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5 gift ideas for creative kids

Holiday season is here and with it comes the consumerist hellscape of buying presents. Young children are by far my favorite individuals to buy gifts for! There is something so joyful about strolling the kid’s department trying to imagine which toy will bring the most excitement. In this post, I share my top 5 top gifts for children aged 2 to 8 years. While I have included different options for various budgets and ages, all the gifts listed below promote children’s creativity throughout art! 1. Osmo – Starter Kit $79-277 USD (3-10 years old) Osmo is an educational game that runs on iPads and Amazon Fire tablets. It features a suite of applications such as drawing, numeracy, literacy, puzzles, and coding games that all promote children’s creative and critical thinking. Kids use physical objects such as tiles and blocks that are picked up by a mini camera that sits on…

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Make your own paintbrushes

Have you ever tried creating your own art tools? It is a fun art activity to do. Many artists including Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning are famous for making their own tools for painting! This post shares how you, and your kids, can make your own paintbrushes using pegs and other items from around the house. This activity is great as it allows kids to experiment with different designs, surfaces and textures so there are lots of opportunities for creativity and problem-solving. Age range: 18 months + Preparation time: 10 minutes What you need Large clothespins/pegsScissorsPaint (homemade edible paint is a great option for babies and toddlers)PaperHousehold materials such as cotton pads, dishcloth, paper towel, tissue paper, bubblewrap, aluminum foil, leaves, ribbons, string, feathers, flowers and pom-poms. Making your DIY paintbrushes Step One: Collect your household materials and cut them into small enough pieces so they can…

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The Nature of Play book review

In our busy and digital-driven world, many children have little opportunity to engage in everyday play in nature. Recent research has also illustrated that technology is significantly affecting how children think and focus their attention, with some screen-based games significantly restricting the use of imagination and creativity. The Nature of Play: A Handbook of Nature-Based Activities for all Seasons offers a remedy to this dilemma. The book features 44 play activities for children and adults in gardens, forests and city parks throughout the four seasons. For example, the Spring section of the book features activities such as ‘Get to know a tree’ and ‘plan a picnic.’ The Winter section then offers more indoor play prompts such as ‘build your own marble run’ and ‘rainy day games.’ Other activities include: Make your own pinhole camera using a recycled Pringles tubeCreative a beautiful seasonal mobile using objects collected from nature Construct a sand volcano…

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