The Very Hungry Worry Monsters

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Worry Worm Pet | Crochet | Handmade | Rainbow | Mental Health | Autism | Fidget | Anxiety Relief | Stress Reliever | Keyring Worms Children either write or draw their worries on a sheet of paper, and don’t have to write their names down if they don’t want to. They then put the piece of paper in the Worry Monster’s mouth, and the worry monster eats the problem up. Worry Monsters are used to help children who have suffered from abuse, neglect, or other serious problems, to resolve their worries, and they're very popular with children. In this particular small group activity, students each create their own unique worry monsters, choosing from different bodies, eyes, mouths, arms, and even legs. Some students make worry monsters that look quite scary while others make worry monsters that appear friendly, and that’s okay.

They could find all sorts of different things – leaves, nuts, grass, twigs, pine cones – whatever there is in your local environment for them to find. Place a dab of glue on the top of the box. Place one of the curled pipe cleaners on top. Continue to make a cluster of curled pipe cleaner “hair” on top of the box.You could potentially write something like down, but I always prefer just to make it up. Be creative! 13. Use One At Night Worry monsters are a kind of ‘talking therapy.’ They work a bit like psychoanalysis, where an individual talks about their worries to help to manage and process them. Personifying worry is a powerful way to help kids deal with anxious feelings. An activity that students always seem to get a lot out of is creating their own depiction of what their worry would look like if it were alive. Students come up with things like monsters, dragons, annoying mosquitos, and so much more. In my worry counseling group, I help students make a worry monster to examine what their worry is telling them and how they can deal with it! Make A Worry Monster Introducing the Activity Councillor Liz Brighouse, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Youth Services, said: “These hand-made monsters will be used by our social care team when working with children in care and young people to help resolve any worries they have.The monsters aren’t really scary. They’re designed to be fun and encourage interaction. Place a dab of glue above the open mouth in the center of the box for each eyeball. Place the eyeballs on the box.

Then secure them at the end with a rubber band or similar. You could draw faces onto the stress-balls with pens. Hertford Infant School and Nursery has three Worry Monsters, and always makes sure one is left in the corridor for their children to access whenever they want. This may work well if your child is capable of using their imagination and visualize the concept of a worry box.

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Let the children explore the concept in both adult-led, and child-led contexts. 11. Worry Monster Basket When worry thoughts, frustration or overwhelming feelings strike, your child (or you, if your child needs help) can write them down on a piece of paper and store them away in their worry box (or whatever container you chose). It will allow you to talk about emotions (worries, frustrations, anger, insecurities) while you engage in a fun activity. Anxiety is a bully. It bosses your child around, tells them they are not good enough, and causes high amounts of fear. Suddenly, your anxious child begins to see anxiety as a part of them, bringing down their self-confidence and opinion of themselves. The best way to help your child battle anxiety is to name the worry monster, thus, making sure that the anxiety is seen externally. This process allows children to keep their own identify strong while externalizing the anxiety as the bully. Using the box and writing down your problems on paper also helps to turn something intangible into something they can actually touch, work with, and control.