Stay At Home Fun

Staying at home can definitely get boring, especially for children. How do we keep them occupied besides video games all day? Easy, just let them be creative. Creativeness is not just limited to pencils and crayons, but is very tangible. Building, experimenting,and evaluating are ways in which to spark creativity. Of course we want them to be constructive also, so lets try a replica challenge in which students have to creatively reconstruct something. This can be done with objects or the traditional pencil and paper.

Step 1: Find Inspiration

Children are the most creative beings because they are intrigued by almost everything. As a child I remember lining up the kitchen chairs in different patterns and then covering them with bed covers to replicate a sort of building structure. That just goes to show that inspiration can come from just about anything. Try to find something that fascinates your child.

Step 2: Gather the Materials

Like I mentioned earlier, its okay to use the o'l reliable pencil and paper, but you can also use materials unique to what you want to create. Inside the average house has so many objects that you mostly likely cant count them. Draw, build, construct. Whichever you please!

Step 3: Wow that unique!

Whatever materials you used I'm sure it turned out great. Your as creative as can be and you've probably created something that I hadn't thought of.

Here's shoe box city! Like I said, you can be creative with just about anything you can find and you'll be surprised of what you can come up with!