Growing Safety Paper Lotus Craft
Printable Info
Grade: PreK-2
Ages: 4–7
Use In: home, classroom, calm corner, counseling office
Subject: Mindful Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Topic: self-regulation, emotional awareness, body awareness, co-regulation
Pairs With: Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart Story Book
Format: printable cut-and-craft activity
Cut and Craft Work Sheet
An Activity That Helps Children Explore What Makes Them Feel Safe
A Free Printable Mindful Social Emotional Learning
Activities About Feeling Safe for Kids Ages 4–7
Growing Safety Paper Lotus Craft
Cut and Craft
The Growing Safety Paper Lotus Craft is more than a simple cut-and-craft activity. It’s an engaging way to help the little ones in your care explore what makes them feel safe.
The Growing Safety Paper Lotus Craft is a printable social emotional learning activity that helps children explore what makes them feel safe. As they cut, write, and assemble their lotus flower, children reflect on the people, places, and experiences that help their bodies feel calm and supported.
Story Summary: In
Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart, Myla wakes up with a tummy ache and does not want to go to school. With Aditha’s help, she learns Wings Over My Heart, a gentle calming exercise inspired by the somatic exercise butterfly taps that helps her slow down and settle her body and begin to learn to listen to the messages her feelings are trying to tell her.
How this Activity Grows Emotional Awareness.
Each petal invites children to complete the sentence “I feel safe when…”, creating a simple but meaningful way to talk about safety, feelings, and body awareness with the little ones in your care.
Inspired by Aditha, the Root Energy Fairy from our upcoming book Myla Learns Wings Over My Heart, this craft turns creative play into a shared moment of emotional learning.
It also includes a step by step calm down self-regulation technique!
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Key features:
• Printable Growing Safety Lotus Craft Template
• Step-by-step cut and assemble instructions
• Guided “I feel safe when…” reflection activity
• Encourages emotional awareness and conversation
• Supports fine motor skills through cutting and crafting
• Designed for children ages 4–7
• Inspired by characters from the story the Wings Over My Heart
Who is this for?
• Parents of children ages 4–7
• Kindergarten and early elementary teachers
• Homeschool families
• Caregivers supporting emotional development
• Grown-ups looking for simple calm-down tools that work
Benefits:
• Helps children recognize what makes them feel safe
• Encourages open conversations about feelings
• Builds emotional awareness and body connection
• Turns craft time into meaningful social emotional learning
• Creates a shared learning moment between grown-ups and children