Coloring in mandalas can be an effective therapeutic activity by helping to reduce stress, improve focus, and promote relaxation. Mandalas, useful in boosting social-emotional health, are a tool to help students engage in a calming technique, giving them time and space for reflective thinking. In a full-class setting, mandalas are also useful for time management and differentiated learning needs. Plus, they’re just fun!
This set of 12 coloring pages features animal-themed mandalas, also known as zentangles, designed to attract and hold students’ attention. On pages 3-14, you’ll find a set of 12 coloring sheets that include animal fun facts. On pages 16-27, you’ll see the same 12 images without the fun facts.
These mandala coloring sheets can be used in classrooms, counseling offices, youth groups, and libraries. A few suggested uses include:
• Give to early finishers during testing/quiet tasks to allow time for other students to finish their work.
• Keep students’ hands busy while listening to audiobooks or podcast-based lessons.
• Create a bulletin board where students can help themselves to their choice of coloring sheets and/or post their completed artwork.
• Help students learn to calm themselves during stressful moments by focusing on a mindfulness task.
• Use in counseling offices as part of art therapy or SEL training.
• Build a take-and-make library display with books on animals, meditation, stress reduction, and/or how to build a mandala.
• As a random act of kindness, leave a bunch of coloring pages and some colored pencils anywhere stressed out folks might gather.
Includes 12 coloring pages, PDF (uneditable).
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