The Calm Evenings Toolkit — Printable ADHD Bedtime Routine Cards, Dock Sign & Star Tracker (PDF)

The guide gives you the plan. This kit puts it on your walls — and in your child's hands.

Routines stick when kids can see them. The Calm Evenings Toolkit is the print-cut-and-stick companion to Digital-Free Evening Transitions for ADHD Families: every visual asset the system calls for, already designed. Print tonight, cut along the dashed lines, and let the cards do the arguing.

Who this is for

You've read the strategy — but at 7:30 with a dysregulated kid, nobody remembers page six. This is for you if the plan needs to live on the wall instead of in your head: cards your child can hold, a countdown you only have to say once, a star chart that rewards effort instead of perfection. If pointing works better than repeating yourself, this kit runs your evening.

What's inside (8 pages, 6 assets)

• Visual Buffer Routine cards — 4 large kid-facing sequence cards (Dock It → Bridge It → Body It → Bed It) plus a mini strip for the tablet case
• Bridge Activity Menu cards — 12 illustrated activity cards; you lay out 2–3 each night, your child picks one, and that's the whole negotiation
• Countdown cards — Two More Rounds • Last Round • Power Down, each with the exact script to say once (so you never have to nag twice)
• "Devices Sleep Here" dock sign — plus 4 charger-cable tags for the family charging station
• 14-Night Calm Evenings tracker — colorable star chart with a family reward line; effort earns the star, meltdowns don't erase it
• Parent fridge card — the de-escalation rules, scripts, and evening sequence condensed to one magnet-able card

Details

• Instant digital download — 1 PDF, US Letter, works in color or grayscale
• 10-minute prep page included; cardstock and laminating optional but recommended
• Standalone-friendly: every sheet explains itself, no guide required

Pairs with the Digital-Free Evening Transitions guide — the 5-module playbook this kit brings to life.