Inspiring Creativity With Your Children

We each are born with a seed inside that wants to grow.  It is the seed of creativity.  And it is watered by questions.  Just to get you going I am going to give you my favorite question:

I wonder what would happen if…?

This is a particularly useful question when it comes to creating with kids.  It is a question that invites play and experimentation.  Use it often and explore the answer with your child.

15 “I Wonder What Would Happen If” Questions:

I wonder what would happen if:

• We add water to this?
• We take this outside?
• We take turns doing this?
• I stop talking?
• I ask my child where I should put this?
• I get out my own paper and give this a try?
• We mix THIS with THAT?
• We took a little break and came back to this later?
• I just let my kid do this all wrong?
• I turn on music while we do this?
• I set out this other art supply near my child?
• I only set out two colors?
• We glue something to this?
•  I simply say, “Oh?” and let my child talk about it.
• We don’t do this the way the directions say we should? (Will the police show up?)

Creating naturally involves scary feelings as we try things we don’t know.  If you can take on a feeling of curiosity, it can help you move through the scary feelings and allow you to try something new.  You don’t have to take on something completely-wildly unfamiliar- the first step in creativity is allowing yourself to experiment just outside your current comfort zone.  The more practice you get at this, the stronger your creativity will grow, and eventually you will easily be able to say a big fat “YES, I AM CREATIVE!”