Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts
- Memory Bracelets
- Memory bracelets made by the pre-teen and teens in grief support groups. Group participants complete journal entries each week which include picking bead colors which remind them of loved ones, family and friends. Group participants keep the bracelet at the conclusion of groups in memory of their loved one.
- 5-8 year olds grief group
- “5 -8 year olds” enjoying the children’s grief group
- "Making a Rainbow through a Storm"
- A second photo of the teens during arts and crafts time.
- "Grief Support"
- 13-19 year old group working together during arts and crafts time.
- "Expressions through Grief"
- An example of how we help the kids express their grief through paint and clay activities
- Arts and Crafts - Memory Candles
- An example of how the kids can express their unique personalities through memory candles.
- Journaling
- A teen participates in a journaling exercise in our Adolescent Grief Support Group
- Reading
- Learning how others deal with grief through hearing stories of other children or characters is a component of our Children's Grief Group
- Tween Group
- Participants in our 9-12 group discuss grief
- Memory Boxes
- Participants in our Children's group decorate memory boxes to help preserve memories of their loved one.
- Arts1
- Expressing feelings and memories through drawing, painting and other forms of artistic expression is a key part of our grief support groups
- Journaling2
- Participants of all ages write memories of and journal about their loved ones as a part of moving through grief
