Printable Feelings & Emotions Card Game: The Game of Feelings

This social emotional learning card game, The Game of Feelings, is a fabulous tool for exploring feelings and emotions with children aged 8 to 16 years – it’s number one aim…to get kids talking about how they feel!

The Game of Feelings Card Game

The game helps students explore 40 different feelings and emotions, encouraging them to think about, identify with and talk through a wide range of emotions. The activity cards prompting individuals to share their experiences of the different emotions, their body’s physical reactions to these feelings and strategies for successfully navigating overwhelming emotions.

The Game of Feelings has multiple uses, including;

• As a relationship building tool in the classroom,
• In small group or individual counselling sessions,
• As a game for family game night, and
• As journalling prompts.

Included in the game pack:

• Teal cards: 32 activity/question cards
• Purple cards: 40 individual emotions cards
• Backing sheet (optional): Included for you to print onto the back of the game cards
• Instructions: For printing and how to play
• Adaptations: Additional suggestions for using The Game of Feelings cards with students of different ages and abilities

How to Play The Game of Feelings

1. Divide the game cards into two stacks – activity cards (teal) and emotions cards (purple). Shuffle each stack and place it on the
table face down.
2. Choose a player to start. That player takes one activity card and one emotion card from the top of each stack, being careful not to reveal which emotion card they have drawn
3. That player responds to the question or performs the activity listed on the activity card for the chosen emotion card.
4. The cards are then returned to the bottom of each card stack or held by the player who drew them.
5. Play moves to the next player and continues around the group.