Wheel of Self-Care
Strategies
Teach kids
and adults the
importance of
practicing
self-care!
Wheel of Self-Care Strategies
© 2018 School Counseling is Magical
Teach kids and adults the importance of practicing daily self-care in order to improve mood, and
decrease anxiety and stress. These self-care wheels are a visual and hands-on activity to
practice self-care strategies. Kids (or adults), will either draw a picture of a self-care strategy
that they would be willing to practice or cut and paste the given self-care strategies. Wheels can
be used as practice or in times of need.
Directions:
1) Review the definition of self-care: an activity that someone does deliberately on a regular
basis to take care of their mind and body.
2) Decide which cover and middle section you would like to use (includes blank ones for you to
draw on). Print onto cardstock.
3) Decide whether you would like to drawn your own self-care strategies or pick from the given
strategies. If you would like to draw; draw or write a picture of one strategies that you could
use for each category of self-care. If you choose to cut and paste, pick one strategy from
each category and then cut and paste the section onto one of the 5 sections on the “wagon
wheel” circle. Once you are finished, you can laminate the pieces for durability.
4) Attach the wheel together (cover, 5 self-care categories, and then self-care strategies)
using a brad. Punch a whole through all three pieces of cardstock and attach with the brad.
5) Spin the wheel by matching up the kind of self-care needed with the strategy that you can
practice.
6) Encourage kids or adults to go home and practice the strategies on their wheel.
Emotional
Emotional
Self-Care
Self-Care
Pick one of these to
go in the middle of
the cover and “wagon
wheel” circle.
Emotional
Self-Care
Take time
to laugh.
Examples of
Emotional
Self-Care
Go see a
funny movie
or play
Hug a
stuffed
animal.
Examples of
Emotional
Self-Care
Practice self-
compassion
Read a
book.
Examples of
Mental
Self-Care
Do something
creative.
Color or
draw.
Examples of
Mental
Self-Care
Plant a tree
or flower.
Play a
sport.
Examples of
Physical
Self-Care
Drink plenty
of water.
Eat a
healthy
snack. .
Examples of
Physical
Self-Care
Clean your
room.
Watch the
sunrise or
sunset.
Examples of
Spiritual
Self-Care
Listen to
music.
Examples of
Spiritual
Self-Care
Join a
support
group.
Examples of
Personal
Self-Care
Set a goal.
Examples of
Personal
Self-Care
Wear your
favorite
outfit.
Pick 5 strategies (1 in
each self-care category
to cut and paste onto
each section of the
“wagon wheel” circle.
Example of Set a goal.
completed wheel
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