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Draw how it feels

Naming a feeling from a face is the first step of social-emotional learning. Drawing the face is that step done by hand — to draw surprised, a child has to know what surprised looks like.

How it works
Ages3–6TypeFocus

Look at the color, draw the feeling.

A feelings worksheet generator, printable as a PDF. A key shows each feeling as a colored face with its name — green is happy, blue is sad — and the page below is full of blank colored circles to draw the matching face on. The first is done. Easy uses three feelings, medium four, and hard five, putting look-alikes such as sad and worried side by side. A new page every time, with an answer key; the ink-saving print adds a letter to each circle.

Make a sheet

1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.

A Feelings Faces sheet
1

Look

Find the circle's color in the key.

2

Name it

Say the feeling out loud: happy, sad, surprised.

3

Draw

Draw the eyes and the mouth that show it.

Difficulty

Four feelings, eighteen faces.

Number of sheets

Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.