Wave Breathing Pause Card for Kids

Help students pause, breathe, and reset with this tactile Wave Breathing Pause Card from 3DprintEDU.
 

This 3D printable SEL tool gives children a calming finger tracing path to follow while practising mindful breathing, focus, and emotional regulation. Students begin at the raised O, then slowly trace along the wave paths as they breathe in and out.
 

The included 3MF file contains both versions, so you can choose the style that works best for your students, classroom, or sensory space:

Raised Path Version
An embossed tactile wave path that students can feel clearly as they trace.

Indented Path Version
An engraved tactile wave path that gives students a smooth recessed channel to follow with their finger.
 

Both versions are no AMS, quick to print, and use less than 20 g of filament, making them easy to print for classrooms, calm corners, counselling spaces, occupational therapy rooms, and home regulation kits.

How to Use

Begin at the raised O, which is designed to be the consistent starting point across the SEL Pause Cards collection.

Place your finger on the O and slowly follow the wave path.

Students can breathe in as they trace up each wave, then breathe out as they trace down each wave. The repeated wave pattern gives students a gentle rhythm to follow as they slow their breathing and refocus.

Repeat the path a few times, moving calmly from wave to wave. The tactile design gives students a simple, hands on way to pause, regulate, and reset.

For younger students, an adult can guide the rhythm by saying:

Trace up, breathe in. Trace down, breathe out. Keep going slowly.

Great For

Calm corners
SEL routines
Mindful breathing
Classroom reset breaks
Counselling offices
Occupational therapy spaces
Special education classrooms
Sensory regulation
Morning meetings
Transitions
Home calm down kits

This is part of the growing 3DprintEDU Hands on Mindfulness Collection, a set of classroom friendly 3D printable tools designed to support breathing, focus, calm, and emotional regulation.

Print Notes

No supports needed
No AMS required
Quick print
Less than 20 g of filament
Both raised and indented path versions included in the 3MF file
Great for calming colours, school colours, or bright classroom sets
Flat, easy classroom friendly print
 

Designed by 3DprintEDU, by a teacher, for teachers.
 

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More SEL Pause Cards and a matching storage box available in the 3DprintEDU Hands On Mindfulness Collection. 
Box Breathing Cards
Triangle Breathing Cards
Spiral or tracing style Pause Cards
Pause Card Storage Box

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