
- Clay Pot
- Collages
- Digital Collages
- Discussion Posters
- Drawings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Four Corners NEW!
- Future Photo Album
- Genograms & Family Trees
- Gifts from the Person Who Died
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died
- Grief Experience Cards
- Grief Quotes
- Group Puzzle
- Holiday Table
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Letters to the Future You
- Life Before & After
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Cards
- My Story
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- Personal/Group Logos
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Reunion Building
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- What Does Your Grief Look Like?
- Wooden Tower Change Game NEW!
- World (Ball) of Chain Links
- Art Grab
- Badger's Parting Gifts
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Butterflies of Hope
- Candle Lighting Lanterns NEW!
- Celebrity Link
- Clay Pot
- Collages
- Drawings
- Family Portrait
- Feelings Toss
- Grief Journey in Blocks
- Helpful/Hurtful T-shirts
- HOPE Mobile
- If I Could Tell You Letters
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition NEW!
- Kaleidoscope of Feelings
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Loss Letters
- My Story
- On the Wings of HOPE
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Posters to the People in Our Lives
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Support That Remains
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wooden Tower Change Game NEW!
- World (Ball) of Chain Links
- Zen Garden NEW!
- Airplane Messages
- Art Grab
- Autobiography Time Lines
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Candle Lighting Lanterns NEW!
- Capes NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Caring Place Structure
- Celebrity Link
- Clay Pot
- Collages
- Coping Kit NEW!
- Coping Skills Fortune Teller NEW!
- Discussion Posters
- Dissolving Paper Messages
- Drawings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Dream Catchers
- Emotion Dice
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Express NEW!
- Feelings Pizza
- Feelings Spinners
- Feelings Toss
- Flashlight Talk
- Four Corners NEW!
- Future Photo Album
- Genograms & Family Trees
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died
- Grief Bridges
- Grief Journey in Blocks
- Grief Quotes
- Grief Spiral
- Helpful/Hurtful T-shirts
- Helping Hands
- Holiday Ornaments
- Holiday Table
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition NEW!
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Letters to the Future You
- Life Before & After
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Cards
- Mind-Body-Spirit Self-Care Plan NEW!
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- My Story
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- Personal/Group Logos
- Posters to the People in Our Lives
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Puppet Shows
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- The Quiet Safe House
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Tough Feeling & Regret Creatures NEW!
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- What Does Your Grief Look Like?
- Wish Wands
- Wooden Tower Change Game NEW!
- Zen Garden NEW!
- Art Grab
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Caring Place Structure
- Collages
- Coping Kit NEW!
- Coping Skills Fortune Teller NEW!
- Discussion Posters
- Drawings
- Dream Catchers
- Feelings Backpack
- Feelings Release NEW!
- Grief Bridges
- Grief Journey in Blocks
- Grief Spiral
- Helpful/Hurtful T-shirts
- Helping Hands
- Helping Hands Reaching for HOPE
- HOPE Mobile
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Letters to the Future You
- Life Before & After
- Lighthouse NEW!
- Memorial Stone Jar
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition
- On the Wings of HOPE
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Who Helps You Caterpillars
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wish Wands
Note: For all activities, please remember to have children put their names on their projects. Names are important for week-to-week identification of the items left at the Caring Place.
- Airplane Messages
- Anagrams*
- Badger's Parting Gifts
- Balloon Pop
- Balloon Release
- Body Drawings
- Butterflies of Hope
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Capes NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Caring Place Reporter*
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place Structure
- Celebrity Link
- Clay Pot
- Clothespin Activity NEW!
- Collages
- Coping Kit NEW!
- Coping Skills Fortune Teller NEW!
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Critters
- Customized Word Search
- Decorating Name Tags
- Digital Collages
- Drawings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Dream Catchers
- Emotion Bingo
- Emotion Dice
- Emotions Photos
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- The Evolving Emotion of Grief: An Art Journal
- Family Portrait
- Feelings Ball
- Feelings Barometer
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Charades
- Feelings Dance NEW!
- Feelings Express NEW!
- Feelings Face Paper Plate NEW!
- Feelings Fishing
- Feelings Go Fish
- Feelings Memory
- Feelings Pizza
- Feelings Quick Draw
- Feelings Spinners
- Feelings Tornado NEW!
- Feelings Toss
- Feelings Wall
- Flashlight Talk
- Four Corners NEW!
- Giant Chain
- Gifts from the Person Who Died
- Good-Bye Banner
- Good-Bye Video
- Grave Markers
- Grief Duck Duck Goose
- Grief Musical Chairs
- Group Rules
- Group Word Cloud
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Hearts
- Helping Hands
- Helping Hands Reach for HOPE
- Holiday Table
- Holiday Ornaments
- HOPE Mobile
- How Does Your Heart Feel Today?
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Last Word
- Memorial Candle
- Memorial Stone Jar
- Memory Capsules
- Memory Cards
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Lane
- Memory Tree
- Mini Me Animal NEW!
- Musical Questions
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- My Story
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard
- Nightmare Art
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- On the Wings of HOPE
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common*
- Passing the Squeeze
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- Photo Coasters
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Puppet Shows
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt
- The Quiet Safe House
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- Reunion Building
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Scrapbooks
- Scream Box NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- Speaking Gibberish NEW!
- Stacking Cups NEW!
- Star Wars Search Your Feelings: Galactic Edition (P, Y, M) NEW!
- The Sun Shines
- Support That Remains
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Weaving Ribbons
- Who Helps You Caterpillars
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wish Wands
- Worry Dolls
- Yarn Web Sharing
- Zen Garden NEW!
- Badger's Parting Gifts
- Butterflies of Hope
- Capes NEW!
- Clothespin Activity NEW!
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Decorating Name Tags
- Emotions Photos*
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Express NEW!
- Feelings Face Paper Plate NEW!
- Feelings Fishing
- Group Rules
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Hearts
- Helping Hands Reach for HOPE
- Holiday Table
- HOPE Mobile
- How Does Your Heart Feel Today?
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Memory Boxes
- Passing the Squeeze
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- Reunion Building
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Scream Box NEW!
- Star Wars Search Your Feelings: Galactic Edition (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down*
- Weaving Ribbons
- Wish Wands*
- Airplane Messages
- Anagrams*
- Art Grab
- Autobiography Time Lines
- Balloon Pop
- Balloon Release
- Body Drawings
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Caring Place Reporter
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place Structure
- Celebrity Link
- Clay Pot
- Collages
- Coping Kit NEW!
- Coping Skills Fortune Teller NEW!
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Critters
- Customized Word Search
- Decorating Name Tags
- Digital Collages
- Digital Group Paintings
- Discussion Posters
- Dissolving Paper Messages
- Drawings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Dream Catchers
- Emotion Bingo
- Emotion Dice
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- The Evolving Emotion of Grief: An Art Journal
- Family Portrait
- Feelings and Memory Tiles
- Feelings Backpack
- Feelings Ball
- Feelings Barometer
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Building
- Feelings Charades
- Feelings Dance NEW!
- Feelings Game Show
- Feelings Pizza
- Feelings Plate
- Feelings Quick Draw
- Feelings Spinners
- Feeling Squares
- Feelings Tornado NEW!
- Feelings Toss
- Feelings Wall
- Flashlight Talk
- Four Corners NEW!
- Future Photo Album
- Genograms & Family Trees
- Giant Chain
- Gifts from the Person Who Died
- Good-Bye Banner
- Good-Bye Video
- Grave Markers
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died
- Grief Ball Toss
- Grief Bridges
- Grief Journey in Blocks
- Grief Musical Chairs
- Grief Spiral
- Group Juggle NEW!
- Group Paintings
- Group Puzzle
- Group Rules
- Group Word Cloud
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Heart Puzzle
- Hearts
- Helping Hands
- Helping Hands Reach for HOPE
- Holiday Ornaments
- Holiday Table
- HOPE Mobile
- If I Could Tell You Letters
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Inside/Outside Feelings Masks
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition NEW!
- Kaleidoscope of Feelings
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Last Word
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Life Before & After
- Lighthouse NEW!
- Memorial Candle
- Memorial Stone Jar
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Capsules
- Memory Cards
- Memory Lane
- Memory Tree
- Mind-Body-Spirit Self-Care Plan NEW!
- Mini Me Animal NEW!
- Musical Questions
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- My Story
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- Object Grab
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition
- On the Wings of HOPE
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common
- Passing the Squeeze
- Pass the Ball NEW!
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity NEW!
- Personal/Group Logos
- Photo Coasters
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Posters to the People in Our Lives
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- The Quiet Safe House
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Rock Ceremony
- Scrapbooks
- Scream Box NEW!
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- Sneak-A-Peek NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- Speaking Gibberish NEW!
- Stacking Cups NEW!
- Star Wars Search Your Feelings: Galactic Edition (P, Y, M) NEW!
- The Sun Shines
- Support That Remains
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Tough Feeling & Regret Creatures NEW!
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Weaving Ribbons
- Web of Feelings
- What Does Your Grief Look Like?
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wish Wands
- World (Ball) of Chain Links
- Worry Dolls
- Yarn Web Sharing
- Zen Garden NEW!
- Art Grab
- Autobiography Time Lines
- Balloon Release
- Butterfly Quiz Show NEW!
- Calendar of Events
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Candle Lighting Lanterns NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt
- Caring Place Reporter
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt
- Celebrity Link
- Clay Pot
- Collages
- Coping Kit NEW!
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Critters
- Customized Word Search
- Decorating Name Tags
- Digital Collages
- Digital Group Paintings
- Discussion Posters
- Dissolving Paper Messages
- Drawings
- Drawings on the iPad
- Dream Catchers
- Emotion Bingo
- Emotion Dice
- The Evolving Emotion of Grief: An Art Journal
- Feelings and Memory Tiles
- Feelings Backpack
- Feelings Ball
- Feelings Barometer
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Charades
- Feelings Dance NEW!
- Feelings Game Show
- Feelings Plate
- Feelings Quick Draw
- Feelings Release NEW!
- Feelings Spinners
- Feeling Squares
- Feelings Tornado NEW!
- Feelings Wall
- Flashlight Talk
- Four Corners NEW!
- Future Photo Album
- Genograms & Family Trees
- Giant Chain
- Gifts from the Person Who Died
- Good-Bye Banner
- Good-Bye Video
- Grave Markers
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died
- Grief Ball Toss
- Grief Bridges
- Grief Experience Cards NEW!
- Grief Journey in Blocks
- Grief Quotes NEW!
- Grief Spiral
- Group Juggle NEW!
- Group Paintings
- Group Puzzle
- Group Rules
- Group Word Cloud
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Heart Puzzle
- Hearts
- Helpful/Hurtful T-shirts
- Helping Hands Reach for HOPE
- Holiday Ornaments
- HOPE Mobile
- If I Could Tell You Letters
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes
- Inside/Outside Feelings Masks
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition NEW!
- Kaleidoscope of Feelings
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Last Word
- Letters to Caretakers (or others)
- Letters to the Future You
- Life Before & After
- Lighthouse NEW!
- Loss Letters
- Memorial Candle
- Memory Cards
- Memorial Stone Jar
- Memory Boxes
- Memory Capsules
- Memory Lane
- Memory Tree
- Mind-Body-Spirit Self-Care Plan NEW!
- Mini Me Animal NEW!
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- Object Grab
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition
- On the Wings of HOPE
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common
- Pass the Ball NEW!
- Passing the Squeeze
- Personal/Group Logos
- Photo Coasters
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Posters to the People in Our Lives
- Putting the Pieces Back Together
- Question Basket or Box
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- Rock Ceremony
- Scrapbooks
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- Sneak-A-Peek NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- Speaking Gibberish NEW!
- Stacking Cups NEW!
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Support That Remains
- The Sun Shines
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Tough Feeling & Regret Creatures NEW!
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place
- Weaving Ribbons
- What Does Your Grief Look Like?
- Wish Box/Bubble NEW!
- Wooden Tower Change Game NEW!
- World (Ball) of Chain Links
- Yarn Web Sharing
- Zen Garden NEW!
- Art Grab
- Calming Bottles NEW!
- Card House NEW!
- Creative Coloring NEW!
- Discussion Posters
- Feelings and Memory Tiles
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss
- Feelings Plate
- Feelings Release NEW!
- Feelings Spinners
- Grief Quotes
- Group Puzzle
- Group Rules
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Hearts
- Helping Hands Reach for HOPE
- HOPE Mobile
- If I Could Tell You Letters
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Memorial Candle
- Memory Cards
- Memorial Stone Jar
- Memory Boxes
- Mind-Body-Spirit Self-Care Plan NEW!
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Notes to Adults NEW!
- Object Grab
- On the Wings of HOPE
- Passing the Squeeze
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities
- Quilt Walk/Review NEW!
- Rock Ceremony
- Shredding Activity NEW!
- Snowball Fight NEW!
- Support on the Journey NEW!
- Weaving Ribbons
- Wish Box/BubbleNEW!>
- Zen Garden NEW!
*Note, activities marked with an asterick indicate those that can be used with caution in this age group of working with an older, more mature group within the age group. Please consult with a staff member prior to using these activities to discuss how to adapt them so that they are age appropriate.
For all activities, please remember to have children put their names on their projects. Names are important for week-to-week identification of the items left at the Caring Place.
- Celebrity Link (Y, M, T)
- Caring Place Reporter (Y*, M, T)
- Digital Collages (Y, M, T)
- Flashlight Talk (Y, M, T)
- Goodbye Video (Y, M, T)
- Grief Quotes (T, A)
- Our Group Identity/What We Have in Common (Y*, M, T)
- Posters to New Kids Coming to the Caring Place (Y, M, T)
- Posters to the People in Our Lives (M, T)
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place (Y, M, T)
- Balloon Pop (Y, M)
- Butterfly Quiz Show (Y, M, T) NEW!
- Flashlight Talk (Y, M, T)
- Grief Experience Cards (T)
- Group Word Cloud (Y, M, T)
- Musical Questions (Y, M)
- Question Basket or Box (M, T)
- Questions for Question/Interview Activities (Y, M, T, A)
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt (Y, M, T)
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place (Y, M, T)
- Greeting Card to/from the Person Who Died (M, T)
- Group Word Cloud (Y, M, T)
- If I Could Tell You Letters (M, T, A)
- Letters to Caretakers (or Others) (M, T)
- Letters to the Future You (T)
- Loss Letters (T)
- Memory Cards (Y, M, T, A)
- Caring Place Structure (Y, M)
- Feelings Buildings (P, Y, M)
- Grief Journey in Blocks (M, T)
- Holiday Table (P, Y, M)
- Reunion Building (P, Y)
- Wooden Tower Change Game (T) NEW!
- Collages (Y, M, T)
- Digital Collages (Y, M, T)
- Digital Group Paintings (M, T)
- Drawings (Y, M, T)
- Drawings on the iPad (Y, M, T)
- Group Word Cloud (Y, M, T)
- Body Drawings (Y, M)
- Critters (Y, M, T)
- Decorating Name Tags (P, Y, M, T)
- Dream Catchers (Y, M, T)
- Family Portrait (Y, M)
- Future Photo Album (M, T)
- Giant Chain (Y, M, T)
- Grave Markers (Y, M, T)
- Grief Bridges (M, T)
- Group Paintings (M, T)
- Helping Hands (Y, M)
- Holiday Ornaments (Y, M, T)
- Impact of Loss Snowflakes (Y, M, T)
- Inside/Outside Feelings Masks (M, T)
- Memory Boxes (All)
- Memory Lane (Y, M, T))
- My Support Bracelet/Necklace/Lanyard (Y, M)
- Nightmare Art (Y)
- Personal/Group Logos (M, T)
- The Quiet Safe House (Y, M)
- Scrapbooks (Y, M, T)
- Support on the Journey (T, A) NEW!
- Support That Remains (Y, M, T)
- Weaving Ribbons (All)
- What Does Your Grief Look Like (M, T)
- Who Helps You Caterpillar (Y)
- Wish Wands (P*, Y, M)
- Worry Dolls (Y, M)
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt (Y, M)
- Caring Place Scavenger Hunt (Y, M, T)
- Customized Word Search (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Ball (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Game Show (M, T)
- Feelings Quick Draw (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Toss (Y, M)
- Heart Puzzle (M, T)
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition (M, T) NEW!
- Pass the Ball (M, T)
- Putting the Pieces Back Together (Y, M, T)
- The Sun Shines (Y, M, T)
- Customized Word Search (Y, M, T)
- Emotion Bingo (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Charades (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Go Fish (Y)
- Feelings Memory (Y)
- Grief Duck Duck Goose (Y)
- Grief Musical Chairs (Y, M)
- Badger's Parting Gifts (P, Y)
- Everybody, You, Me, & Us (P, Y, M) NEW!
- My Favorite Color is Blue. Sometimes. (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Feelings Fishing (P, Y)
- The Hare-shaped Hole (P, Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- A Perfectly Messed Up Activity (P, Y, M) NEW!
- The Rhino Suit (P, Y, M) NEW!
- Star Wars Search Your Feelings: Galactic Edition (P, Y, M) NEW!
- How Does Your Heart Feel Today (P, Y)
- Tough Feeling and Regret Creatures (M, T) NEW!
- Goodbye Banner (Y, M, T)
- Goodbye Video (Y, M, T)
- Group Rules (All)
- Hearts (All)
- Last Word (Y, M, T)
- Passing the Squeeze (All)
- Personal/Group Logos (M, T)
- Rock Ceremony (M, T, A)
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down (P*, Y, M, T)
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place (Y, M, T)
- Caring Place QR Code Scavenger Hunt (Y, M)
- Customized Word Search (Y, M, T)
- Collages (Y, M, T)
- Digital Collages (Y, M, T)
- Digital Group Paintings (M, T)
- Drawings on the iPad (Y, M, T)
- Goodbye Video (Y, M, T)
- Group Word Cloud (Y, M, T)
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition (M, T) NEW!
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition (M, T)
- Personal/Group Logos (M, T)
- Video to the New Kids Coming to the Caring Place (Y, M, T)
- Airplane Messages (Y, M)
- Anagrams (Y*, M)
- Art Grab (M, T, A)
- Autobiography Time Lines (M, T)
- Balloon Release (Y, M, T)
- Butterflies of Hope (Y, P)
- Calendar of Events (Y, M, T)
- Calming Bottles (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Candle Lighting Lanterns (T)
- Capes NEW!
- Card House (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Clay Pot (Y, M, T)
- Clothespin Activity (Y, P) NEW!
- Coping Kit (Y, M, T)NEW!
- Coping Skills Fortune Teller NEW!
- Creative Coloring (Y, P, M, T, A) NEW!
- Dissolving Paper Messages (M, T)
- Emotion Dice (Y, M, T)
- Emotions Photos (P*, Y)
- The Evolving Emotion of Grief: An Art Journal (Y, M, T)
- Feelings and Memory Tiles (M, T, A)
- Feelings Backpack (M, T)
- Feelings Barometer (Y, M, T)
- Feelings Bean Bag Toss (Y, M, T, A)
- Feelings Dance (Y, M, T) NEW!
- Feelings Express (Y, P) NEW!
- Feelings Face Paper Plate (Y, P)
- Feelings Pizza (Y, M)
- Feelings Plates (M, T, A)
- Feelings Release (T, A) NEW!
- Feelings Spinners (Y, M, T, A)
- Feeling Squares (M, T)
- Feelings Tornado (Y, M, T) NEW!
- Feelings Wall (Y, M, T)
- Four Corners (Y, M, T) NEW!
- Genograms & Family Trees (M, T)
- Gifts from the Person Who Died (Y, M, T)
- Grief Ball Toss (M, T)
- Grief Spiral (M, T)
- Group Juggle (M, T) NEW!
- Group Puzzle (M, T, A)
- Group Word Cloud (Y, M, T)
- Helpful/Hurtful T-shirts (T)
- Helping Hands Reaching for HOPE (Y, P, M, T, A)
- HOPE Mobile (Y, P, M, T, A)
- Internet Celebrity Hunt — Grief Edition (M, T) NEW!
- Kaleidoscope of Feelings (M, T)
- Kindness Rocks Project NEW!
- Life Before & After (M, T)
- Lighthouse (M, T) NEW!
- Memorial Candle (Y, M, T, A)
- Memorial Stone Jar (Y, M, T, A)
- Memory Capsules (Y, M, T)
- Memory Tree (Y, M, T)
- Mind-Body-Spirit Self-Care Plan (M, T, A) NEW!
- Mini Me Animal (Y, M, T) NEW!
- My Story (Y, M)
- Notes to Adults (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Object Grab (M, T, A)
- Off Target Tom and On the Mark Mark, Digital Edition (M, T)
- On the Wings of HOPE (Y, M, T, A)
- Photo Coasters (Y, M, T)
- Puppet Shows (Y)
- Quilt Scavenger Hunt (Y, M, T)
- Quilt Walk/Review (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Scream Box (Y, P, M) NEW!
- Shredding Activity (M, T, A) NEW!
- Sneak-A-Peek (M, T) NEW!
- Snowball Fight (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- Speaking Gibberish (Y, M, T) NEW!
- Stacking Cups NEW!
- Trading Card Activity NEW!
- Web of Feelings (M)
- Wish Box/Bubble (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
- World (Ball) of Chain Links (M, T)
- Yarn Web Sharing (Y, M, T)
- Zen Garden (Y, M, T, A) NEW!
*Note, activities marked with an asterick indicate those that can be used with caution in this age group of working with an older, more mature group within the age group. Please consult with a staff member prior to using these activities to discuss how to adapt them so that they are age appropriate.
For all activities, please remember to have children put their names on their projects. Names are important for week-to-week identification of the items left at the Caring Place.
Y = Young; P = Preschool; M = Middle; T = Teen; A = Adult