New Years Manifestation Boards With Kids

Happy 2019! I hope you and your family enjoyed a wonderful holiday season together and are starting off the new year feeling really good.

I’ve been moving slowly the past few months, hibernating a bit more and working on a book that has been on my mind for a few years. I’m excited to share more about it with you soon.

Manifestation Boards

To jump start the new year with clear values and intentions moving forward, my family and I made “manifestation boards” (otherwise known as vision boards). The girls love this activity and have displayed their boards on their bedside tables so they can see them every day.

I’ve been making manifestation boards for the past 15 years, ever since I read about them in a book on Feng Shui. The first time I made one, I was amazed at the amount of unlikely things on my board that surprisingly came to fruition.

I believe that our lives are a reflection of where our heart gives its attention. Meaning, what we pay attention to -and how we are feeling about it- is what shows up in our life experiences.

I love to have a visual representation of my dreams to keep them at the forefront of my attention. Manifestation boards are a fun and easy way to create this visual representation.

Kids Love Making Them Too!

My kids love joining in and making their own manifestation boards. When they were younger, they often included pictures of toys, sweets, and psychical objects on their boards. This year, I was excited to see them focusing more on words and images that felt meaningful to them.

I wasn’t planning on creating this post so the photos below aren’t the best, but I happened to take some snapshots on my phone that I wanted to share. The two boards on the bottom were made by the kids.

How to make a Manifestation Board

Step 1: (Optional) Start by making a list of dreams and intentions for the year to come.

Step 2: Search through magazines to find images and words that represent the things on your list. If you skip the list you can dive right into the art project and look for images and words that feel inspiring, with a focus on what you want to bring into your life in the year ahead.

Step 3: Cut out what you want and glue it onto a background with a glue stick to make a collage (either onto a sheet of paper, piece of wood, cardboard, etc.).

Step 4: Add your own drawing or note if you want! When I have wanted really specific things in the past, I would often write them down and include a handwritten note on my board saying, “thank you for…” as if it has already happened.

Inviting Your Kids

Set up an “Invitation to Create” on the table with a few magazines, scissors, paper and glue sticks. Sit down and begin working on your own board your kids will most likely join you!

When Ora asked what I was doing I said, “I’m making a manifestation board for the new year. I’m looking for pictures and words in the magazines that represent what I want more of in my life.”

I reminded her of the ones we had done before and she eagerly jumped right in. Pretty soon, Karuna and Aaron were at the table with us and the whole family was setting our intentions for the new year together.

Have you set intentions for the new year?

If one of your intentions is to set up an engaging and organized art space for your kids, the winter session of my online course, Design Camp, will open for registration soon.

You can learn more about Design Camp here.

Happy New Year!