Create This Book 15: a calm art and journaling session
A gentle drawing and journaling session that scores 90/100 for settling a wound-up mood, and might just start a new craft habit.
This is a calm art and journaling session built around Moriah Elizabeth's Create This Book series, scoring 90/100 for settling a wound-up mood. It's aimed at creative kids who enjoy drawing, journaling, cats and whimsical art, and it doubles nicely as inspiration to pick up a pencil afterwards. Curators note it's not the pick for a child after high-action or sports content.
At a glance
Will it actually calm them down?
Good for settling a wound-up mood.
Also lifts a flat, rainy-day mood well.Scores measure how reliably this video moves a child toward a settled, regulated state. In the Piko app, kids tell us their weather and we do the matching automatically.
Which kids will love it?
Why it works
Moriah Elizabeth works through a page of her Create This Book series with a warm, moderately energetic presenting style (annoyance score 2), in steady 6.5-second shots that leave plenty of room to follow along. It reaches a proper ending, no cliffhanger, and curators rate rewatch value high, useful for a series kids tend to binge one page at a time.
Sensory intensity is low, with bright colours the only trigger flagged. The tone is suggestion-based and autonomy-respecting even at a medium instructional level, and it holds up as ASD-safe, PDA-safe, anxiety-safe and ADHD-friendly.
On the engine it's a strong yellow-to-green mover (90/100), with Maker (95), Independent (90) and Explorer (85) leading the play styles at ages 8-9. Educational value scores 85/100, reflecting genuine creative-skill content rather than passive viewing.
When to reach for it
- Inspiring a craft session. The drawing-tutorial format naturally leads into picking up a pencil and journal afterwards.
- Calm afternoon viewing. Yellow-to-green scores 90/100 with a proper ending, no cliffhanger.
- Sick-day sofa time. Comfort rated 90/100, low-demand suggestion-based tone throughout.
Sensory & SEN notes
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Questions parents ask
Will this get my child drawing?
Quite possibly, it's filmed as a drawing tutorial rather than passive viewing, and Maker scores 95/100 at ages 8-9, the top play-style score in the whole video. Art, journaling and craft topics run right through it, a natural nudge towards getting the pencils out.
Is it calming?
Yes, yellow-to-green scores 90/100 and comfort rates 90/100 too, with a proper ending rather than a cliffhanger. It's a genuinely settling watch as well as a creative one, useful for a calm afternoon rather than an energetic one. It suits an afternoon spent making something together.
What age suits it?
It peaks at ages 8-9, where Maker scores 95/100 and Independent 90/100, with Explorer close behind at 85/100. Curators note it's not the pick for children after high-action or sports content, it rewards a patient, creative mood instead. That is a deliberate trade-off over fast-paced fun.
Any sensory concerns?
Sensory intensity is low, with bright colours the only trigger flagged and nothing at all in the audio. That's part of why it comes back ASD-safe, PDA-safe, anxiety-safe and ADHD-friendly, even with a medium instructional level throughout. That holds true throughout the whole video.
40+ checks per video, with a final pass from the review desk · Scored 11 July 2026 · We do not host videos; playback is via YouTube's official embed.