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Since my daughter is home for the summer for the first time ever…it’s been an adjustment. I love having her home and it’s been so nice not to have to go to the bus stop so early (I am NOT a morning person), but I’m having a hard time keeping her entertained. She’s used to having activities all day long. Since she’s so excited for Pixar’s new movie, I decided to make this Printable Inside Out Emotions Board Game.
This game is super cute and really easy to put together. It’s the perfect party game for Inside Out enthusiasts! The kids LOVED playing it. It’s ideal for younger kids that are still getting a grasp for what emotions are and how to behave when they feel certain emotions.
To play this emotions game, you’ll download my FREE Printable, print it off, then cut out the cards. I printed off 3 sets of cards. For the playing pieces, I purchased the the Mini Inside Out Figures at Toys “R” Us. They were in the front of the store with other new toys. When you go to Toys “R” Us, make sure you get the Rewards Card. You get points for every dollar you spend and when you get 125 points, you get $5 back (that comes in handy for birthdays and holidays!)
You’ll move the pieces as the cards tell you to. Some tell you to move forward and some tell you to move back.When you land on a “memory” spot (the spots on the game board with a circle on them), you have to tell a memory of when you had that emotion. So, if you land on green, you would tell of a time you were Disgusted. Each color matches the emotions of a character from Inside Out. I’ve included some instructions in the free printable for reference.
Download the FREE Printable HERE (and leave a comment letting me know how you like them!)
My daughter is the most excited for the movie since the main character is named Riley. It would be so fun to have the same name as a cartoon character! She keeps asking me, “Are we going to have a Riley party?” Luckily, she thinks any of my blog posts are parties, so she’s satisfied after playing their board game.
Everyone joined in on the fun! If you can’t tell, the above picture is Max’s sad face. Apparently it’s too much effort to frown on your own. I also got the plush dolls at Toys “R” Us because they’re just adorable and we collect them.
How do you teach emotions to your children? I would love some more ideas!
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I love this! We saw the movie and it’s definitely a new favorite. My six year old daughter is home for the summer and I’m also finding it to be challenging to keep her busy. Thanks for a great new family game! #client
This is SO creative and absolutely gorgeous, Erin! I help my little ones deal with their emotions by constantly reminding them to make good decisions when they are angry. And when they are happy or excited and acting kind of holier than thou, I remind them that we all have ups and downs and that you have to be graceful in the high times so that people help us through the low times. This game is a great idea to help them identify emotions! #client
Alas, my DH and I are unable to have children, but, God totally knew what He was doing, as I have a sister with special needs (thirteen years my senior), and she’s a total joy to have in my life in this caregiving capacity.
Anyway, Erin, you once again raised the bar!
I thought maybe you could change up the game by using your cute cards to play the game “Memory.” It would keep the newness and excitement of the movie and game experience on a new level for the kiddos.
Be blessed!
I LOVE this, it’s amazing!!! Pinned and tweeted! Saying hello from Social Fabric social shares and now following you and your amazing blog! 🙂
Cathy
Thanks so much Cathy!
I work with kids with autism, and this will be terrific for helping them learn and talk about emotions! Thank you so much for the cute and clever idea!
I love this! Thank you so much for making it! I am a play therapist and will use it with my younger clients. I will also share it with other therapists! Thanks!
I’m so glad you can use this to help people! Thanks for spreading the word 🙂
Thanks Erin for the cute game. Can’t wait to use it with my class in Health or Literacy rotation.
I can’t thank you enough for this! I’m a speech-language pathologist in the school system and I just shared this with the ASD teacher. We should be able to make good use out of this game with our students!
I’m so glad you liked it! I actually got my Bachelor’s in SLP 🙂
Im a social worker working with ECD – cannot wait to use this game in a session soon!
So I found this on Pintrest and found it to be very cute. I can’t wait to play it with my kids! I thought I would let you know that in your instructions on #3, there is a spelling error. (“Stck”) Unless you meant to do that as a way to shorten the word. If that was the case, disregard my comment.
Thank you so much for having the patience to design this brilliant idea! Not to mention the generosity to share it with the world!I will be adding it to my TF-CBT interventions.
Ah! Love this! Just randomly found it on pinterest to have my kids play something fun tonight! Thanks so much, very excited!!
This is awesome!! I can’t wait to try this when school starts again! Thanks so much!
This is SO wonderful and my kids are so excited to play! Thank you!
You DID an amazing job on this! What a neat idea plus cute graphics plus its FREE, you made my day!! Can’t wait to use this in my classroom. Keep up the FANTASTIC work!! : )
Thank you for the great game! I have a few kiddos with emotional regulation challenges and will play with them!
I absolutely love this! I am a counselor and am so excited to use it with some of my younger kids! My only wish is that the board was a little bigger! Maybe two pages that could be next to each other instead of one. Wish I was this creative!
I’m a board game designer and a father both.
It’s a good game for playing with kids and learn about emotion.
the share circle is a great idea!
may I share this to my friends who likes board game?
I am a school therapist with special needs children, many of which struggle with identifying emotions and learning about feelings. This is super cute and I am excited to use it with them! Thank you
I’m so glad you can use this! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I am a school psychologist. I printed this and am going to use it with my social skills group when we do lessons on expressing your emotions. I saw the movie and was looking for something good to use related to it. This is awesome and I am so excited about it. Thank you so much for creating this!
Thank you so much! I love hearing that it’s helping people! I went to school for SLP, so this really means a lot to me 🙂
Hi – I really like this game! I printed it out, got it laminated, and have been using it with my six year old to help her identify and express feelings.. The only drawback is that if a player keeps drawing a “move back” card, they can’t move forward at all, and don’t even get out onto the game board. Wondering if you would consider making a few cards that say “Move Forward X spaces” to go along with the other cards? Just a suggestion. I love the creativity you put into making this!
Thanks Karen! I’m so glad you love it! I just take out some of the move back cards when I’m playing with younger kids. Since you can make large jumps with the color cards, I didn’t want the game to move too quickly, if that makes sense! Enjoy!!
What a great game!!! I will use it with my students!!!!
Thanks for share!!!
Thanks so much! I hope you have fun 🙂
It’s absolutly incredible!!
Easy to play and enjoyable by all!
My 4 years old daughter loves to talk about her emotions (I think that I’ll have to add some more memory spot).
I’ve translated it in Italian for my daughter (ehm… my wife :P) so if you want I can send it to you.
Instead of buying the figures I’ve added a sheet with the puppets to be cutted.
If you want to reduce the game time remove some of the “came back cards” 😛
Thanks for the great job!
Hi Erin,
I think that someone has stolen your work (with some little modifications):
http://erinsweeneydesign.com/fun/emotions-board-game-based-on-disneys-inside-out/#tab-id-1
I think that you have to be mentioned!
Thanks so much for letting me know!
Thank you for the game! I am going to print and send it to my sponsored child 🙂
Is there any way you could do these in Spanish and French? I am a French teacher and would love to use this in class!
I would love to do that if I have the time. Would you mind sending me the translations? Email address is in the comments tab.
It’s hard to come by educated people for this topic, but you sound like you
know what you’re talking about! Thanks
Thanks the kids in my class love the game!!!
Love it! The graphics are beautiful! I am an elementary school counselor and will be able to utilize this with my students. Thanks!!
Thanks so much! Let me know how your students like it 🙂
Amazing!! Thank you so much for this post! I am an Early Childhood Educator and I am using this to add to my Emotional Literacy Kit!
*~It’s NOT Early Childhood Education without the Early Childhood Educator!~*
I’m so glad you like it! Hope it helps with your work 🙂
I just wanted to thank you for making it so easy to print off that board game! I’m a counselor who works with kids and can’t wait to try it out with them! Thanks again 🙂
I am a children’s counselor that work s with children who have experienced a great deal of trauma in their lives. I used this game AT LEAST once a week to help teach them about different emotions and that it’s ok and normal for them to experience them. My kids LOVE this game. I can’t thank you enough for creating and sharing!
This is so great to hear! I’m so glad this printable has helped you…thank you for telling me!
Thanks a lot to share Erin! It´s really beautiful!! 🙂
It’s so wonderful. We want to work this film in school and this is awesome!!! Thanks a lot for sharing it!!!
Love it! I’m going to use it to teach English voc. to my Polish students 🙂
That’s awesome, Paulina! Thanks for downloading it 🙂
Hello, What kind of printer you use? Thank you for sharing.
This is the printer I use: http://amzn.to/2a3mCMz (affiliate link) I love it!
Very cute game! My toddler loves this movie, so this game will be a hit! Thanks for sharing!
Amanda
I’m a social worker, and I use this with children to help them talk about their experiences. Love it!
I’m teaching English in Japan to kids and we’re learning about emotions. The kids are all in elementary school, and I think it will be a great way to practice talking about feelings in English. Thanks so much!
So glad to help!