After helping you in making your personalized daily routine in 5-minutes, I am back again with a new blog…
Today, I am going to help you with how to make your own personalized calm down kit in 5-minutes. Wondering why calm down kit?
Well, we are all aware of the fact that we are all stressed and anxious due to overworking, over-managing, and over-performing. In this modern era of technology, we definitely need something that reminds us of calmness, peacefulness, and positivity. Whenever you enter the fight or flight response, you can use your own customized calm down kit to calm down and reinstate the mood instantly.
This calm down kit will not only help in calming down but will also help in preventing future meltdowns or negative thoughts and will help in promoting your decision-making skills. The best part about this calm down kit is that you can carry it anywhere and you can take the help of this kit whenever you feel distressed, anxious, or negative.
Let us begin with making your own customized calm down kit… all you have to do is to bookmark or save the link of this blog so that you can take help anytime you want.
Before we begin, let us see what are the benefits of keeping a calm down kit?
Benefits of Calm Down Kit
Helps in avoiding stress
Promotes problem-solvingskills
Prevents future meltdowns
Keeps you well-managed
Promotes positivity
Reduces anxious or negative thoughts
Breaks bad habits
Keeps your mental health intact
Promotes happiness and liveliness
Do’s and Don’ts of a Calm Down Kit
Do’s
Make it light-weighted and easy to carry
Put age-appropriate items
Put necessary items
Put independently usable items
Don’ts
Avoid adding digital devices
Avoid adding heavy-weight stuff
What to put in a Calm Down Kit (70+ Ideas)?
Below is the list of things that you can put in your own calm down kit. You can pick whatever you like from the list. It’s a big list of 70+ ideas that are specially designed to help you in every way. You can take your notebook and mention things that you would like to add to your own calm down kit.
Make sure you’re not taking too much in your kit; the idea is to create your light-weighted and easy-to-carry calm down kit so that you can use it anytime and anywhere instantly.
Add fidget toys
Add stress-relievingballs
Add light-weighted stuffed animals
Add a body sock for instant stress relief
Add a slimebox of your favorite color
Add play-doh consisting of your favorite colors
Add theraputty for therapeutic relief
Add bubble wrap for removing anxious thoughts
Add small massagers to relieve stress and tension throughout your body
Add a cozy small blanket
Add aromatic candles
Add an aromatic diffuser with essential oils
Add a heated blanket for reliving chronic pins
Add an eye mask for quick napping
Must include- Therapy brush for sensory regulation and deep massaging
Add a pressure vest
Add aromatic wipes to wipe off the stress
Add pipe cleaners for a soft touch and fidgety hands
Add soft fabric scarves or scraps for a soft touch
Add mini-puzzlesor games
Add puzzles like Sudoku
Add mini cards to remind yourself that you’re worth it
Add question cards to remind yourself gratefulness
Add word searches to remind yourself of the best times you’ve lived
Add mini or miniature books to relievestress productively
Add spy games
Add affirmation cards to gain some motivation
Add etch a sketch
Add notepads and colorfulpens to write your thoughts
Add mood-o-meter
Add crosswords
Add mazes
Add Rubik’s cube
Add brain cards
Add chalkboard and colorfulchalks
Add cat’s cradle
Add speaking tom
Add headphones or iPods
Add earplugs to avoid extra noise
Add audiobooks
Add your favorite podcast library
Add nature sounds
Add a whistle to blow off your stress and anxiety
Add harmonica
Add a small drawing book to let flow your creativity
Add spinning top
Add legos
Add tissue paper for tearing down your stress
Add a balance cushion
Add sensory tunnel
Add a cardboardbox and add your small memories
Add a small mirror to remind yourself that you’re worth taking on challenges
Add scratch and sniff stickers
Add yoga poses cards
Add deep breathing cards
Add pinwheel
Add beautiful beads
Add jump rope
Add a small punching bag
Add resistance bands
Add a crunchy snacks
Add gummy snacks
Add calm down bottles
Add a small bottle ofwater
Add sunglasses to avoid rays of negativity
Add an hourglass
Add a small photo album
Add a snow globe
Add bubble-makingtools
Add mini trampoline
Add a kaleidoscope
I hope this blog helps you with creating your own personalized calm down kit in 5-minutes. Comment down and recommend topics to help you in making your own personalized mental health kits. For more such content, connect with us on all social media platforms.
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