Dice of Feelings

Share your feelings in a playfull way with the Dice of Feelings

Many children, teenagers and/or adults find it hard - or did not learn - to deal with their feelings. But feelings are part of life. And it helps to share them. The Dice of Feelings makes it easier to talk about your feelings. Get creative with your feelings and use the dice afterwards to get to know more about your own feelings or someone elses. When you succeed in connecting about feelings, you can have the most beautiful conversations.

Children and teenagers learn from adult how to handle their emotions. So if you buy the Dice of Feelings for your children: join in and tell them how it works for you with your feelings!

Dice of Feelings

The Dice of Feelings facilitates communicating about feelings. Playfully.

• You start with choosing 6 feelings you experience regularly.
• Then you draw or paint these feelings on the (flat) dice, in the 6 squares. You can do this in colours, symbols, faces, whatever you want.
• When you are finished, and the dice is dry, you fold it into a box.
• Then you can start to play with the Dice of Feelings.
• Take turns when you are playing together.
• Take a question card from the drawstring bag.
• Roll your own dice and answer the question about the feeling you have just rolled.

The package Dice of Feelings: what you receive

The Dice of Feelings:

• will be delivered in a set of 6, 12, 24 or 36 Dice of Feelings (your can choose).
• a manual
• one drawstring bag per 6 dice (with 12 dice - 2 bags, with 24 dice - 4 bags and with 36 - 6 dice)
• in a drawstring bag you will find 10 question cards about feelings
• the size of the card board dice is 70x70x70 mm.
• the cubes are delivered flat, you can fold them into a dice after drawing or painting on them. There is no tape or glue included (or necessary).

Safety and respect

In sharing feelings it is important that everyone feels safe. Stories that are told should not be passed on. Everyone should be able to thell their own story. And make sure you listen to each other an that no one is laughed at.
And remember: all feelings matter. What may not be important to one person may be considered very important by another. Every feeling is allowed!

In a safe setting, without judgements or comparisons, you can have the most beautiful conversations.

Dice of feelings - example from my practice after a dear one died

I regularly guide families where children and/or young people get stuck. They often find it hard to share about their thoughts and feelings. One of the assignments that I frequently use is the Dice of Feelings. I ask them if they can name 6 feelings they often have, and which color or symbol goes with each feeling. They can then make their own feelings dice with marker or paint. I often participate myself.

A 12-year-old girl would like to express her feelings in English, which I encourage. This reduces any barrier to showing it at home or to friends. She has written her feelings on a piece of paper with the corresponding colors and enthusiastically starts painting. As soon as the die is dry (with the hair dryer) she folds it into a cube and we start throwing the dice. She enjoys drawing a question, then rolling her dice and answering the question.

She likes me to join in, roll my own die and answer a question as well. I think that's fine, young people learn from adults how to deal with feelings. I land on my feeling 'confused', I am honest in my answer, and at the same time I try to share something that can also help her. She listens attentively. When it is her turn again, she rolls 'afraid'. While painting she talked about being afraid of dogs. Now she is very honest about her fear in bed at night, she is afraid that she or someone she loves will also get sick and die. I listen and give space to her story. Afterwards she says that she enjoyed talking about her feelings like this. She also wants to play with it in her family and show it to her friends.

Working together with the Dice of Feelings makes it easier to express feelings, first while creating the die, and second while playing with it and answering the questions. The sister of the 12 year old teenager also made one for herself afterwards. So nice to see how families pick it up and have conversations with each other more easily at home.