Tools

Picture symbols and licences

The pictures in these tools are not drawn by me. They come from an open symbol set, and this page says which one and under what terms.

Mulberry Symbols

Mulberry Symbols are copyright 2008–2017 Garry Paxton and 2018–2020 Steve Lee, and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

What share-alike means here

The licence lets anyone use these symbols, including on a paid service like this one, as long as two things stay true. The symbols are credited, which is what this page does. And if someone changes a symbol and shares the changed version, they have to share it under the same licence.

These tools do not change the symbols. Every file is used exactly as it was published, and where a symbol needs to look different on screen that is done with styling rather than by editing the drawing. So nothing here creates a changed version, and nothing you print from these tools does either.

If you want to use the symbols in something of your own, take them from the Mulberry project rather than from this website, and follow the licence there.

Which symbols are included

The full Mulberry set has several thousand symbols. These tools include 252 of them, chosen to cover everyday routines, getting ready, going out, appointments and mealtimes. It is a small set on purpose: a shorter list is quicker to search on a phone.

Whether a particular picture makes sense to a particular person is something only that person can tell you. Try them together and use whichever ones land.

transition

  • wait wait
  • next next
  • first first
  • now now
  • today today
  • change change
  • finished finished
  • no no
  • morning morning
  • night night
  • clock clock
  • minute minute
  • watch watch
  • calendar calendar
  • week week
  • break break
  • rest rest

routine

  • wake up wake up
  • toilet toilet
  • go to the toilet go to the toilet
  • get dressed get dressed
  • clothes clothes
  • brush teeth brush teeth
  • toothbrush toothbrush
  • wash hands wash hands
  • wash face wash face
  • brush hair brush hair
  • hairbrush hairbrush
  • wash hair wash hair
  • shoes shoes
  • shoe shoe
  • socks socks
  • bath bath
  • shower shower
  • towel towel
  • pyjamas pyjamas
  • bed bed
  • sleep sleep
  • get changed get changed
  • deodorant deodorant
  • hairdryer hairdryer
  • shave shave
  • mirror mirror

food

  • breakfast breakfast
  • cereal cereal
  • toast toast
  • lunch lunch
  • lunch box lunch box
  • dinner dinner
  • cup of tea cup of tea
  • eat eat
  • drink drink
  • drink drink
  • water water
  • milk milk
  • juice juice
  • biscuit biscuit
  • chips chips
  • rice cake rice cake
  • fruit fruit
  • apple apple
  • banana banana
  • sandwich sandwich
  • cake cake
  • lolly lolly
  • pizza pizza
  • pasta pasta
  • egg egg
  • cheese cheese
  • yoghurt yoghurt
  • ice cream ice cream
  • chocolate chocolate
  • sausages sausages
  • chicken chicken
  • rice rice
  • soup soup
  • vegetables vegetables
  • salad salad
  • carrot carrot
  • potato potato
  • hot drink hot drink

clothes

  • slippers slippers
  • coat coat
  • put on coat put on coat
  • raincoat raincoat
  • jumper jumper
  • hat hat
  • put on hat put on hat
  • sunglasses sunglasses
  • swimmers swimmers
  • boardies boardies
  • t-shirt t-shirt
  • shirt shirt
  • shorts shorts
  • pants pants
  • skirt skirt
  • undies undies
  • singlet singlet
  • gumboots gumboots
  • sandals sandals
  • gloves gloves

place

  • home home
  • backyard backyard
  • school school
  • shop shop
  • money money
  • beach beach
  • playground playground
  • slide slide
  • swing swing
  • see saw see saw
  • merry go round merry go round
  • trampoline trampoline
  • theme park theme park
  • skate park skate park

outing

  • haircut haircut
  • bag bag
  • sunscreen sunscreen
  • keys keys
  • door door
  • car car
  • seat belt seat belt
  • bus bus
  • train train
  • bike bike
  • walk walk
  • plane plane
  • stairs stairs
  • lift lift
  • wheelchair wheelchair
  • visit visit
  • visitor visitor
  • wallet wallet

activity

  • story story
  • colouring colouring
  • teddy teddy
  • swim swim
  • ball pit ball pit
  • draw draw
  • paint paint
  • paintbrush paintbrush
  • playdough playdough
  • puzzle puzzle
  • play play
  • toys toys
  • ball ball
  • soccer soccer
  • music music
  • headphones headphones
  • sing sing
  • dance dance
  • tv tv
  • tablet or phone tablet or phone
  • computer computer
  • games games
  • write write
  • outside outside
  • horse riding horse riding
  • walk the dog walk the dog
  • pencil and paper pencil and paper
  • pencil case pencil case
  • scissors scissors
  • glue glue
  • crayon crayon
  • run run
  • jump jump
  • climb climb
  • catch catch
  • kick kick
  • skipping skipping
  • skateboard skateboard
  • bowling bowling

home

  • cook cook
  • set the table set the table
  • make the bed make the bed
  • tidy up tidy up
  • washing washing
  • washing machine washing machine
  • fold clothes fold clothes
  • vacuum vacuum
  • wipe the table wipe the table
  • bin bin
  • wheelie bin wheelie bin
  • recycling recycling
  • dog dog
  • cat cat
  • feed the dog feed the dog
  • mop mop
  • water the plants water the plants
  • clothes line clothes line

health

  • medicine medicine
  • first aid first aid
  • bandaid bandaid
  • nappy nappy
  • change nappy change nappy
  • glasses glasses
  • hearing aid hearing aid
  • thermometer thermometer

appointment

  • doctor doctor
  • nurse nurse
  • dentist dentist
  • clinic clinic
  • speech therapist speech therapist
  • occupational therapist occupational therapist
  • physio physio

core

  • yes yes
  • more more
  • need the toilet need the toilet
  • sit sit
  • stand stand
  • communication board communication board
  • communication book communication book
  • help help
  • want want
  • good good
  • no good no good
  • look look
  • point point
  • hello hello
  • quiet quiet
  • loud loud
  • noisy noisy
  • clap clap
  • hold hands hold hands
  • hug hug

feeling

  • happy happy
  • happy happy
  • sad sad
  • sad sad
  • angry angry
  • angry angry
  • scared scared
  • scared scared

body

  • feet feet
  • legs legs
  • head head
  • ear ear
  • eye eye
  • mouth mouth

people

  • mum mum
  • dad dad
  • family family
  • baby baby
  • teacher teacher
  • support worker support worker

weather

  • sun sun
  • rain rain
  • rainbow rainbow

event

  • birthday birthday
  • party party
  • present present
  • photo photo

Symbols: Mulberry Symbols, © Garry Paxton and Steve Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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