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Feelings Chart for Adults

Feelings chart for adults, printable in large print: 16 feelings with plain pictures of adults (no cartoon eyes, no emoji), 20 spare cards and a blank chart. For an adult who finds it hard to say how they feel right now, for example after a stroke, while living with aphasia or with dementia, and for the family at home.

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  • One whole page of the Feelings Chart for Adults: Yes, No, I don't know and Something else on the top row, then 16 feelings with pictures of adults, Happy, Calm, Okay, Thankful, Sad, Lonely, Worried, Scared, Angry, Frustrated, Confused, Bored, Tired, In pain, Sick and Embarrassed.
  • Cover: the Feelings Chart for Adults, a printed page of 16 pictures of adults with large-print words such as Happy, Worried, Lonely and Confused.
  • Illustrated scene: the feelings chart held on a fridge door with a magnet.
  • Illustrated scene: the Right now page on a hospital tray table, next to a pair of reading glasses.
  • Illustrated scene: the black and white feelings chart on a clipboard on an armchair.
  • The page types in the file: feelings chart, a black-and-white chart, Right now page, spare cards, a week check-in page, a blank chart, a short guide and the skin tone pages.
  • Close-up of the feelings chart: each square has one picture of an adult and one plain word in large print.
  • The feelings chart next to the Right now page, which has I feel, How much and What would help sections.
  • A page of 20 spare cards next to the Feelings this week page filled in with example words.
  • Three of the faces shown in each of the five skin tones.
  • The blank chart with example feeling words typed in, next to the short guide for the family.
  • Four steps: download, type your words, print at home, point together. A digital file; no physical item is shipped.

12 pictures: swipe to see them all, tap one to zoom.

What’s inside

22 pages in each PDF

  1. Start here: what to print and how1 page
  2. Feelings chart: yes, no, I don't know and something else in the top row, then 16 feelings: happy, calm, okay, thankful, sad, lonely, worried, scared, angry, frustrated, confused, bored, tired, in pain, sick, embarrassed1 page
  3. The feelings chart in black and white, for any printer1 page
  4. Right now: I feel, how much (a little, some, a lot, very much) and what would help (rest, quiet, a drink, some company, music, go outside, a hug, something else)1 page
  5. 20 spare cards: loved, surprised, hopeful, proud, and more things that might help, such as a walk, time alone, a phone call and tea1 page
  6. Feelings this week: a check-in page with fill-in fields for morning, afternoon, evening and a note1 page
  7. Blank chart with fill-in labels1 page
  8. Talking about feelings: a short guide for the family1 page
  9. The three picture pages again in 4 more skin tones, 5 tones in all12 pages
  10. Personal-use license and a note about the pictures2 pages

$3.99printable PDF

Buy on Etsy
  • Instant download
  • 22 pages in each PDF
  • US Letter and A4
  • Fill-in fields need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Who it is for

An adult who finds it hard to say how they feel right now, for example after a stroke, with aphasia or with dementia, and the family at home.

How it works

  1. Keep the chart where you can both see it and reach it.
  2. Ask "How are you feeling?", then wait while the person looks and points.
  3. Check back ("Worried? Yes?"), then ask how much and what would help on the Right now page.
  4. Type your own feeling words into the blank chart before you print.

Sizes and format

  • 2 PDF files: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4
  • The fill-in text fields need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • You change the words, not the pictures
  • Instant download. No physical item is shipped.
  • The room scenes in the listing images are illustrations made with AI image tools; the printable is the page shown.

The files

  • US LetterPDF, 23 pages, 5.1 MB
  • A4PDF, 23 pages, 5.1 MB

Your license

For personal use in one household: print as many copies as you need, and please don't share or resell the file.

Illustrations drafted with AI image tools, then chosen and checked by us. Layout and card sets designed by us. Wording drafted with AI writing tools and checked by us.

A closer look

  • Cover: the Feelings Chart for Adults, a printed page of 16 pictures of adults with large-print words such as Happy, Worried, Lonely and Confused.
  • Illustrated scene: the feelings chart held on a fridge door with a magnet.
  • Illustrated scene: the Right now page on a hospital tray table, next to a pair of reading glasses.
  • Illustrated scene: the black and white feelings chart on a clipboard on an armchair.
  • The page types in the file: feelings chart, a black-and-white chart, Right now page, spare cards, a week check-in page, a blank chart, a short guide and the skin tone pages.
  • Close-up of the feelings chart: each square has one picture of an adult and one plain word in large print.
  • The feelings chart next to the Right now page, which has I feel, How much and What would help sections.
  • A page of 20 spare cards next to the Feelings this week page filled in with example words.
  • Three of the faces shown in each of the five skin tones.
  • The blank chart with example feeling words typed in, next to the short guide for the family.
  • Four steps: download, type your words, print at home, point together. A digital file; no physical item is shipped.

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