School has started and you are now getting used to the swing of the new Fall Schedules. Sometimes I wonder if I really do miss summer?? The last week of September has been Nationally designated as “Keep Kids Creative Week”. While this week is often celebrated in schools with many fun activities to help stimulate kid’s creativeness, parents can also take advantage of this week to do some really fun things at home. Many parents struggle with finding time to fit creativity in but there are lots of products out there to help us with getting those creative juices flowing even if you are not the crafty type. Mama-Nibbles and Life With Two Boys created this event to help you find some fun products to keep your family creative not only during “Keep Kids Creative Week” but any time of the year!
Keeping Kids Creative begins on September 17th at 12:01am EST and ends on September 30th at 11:59pm EST. Along with the awesome prizes that each of the participating blogs are offering we also have 3 Grand Prizes thanks to our sponsors BabbaCo, Green Kid Crafts, Kelly Kits, PowerCapes, Bannor Toys, We Can Too, and Kat and Company.
Close To Home will be participating in the giveaway as well. We have two sponsors for this but are combiining it into one great prize package valued at $135.
We are thrilled to also be giving a years worth of Kelly Kits. Each month you can open your mailbox for a new themed craft activity for your kids. You can find our review here.
Also we are excited to provide one lucky winner A Box for the Birds . A fun way to get those kids building with wood without the need for nails and saws. You can find our review here.
Disclaimer: Please note that the Keeping Kids Creative hosts and participating bloggers are not responsible for sponsors that do not fulfill their prize. We have represented each sponsor with the expectation that they will fulfill their prize in a timely manner. While we are not responsible, we will make every effort to assist the winner in obtaining their prize.
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Color books and crayons, drawing paper, markers, paints…
LIsa Hackney
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grab various kitchen items (messier or louder the better) & let them have at. no dangerous stuff of coourse
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she likes to draw, so we have plenty of art supplies on hand.
turn off all the media hide all the toys and give ‘em a crayon and a blank piece of paper. following instructions or color in a book does not make them “create”. modeling clay works too
A big box of art supplies and recycled materials to be artistic
We do puzzles and crafts!
Great prize pack! We like to do family baking. The girls enjoy decorating cupcakes and cookies.
We do lots of crafting and baking
i like the original bird house.
I like to color with my son and he loves to finger paint!
I have a HUGE box of arts and crafts stuff that they love to dig through. I keep coloring books, crayons, and markers in my truck, purse, and at Grandma’s house!
I like to keep lots of supplies on hand at home, so that she has lots of options to create whatever she wants to!
By involving them in the things I do to be creative
I like to give them the supplies, be it paper and crayons, food, or a pile of recycled containers, and let them loose.
The Happy Wife/Danielle Garcia
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We always make sure to have lots of arts and crafts on hand for creative play!
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I like The Right bird house
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I encourage them to make things by collecting paper towel rolls and keeping cereal boxes and catalogs then I let them go to town cutting and taping.
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I encourage them to draw.
We have a cupboard in our kitchen full of arts and crafts supplies and that is my go to spot when ever I hear “I’m bored”.
Kimberlie
I like to keep art supplies around and let him use them when he wants.
By allowing free access to art supplies
We do lots of crafts & baking
We keep craft supplies available.
Give them projects to do with examples for them to get ideas. With a lot of supplies they can be creative.
We stay creative by exploring our environment and providing new materials.
We do a lot of craft & I like to combine them with nature when I can. They loved the outdoors & finding the wonders of nature.
My daughter has a lot of craft supplies, puzzles and books to keep her creative.
We have a corner of our playroom dedicated to Arts and Crafts. My kids are very crafty & them being able to access their supplies themselves helps alot!
I try to take her out of the house as much as possible like to a park, art time, etc.
I like the acrylic house
I keep my kids creative by giving them freedom. They are the best at coming up with unique ways to play!
have craft supplies within reach so they can use their imagination to create things
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We like to cook together.
I try really hard at keeping my kids creative since this is an area where I need help-I look on the internet for easy crafts to do with them!
I always have some sort of craft or activity planned. Things tend not to go so well when I don’t… Oh, and coloring books, lots and lots of coloring books!
We do a ton of crafts including painting, paper mache, coloring, and molding.
We draw and color a lot and talk about the things we’re drawing. Great way to get a conversation going while being creative.
We encourage dress-up and dramatic play!
I like to keep my kiddos creative by supplying them with plenty of arts and crafts supplies and letting them help me with my craft projects.