Kids Explore Interests through Art

Abrakadoodle’s Kids’ Imagination Project has challenged children to create art around the open-ended theme: “Imagine.”

Kids really enjoy expressing their thoughts, ideas, wishes, hobbies and interests through the visual arts. Whether they are inspired by a favorite character, book, television program, nature, friends and family, mystical places and creatures or their pet, children benefit by depicting images that reflect what’s important to them.  The art (left) was created by Dareion, age 12 of Baltimore, Maryland. Ask your children open-ended questions, such as, “Tell me about your art?” “What’s happening in that picture?” “Why did you choose that color?” “How would you caption your art?”

 Imagination is a sensory experience, as evidenced by the art (right) produced by Kayla, age 12 of Arvada, Colorado, who writes, “I really wanted to feel the silky feathers of a baby duck, and so I drew some.”

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Make Creativity a Part of Your Children’s Lives

Abrakadoodle is devoted to helping children tap their imaginations in our art classes, camps and parties. There are so many ways in which you can help your children connect with creativity now and throughout the year.

Set up an art activity area in your house and stock it with lots of safe, fun supplies, such as paper, crayons, markers, paints, brushes, sponges, stamps, scissors (age-appropriate), non-toxic glue, recycled paper towel tubes, and other household objects that can be used in creative play. Encourage your children to head out into the great outdoors to appreciate the sky, plants, grasses, trees, animals, insects and more! Have them collect leaf samples or observe little critters that make their homes in nature. Turn off the TV and turn on some music. Talk about your children’s dreams, hopes, aspirations and fantasies. Promote playful movement in terms of dance and song. Use socks without mates to make puppets or sock dolls. The ideas are endless!

The Kids’ Imagination Project is another way for your children to express their creativity. Visit our KIP web page to download a postcard and learn how you can submit children’s art for our campaign! We regularly feature children’s art on our blog, and select student art is posted in albums on Abrakadoodle’s  Fan Page!

The art (top, left) by Benjamin, age 2 of Englewood, NJ features a colorful collage with a leaf. The art (bottom, right) by Thomas, age 4, of Sheboygan, WI is a colorful piece entitled, “Dinosaurs and hills and a tree.”

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