Created by Bruce Van Patter, Keep Kids Creative Week was started in hopes to get kids to think "outside the box"; he is quoted as saying that he hopes "to encourage people to develop opportunities for children to be creative and reduce distractions from a creative lifestyle."
One of my favorite school activities, my kids had last year, as we valiantly blustered our way through virtual learning, was Friday morning art. Which generally featured a youtube video from Art for Kids Hub which is a wonderful channel full of easy-to-follow tutorials. And the drawings are just adorable. And there is no reason to just let the kids have fun with it, check out my masterpiece drawing of a book and pencil here ↓
One of my favorite school activities, my kids had last year, as we valiantly blustered our way through virtual learning, was Friday morning art. Which generally featured a youtube video from Art for Kids Hub which is a wonderful channel full of easy-to-follow tutorials. And the drawings are just adorable. And there is no reason to just let the kids have fun with it, check out my masterpiece drawing of a book and pencil here ↓
How To Draw A Book And Pencil 📖 ✏️
According to pbs.org "One of the most important types of creative activity for young children is creative play. Creative play is expressed when children use familiar materials in a new or unusual way, and when children engage in role-playing and imaginative play." This makes me think of Legos. Creativity with legos was never my strong point. I made a lot of boxes and called them houses. When my oldest child was in preschool, however, he called me into the living room to see his creation. He made a miniature Jurassic Park using legos, lincoln logs, and a vast array of plastic dinosaurs. His creation stretched from the coffee table to a side table. I was in awe; 12 years later I'm still in awe.
https://gameofbricks.eu/blogs/news/how-lego-affects-creativity
According to pbs.org "One of the most important types of creative activity for young children is creative play. Creative play is expressed when children use familiar materials in a new or unusual way, and when children engage in role-playing and imaginative play." This makes me think of Legos. Creativity with legos was never my strong point. I made a lot of boxes and called them houses. When my oldest child was in preschool, however, he called me into the living room to see his creation. He made a miniature Jurassic Park using legos, lincoln logs, and a vast array of plastic dinosaurs. His creation stretched from the coffee table to a side table. I was in awe; 12 years later I'm still in awe.
https://gameofbricks.eu/blogs/news/how-lego-affects-creativity
The Art of LEGO Design: Creative Ways to Build Amazing Models by Schwartz, Jordan
"The Art of LEGO Design explores LEGO as an artistic medium, revealing rarely-known and creative ways to build impressive models with LEGO"-- Provided by publisher.
From legos, my kids all have ventured forth into to the world of Minecraft, I have not. Every time I look at the screen I feel the need to blink because I find it hard to focus. Therefore the fact that my kids can play this game and all of them, from 16 down to the 5-year-old, can to create homes let alone worlds is just beyond me.
Minecraft: Guide to Creative by Jelley, Craig
Introduces such creative mode elements as functional and aesthetic decor, and provides directions for building a remote outpost, ocean observatory, and steampunk airship.
"The Art of LEGO Design explores LEGO as an artistic medium, revealing rarely-known and creative ways to build impressive models with LEGO"-- Provided by publisher.
From legos, my kids all have ventured forth into to the world of Minecraft, I have not. Every time I look at the screen I feel the need to blink because I find it hard to focus. Therefore the fact that my kids can play this game and all of them, from 16 down to the 5-year-old, can to create homes let alone worlds is just beyond me.
Minecraft: Guide to Creative by Jelley, Craig
Introduces such creative mode elements as functional and aesthetic decor, and provides directions for building a remote outpost, ocean observatory, and steampunk airship.
Want to Boost Creativity? Try playing Minecraft
"All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imagination, as they grow older." -Madeleine L'Engle
Recycle and Remake
Discusses the importance of recycling and reusing materials while providing instructions for craft projects, including a party piñata, a bee hotel, and a cardboard castle.
Craft Lab for Kids: 52 DIY Projects to Inspire, Excite, and Empower Kids to Create Useful, Beautiful Handmade Goods by Corfee, Stephanie
The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus--all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.
Karina Garcia's Must-Try DIYs: 20 Crafts & Life Hacks. by García C., Karina
Unleash your creativity with these 20 easy do-it-yourself projects from YouTube sensation Karina Garcia. In this follow-up to her bestseller, Karina Garcia's DIY Slime, Karina provides step-by-step instructions for her favorite crafts and hacks including ten never-before-seen projects and the latest craze, fidget spinners! Plus, Karina reveals the keys to keeping her fun-loving and positive outlook through behind-the-scenes peeks and personal stories that are sure to inspire. Perfect for birthdays, rainy days, and fun days, this is a must-have title for Karina Garcia's over 7 million fans and all crafters ages 10 and up.
Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators
Ten children's book greats share stories, poems, pictures, tips, and prompts meant to inspire young readers to create works of their own.
How to Write a Story by Messner, Kate
Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process in a dynamic and accessible way, encouraging kids to explore their own creativity--and share their stories with others!
I Have an Idea! by Tullet, Hervé
The author meditates on the search for an idea, and the wonderful feeling when the right idea comes along, unleashing the creative process.
The Book of Mistakes by Luyken, Corinna
"As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"-- Provided by publisher.
"As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"-- Provided by publisher.
20 Ways to Draw a Tulip and 44 Other Fabulous Flowers : A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers by Congdon, Lisa
"This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes? tulips, roses, dahlias, and much, much more?over 900 drawings, with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Tulip. This is not a step-by-step technique book--rather, the stylized flowers, snap dragons, and zinnias, are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw. Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author?s uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing. Get out your favorite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Tulip!"--Amazon.
Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Day, Felicia
"New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions. Whether you enjoy writing, baking, painting, podcasting, playing music, or have yet to uncover your favorite creative outlet, Embrace Your Weird will help you unlock the power of self-expression. Get motivated. Get creative. Get weird."-- Publisher's description.
"New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions. Whether you enjoy writing, baking, painting, podcasting, playing music, or have yet to uncover your favorite creative outlet, Embrace Your Weird will help you unlock the power of self-expression. Get motivated. Get creative. Get weird."-- Publisher's description.
Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking by Neuburger, Emily K.
Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story. ? lt's the perfect companion to all those blank books and an ideal launch pad to explore creative self-expression and develop an imaginative voice -- for anyone ages 10 to 100!
Art Starts with a Line: A Creative and Interactive Guide to the Art of Line Drawing by McManness, Erin
Line drawing utilizes both fine and bold lines to create sophisticated artwork that can stand alone or be incorporated into patterns, logos, stationery, branding, journals, scrapbooks, and more. Art Starts with a Line is approachable for artists of any skill level, no prior drawing experience needed! This form of art requires minimal tools, making it both affordable and portable. Following a brief introduction to tools and materials, as well as some easy exercises and techniques for warming up to basic drawing tools, you will explore a variety of subject matter. You'll draw plants and flowers, architecture and cityscapes, animals, and everything in between. These projects aren't restricted to black and white either! You'll find techniques for adding color with colored pencil, marker, pen, even digitally. Art Starts with a Line presents everything you'll need to know to learn how to successfully create line drawings of all types. Whether your goal is to create a custom logo for a client, or to simply decorate your planner, it's all here.--Provided by publisher.
Coding for Kids: Create Your Own Animated Atories with Scratch by Coder Kids
With this fun guide, even children new to coding can learn how to tell their own stories! Starting from simple, two-dimensional drawings, Coding for Kids 2 teaches students how to build animations . . . and gradually make them more complex. Using Scratch 2.0, the free software created by the MIT Media Labs specifically for young people, the book provides step-by-step instructions, projects arranged by difficulty, and a series of challenges for older readers.
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