The Happy Heads Card Game 2023

Happy Heads Card Game is designed to promote emotional wellbeing and resilience among children and their families. The core of Happy Heads lies in its aspiration to encourage open discussions about emotions, making it easier and fun for children to express themselves and for parents to understand and support emotional development.

Gameplay involves players, typically a mix of children and adults, taking turns drawing Beastie cards that they need to help using the items or actions in their hands. The game includes a variety of card types such as Beasties representing personalities to discuss, Items portraying wellbeing exercises and actions such as Yoga and place switching.

The goal of Happy Heads Card Game is not just to win by collecting as many Beasties and Comforts as possible, but to help children and their adults to build stronger emotional connections. Facilitating meaningful conversations about feelings and strategies for handling different emotional states, helping players develop key life skills like empathy, communication, and emotional regulation.

The Happy Heads Card Game is simple and proven impactful but prioritising fun and playfulness to support in the destigmatisation of mental health and wellbeing.

—description from the designer