Date Published: 03/21/2008

Teaching creativity is thought to be impossible, but certain types of toys can jump-start a child’s creative juices, allowing them to develop their own creative personality at a young age. Creative toys allow children to make something unique and entirely their own. The joy and satisfaction that children feel after creating something with their hands and minds is immeasurable, as are the potential benefits that they will reap from exercising their innate creativity. Creative toys may not seem all that different from other children’s toys, such as action figures, which children often play with in creative ways, but creative toys allow children to create things that have never before existed. The sense of accomplishment gained from exercising creativity stays with kids and piques their interest in future creative endeavors.

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Oftentimes, creative toys are simply smaller, less intricate versions of grownups’ visual art supplies and equipment. The Discovery Channel, for example, makes the Sew Fun Sewing Machine and the Ultimate Pottery Wheel for kids. Sewing machines and pottery wheels are generally expensive pieces of equipment that adults use to express themselves artistically. Discovery simplified the equipment and made it child-friendly so that kids can get early exposure artistic expression and creativity. Simpler creative toys, such as paint sets and markers, also open the creative floodgates of children’s minds. However, creative toys teach kids about more than just the visual arts. Some creative toys supply kids with in-depth interaction, allowing them to control the lives of digital pets or digital societies. With Discovery’s Cube World Environment Block Bash Bundle kids can control the lives of different stick characters within a pretend society. Kids can shake the blocks to affect the characters or simply connect the boxes, allowing the characters to interact. With so many options available, kids’ creativity is given the opportunity to thrive in a digital world.