Printable · cut along the dashed lines

Affirmation cards

Twelve cards, built around our own animals rather than cartoon faces — because it is easier to believe a thing about yourself when a real animal does it too.

How to use them. Print, cut, and keep them somewhere reachable. Pick the one that is true today rather than the one that sounds best. The small line is there to be read aloud, or covered up, or written over — whichever helps.

Blank backs are deliberate. A card someone wrote themselves beats a card we wrote for them.

Gary the hedgehog

I can do hard things slowly

Gary does everything at his own pace. Slow still gets there.

Gary the hedgehog

Curling up is allowed

When it is too much, Gary curls up. Then he uncurls. Both are fine.

Rosie the galah

My voice is worth hearing

Rosie says what she thinks. Loudly. Nobody minds.

Rosie the galah

I can ask for company

Rosie hates being on her own and says so. Asking is not weak.

Elvis the chameleon

I am allowed to take my time looking

Elvis watches for ages before he moves. That is not being slow. That is being careful.

Elvis the chameleon

I can change how I look to how I feel

Elvis changes colour with his mood, and nobody tells him to cheer up.

Mimi the sugar glider

I need rest and that is not lazy

Mimi sleeps most of the day so she can be brilliant at night.

Mimi the sugar glider

I am allowed to like the dark and the quiet

Mimi does her best living when it is dim and calm.

I am good with animals

And animals know it.

I noticed something today

Noticing counts. Write it on the back.

I asked for help

That was the hard bit. You did it.

I stayed when it was hard

Not leaving is a whole skill.

Pets on the Green Ltd · Warlingham, Surrey. Our own animals, our own words — print and copy freely for your own class or family.