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Encourage Creativity in Your Kids
A lot of people struggle trying to keep their kids engrossed in creative play. Not because parents aren’t creative but they simply have simply forgotten how to encourage it in young children. This has always been my problem, and despite all of my coloring book purchases and my large stake in the Crayola Corporation I can’t seem to get my kids interested in artistic activity. The most creative things my kids do with crayons and markers is devise new ways to use them as weapons or figure out how to stuff them into electronic devices.
So, I got a couple of kids easels, and ever since my kids have been completely engrossed in a world of creativity and creation. It’s affordable, good quality and both kids can use them at the same time. The best part is that they are too big to fit in the DVD player!
A Hero to Young Painters Everywhere
When I was still in elementary school, I always looked forward to art class. It gave me the chance to show off the skills I had accumulated over the weekend. You see, most of what I knew about art as a kid came from the beloved PBS show “The Joy of Painting” and its benign yet encouraging host, Bob Ross. Those with fuzzy memories might recall Ross as the guy with the Afro who always painted variations of mountain landscapes.
It got to the point where I would wake up extra early on Sunday mornings – the time slot allotted to the show in my area – and set up a kids easel in the living room. I lined up all of my supplies: some watercolors, a few pastels and colored pencils and of course plenty of paper. It always amazed me how Ross could turn a few seemingly random blobs of color on his canvas into a work of art by the end of the show.