Something funny happens when you roll this out on the kitchen table. The questions are already there, printed right in the border. You don't have to think of what to say. You just color.
Galaxy of Kindness is a 2-foot by 5-foot coloring sheet set in deep space with planets, astronauts, aliens, rockets, and messages like "No Room for Hate in This Galaxy" and "Your Kindness Has Gravity." The questions in the border use space as a metaphor for the hardest social stuff: needing your own space, including people who seem different, and what it means to lift someone else up.
It's for the kid who's been left out, or the one doing the leaving out... and sometimes those are the same kid on different days. Roll it out after a hard day at school or a blowup with a sibling and just see what surfaces.
Some of the questions in the border:
If you were the Captain of Kindness, what would be the number one rule on your spaceship? Everyone needs space sometimes. How do you tell someone you need a little space right now? What's a "black hole" behavior — something that sucks all the fun out of a room? We are all made of stardust. What's one thing that makes you the same as the person you're coloring with?
No prep. No wrong answers. Just a big piece of paper and whatever comes up.
