Memory boxes to help young minds

These memory boxes are put together by the fantastic Helen who set up memoriesboxed.com to help adults have better conversations with kids about death and grief.

The Colour Monster Box
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
The colour monster relates different colours to different feelings. He is a a jumble of mixed up colours, but with help, colour monster finds a way to separate the colours once again.
Box contains the colour monster activity book with a set of 8 acrylic paints and brushes to ​decorate the box and personalise it. A magnetic fridge fob to hold a photograph and a sand art kit to make a memory jar or to separate those emotions (kit design may vary). Also a set of 12 washable fibre tip colouring pens, Notepad and pencil (colour may vary) and Crayola twistable pencils


​The Memory Tree Box
The Memory Tree by Britta Teckentrup - A beautifully written and illustrated book about the death of a dear friend, Fox, who has reached the end of his life. Each of his friends share their fond memories and as time passes a tree grows where Fox died, the more they remember Fox the larger it grows giving the friends a place to nest and shade to sleep.
Box contains plywood buttons to represent people or memories and a set of 12 acrylic paints with brushes to decorate the box and personalise it.
Also Buttons, Sequins for the box or canvas, a set of 12 washable fibre tip colouring pens, blank canvas to paint a memory tree on, alongside a magnetic fridge fob to hold a photograph; PVA glue a notepad and pencil (colour may vary) and guidance notes for making a button tree.

Badger's Parting Gifts Box
​Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley - Badger knew that his life was coming to an end, he was old and tired, but he wanted to try to prepare his friends for his death.
Heartbroken, his friends started to remember all of the things that Badger had taught each of them leaving each with a parting gift.

Box contains a pebble painting kit, paint to represent people or memories with a set of 12 acrylic paints and brushes to ​decorate the box and personalise it. It has a notepad and pencil (colour may vary) and a magnetic fridge fob to hold a photograph.

Goodbye Mog Box
Goodbye Mog by Judith Kerr - A moving story about a cat named Mog who has reached the end of her life. The family are devastated and decide to get a kitten, but she's not Mog. They learn how to love her for who she is without forgetting about Mog.
Box contains a set of 8 acrylic paints with brushes to decorate the box and personalise it, with a magnetic fridge fob to hold a photograph. Also a keyring Photo Frame, set of 3 colouring therapy books (designs may vary); Set of 20 colouring pencils, a Mandala sketchbook and make your own string art creations (design may vary).

The Healthy Coping Colouring Book Box
The Healthy Coping Coloring Book by Pooky Knightsmith and Emily Hamilton
This books acts like a journal helping with emotions caused by many issues, home, school feeling anxious or just needing a safe place to pen your feelings.
Box contains a set of 12 acrylic paints with brushes to decorate the box and personalise it with a magnetic fridge fob to hold a photograph. It has a clear plastic key fob for photograph; an Artway starter kit that includes;
Artway A4 tuff bag
A4 soft cover sketchbook - heavyweight white cartridge paper
Derwent graphic soft pencils x 4 (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B), Pentel coloured pencils x 12, Pentel Oil Pastels - 12 Set, Artway watercolour paint set (w/ brush), Artway paint brush set (7 Brushes) and a metal pencil sharpener/Ultratape glue stick and Koh-I-Noor soft rubber.