The Doughnut Worry Worksheet is a simple yet powerful digital resource designed to help children manage anxiety by organising their thoughts. Children often feel that all worries are the same size, which makes them feel muddled and overwhelming.
 
Using the familiar visual of different-sized doughnuts, this worksheet teaches the core CBT concept of worry scaling:
 
Categorisation: Children write or draw their worries inside the small, medium, and large doughnuts, physically sorting their anxious thoughts by size and intensity.
 
Worry Sizing: This process instantly gives children perspective, showing them that most of their worries are not "big" and that breaking them down makes them easier to manage.
 
Action & Empowerment: The activity guides the child to identify which worry feels the "easiest to start with"—usually the smallest one—thereby transforming overwhelming anxiety into manageable problem-solving.
 
This worksheet is perfect for building self-awareness and empowering children to take control of their anxiety one doughnut at a time.
 
What’s Included (A4 Digital Download)
Doughnut Worry Worksheet (PDF): A4, printable, illustrated CBT worry-sizing activity.
 
Note: This worksheet is designed to be a supplementary tool for emotional literacy and is not a substitute for professional therapeutic assessment or treatment.