Every Kind of Family

Hard Holidays Kit

A gentle, skip-anything kit for kids missing someone on holidays, birthdays and big family days.

$5.50

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PDF · 11 pages
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Also part of the Holiday & Winter Bundle, together with 24 Days of Calm, Holiday Overwhelm Plan, Gentle New Year, and Winter Light Kit, for $15.00.

Want them all? It’s also in The Everything Bundle: all 40 printables for $59.00.

What it is

Big days can feel happy and sad at the same time. This kit is for kids missing someone, whether that person lives in another home, is far away, or has died. Kids pick what helps: name both feelings, plan for the day, take a quiet break without words, and make something for the person they miss.

What's included

Pick What Helps menu
Two Feelings at Once page with a feelings-mix circle
Someone I'm Missing and Ways to Feel Close pages
My Plan for the Big Day
6 quiet-break passes (3 kinds)
2 note cards and 4 keepsake hangers
After the Day page
1-page grown-up guide

Great for

Kids in foster, kinship or two-home familiesMilitary families and kids with someone in the hospitalGrieving kids facing a first holiday or birthdayCounselors, caseworkers and caregivers

Printing tips

Fill in the Big Day plan a few days ahead, and say yes when a quiet-break pass comes out. One page is plenty. This is a digital file, so nothing will be shipped.

Terms of use

For personal, classroom, and counseling-room use. Please don't share or resell the file.

My People

A family map for kids raised by grandparents, relatives, foster or adoptive families, and every kind of family.

$5.00See inside

Printable PDF · 12 pages

Two Homes Kit

A 5-in-1 kit for kids who go back and forth between two homes: packing checklist, calendars, feelings cards, switch-day steps, and a "same in both homes" page.

$7.00See inside