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Play-therapy, sensory, and waiting-room tools.

For therapists and parents. Every pick links out to the shop that sells it.

Browse the shelves How this catalog works

434 picks across 6 shelves, each linked to the shop that sells it. Plus 9 printable kits of our own.

The shelves

Six shelves. Pick a door.

Grouped by how the tools get used, not by brand.

Play therapy

93 picks

Puppets, sand trays, and miniatures.

Open the Play therapy shelf, 93 picks

Journals

70 picks

Journals and workbooks.

Open the Journals shelf, 70 picks

Coloring

61 picks

Feelings coloring pages.

Open the Coloring shelf, 61 picks

Sensory

76 picks

Fidgets, putty, and weighted tools.

Open the Sensory shelf, 76 picks

Calm-down corner

65 picks

What to put in a calm-down corner.

Open the Calm-down corner shelf, 65 picks

Therapy games

69 picks

Therapy games, sorted by goal: feelings, anger, social skills, teens.

Open the Therapy games shelf, 69 picks
Inside the shelves

Peek before you open a door.

Ten picks from each shelf, one from every group first.

Guides

Lists for one question at a time.

Guide · 27 picksPlay therapy toy list

The three UNT playroom toy categories, each with real picks, plus books for therapists.

 Guide · 20 picksGifts for therapists

Books, card decks, office basics, and quiet fidgets therapists and counselors actually use.
Starter picks

Three short lists to start from.

Pulled from the shelves. Each link goes to the shop that sells it.

6 picks

Starting a child-therapy office

For a first playroom: a sand tray, a family set, puppets, art supplies, one game, and white noise for the door.

  1. Basic Portable Sand Tray Starter KitPlay Therapy Supply · Portable sand tray starter kit.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hispanic Family Figure Set, 8 piecesCre8tive Minds · Eight-piece Hispanic family figure set.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  3. Feelings Family Hand Puppetshand2mind · Five soft hand puppets represent Happy, Angry, Surprised, Sad, and Scared.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  4. Ultra-Clean Washable Markers, 40 countCrayola · Forty washable markers.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  5. Jenga ClassicHasbro Gaming · The original wood block stacking game.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  6. Dohm Classic White Noise MachineYogasleep · Fan-based white noise machine.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Full play therapy toy list
5 picks

Quiet waiting-room activities

Things to hold, watch, or color that make no noise and need no instructions.

  1. NeeDoh Dream DropSchylling · Smooth squeeze toy, about 3 in tall.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  2. Tangle Jr. Classic, 5-packTangle · Five genuine Tangle Jr. twist fidgets.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  3. Textured Worry Stones, 6-packKLT · Six soft textured worry stones.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  4. Liquid Motion Bubbler, 3-packOneshow · Three oil-and-water bubbler timers.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  5. Color Wonder Mess Free Coloring Kit (50+ pieces)Crayola · Color Wonder markers that only show on Color Wonder paper.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Quiet waiting-room tools guide
3 picks

Three tools for feelings identification

Faces to point at, pillows to hold, and a game that needs no reading.

  1. Mixed Bag of FeelingsKimochis · 33 feeling pillows.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  2. Emotion Cards for Kids, 100 cardsLearning Toy Boxes · One hundred feelings and emotion flash cards.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
  3. Go Fish: Faces & Feelings Card GameThinkPsych · Kids act out an emotion to ask for a card, so no reading is needed.View on Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Or print our Feel & Cope card decks ($6)

Start where you are

For therapists

Play-therapy and sand-tray tools.

Puppets, sand trays, miniatures, and therapy games, plus journals and workbooks.

Play therapy 93Therapy games 69Journals 70
For parents

Sensory and feelings tools.

Calm-down corner basics, fidgets, putty, weighted items, and feelings coloring books.

Calm-down corner 65Sensory 76Coloring 61
From the shelves

A few to start with

See all play therapy
Three sample pages from the printable kits: a sheet of feelings cards, a Worry-o-Meter check-in, and an Anger Volcano worksheet
Our own printables

Printable therapy kits we make.

Nine print-at-home kits for child and teen therapy: anxiety, ADHD, low mood, anger, trauma-informed regulation, school avoidance, grief, feelings and coping cards, and a documentation pack.

$39 for all 9 $83 if bought separately

Get all 9 kits for $39 See each kit and a sample page

Instant digital download · no physical item ships · checkout by Stripe

How it works

Recommended here, sold by the shop.

  1. Browse a shelf

    Tools are grouped by use: play therapy, therapy games, journals, coloring, sensory, and calm-down corners.

  2. Open the listing

    Each card links to the retailer's own page. Prices, stock, and ages live there, not here.

  3. Buy where you like

    Amazon links are affiliate links. Other links go to the maker or a specialty shop and are labeled with its name.

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