Feelings Spinners
Suggested Group(s): Young/Middle/Teen/Adult
Purpose: Identifying and managing difficult feelings
Task/need: Moving toward the pain of the loss, living on the grief spiral
Activity Setup Ideas:
- Brainstorm and create a list of feelings they have experience since the loss
- Discuss methods they have used to manage those feelings
Materials:
- Colored paper
- String
- Spoke Template
- Glue Stick
- Markers
Description:
- Cut out 6 different colored spoke templates.
- Glue each spoke to the next.
- Before gluing the last spoke together, thread string through the middle.
- Tie a bead to each end of the string, which makes it easier to hold and stops the string from coming out.
- Have group members write a feeling they have experience since the loss on each color of the spinner.
- Hold each end of string and blow onto spinner. The colors will run together, much like their feelings in times of loss.
Activity Wrap Up Ideas:
- Discuss the use of breathing as a coping skill to manage feelings.
