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Butterfly Painting for Children's Grief Awareness Day

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Children's Grief Awareness Day is hosted the Thursday before Thanksgiving each year. For more resources and information about Children's Grief Awareness Day, check out my full CGAD post here: Resources for Planning Children's Grief Awareness Day Events . Last year for Children's Grief Awareness Day, we hosted a new event: Butterfly Painting! Students seemed to really enjoy this event, so we are hosting it again this year. I was going for a slowed down art therapy vibe and I feel that this event achieved that. Below I will share information about how we hosted this event.  This post is timely because we are sending out the description of this event tomorrow (along with the other  Children's Grief Awareness Day  events we are hosting). Below is the event description that will be shared with students, families, and staff: Tuesday, November 17th and Wednesday, November 18th – Decorate a Butterfly & Learn Ways to Help a Friend – During tutorial periods, students wil...