Welcome to The Family Creative! I’m so pleased you’re here. The aim of this site is to provide a place for sharing fun, easy and affordable ideas to encourage family connection through creativity.
I love being creative and encouraging my kids to be creative too.
Whenever I’m taking a tissue box or milk bottle to the recycling bin, I still love to hear our nine year old yell out, ‘Wait! I can make something with that!’.
I think creativity isn’t so much about whether someone can draw or paint (I have no skills to do either!). It’s more about the ‘process’ of creating. Problem solving; coming up with ideas; not being afraid to ‘give it a go’; and the freedom to try making or doing something new and different, is so important.
Irrespective of what family life may look like for you, there are so many opportunities for creativity. Whether it’s in the way we play; celebrate together; prepare meals; entertain ourselves; raise our kids; and even how we grieve.
Providing our kids with the time, materials and encouragement to develop these skills in a safe environment, whether their attempts are successful or not, is a wonderful thing.
It doesn’t matter whether you bake a cake, create a website, make a piece of furniture, or establish a business. When you create something that didn’t exist before, there’s so much satisfaction in being able to stand back and say, ‘I made that’.
Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be adding to the site so you’ll be able to find:
- tips, ideas and inspiration for nurturing and celebrating family life
- art and craft activities
- screen free play ideas
- resources for all of the above
- tips for getting organised (so we can clear the clutter from our lives, schedules and budgets, to make room for more creativity and family fun!)
- and much more…
Thanks so much for being here.
Read more on our About page.
Family Creative Challenge
Think about what ‘being creative’ means to you. What is one way you express creativity in your own life? Share your thoughts with your family and ask them to share theirs with you.
If you have questions or comments about this site, feel free to contact me. I’d love to hear from you!
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