Activities to Unlock Creativity

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." ~ Picasso

• Dance in your living room
• Color; use coloring books or plain paper, doesn’t matter
• Change your scenery (take a walk, move to a different room, write outside)
• Play an instrument; if you don’t have any, pull out the pots and pans.
• Take art classes at Michaels or Hobby Lobby
• Skip instead of walk
• Make jewelry
• Walk barefoot in the grass
• Change up your clothing
• Wear different colored socks
• Visit an art museum
• Purchase and read The Artist Way and Workbook by Julia Cameron
• Wear a fun scarf or eccentric glasses
• Paint or draw a picture
• Arrange flowers
• Listen to a new style of music
• Paint ceramics
• Walk in a fountain
• Sculpt something magnificent with Play-do
• Rearrange your furniture
• Paint a wall
• Try a new hairstyle
• Look at a book about weaving, making batik, woodworking, or some other master craft
• Collect leaves
• Photograph flowers
• Make a collage
• Make a My Heart book: collect pictures from magazines, etc that touch you in some way. Don’t think about it. Don’t use your brain, just your heart. Paste them into a journal.
• Paint, draw and color, Scriptures and prayers. Use collage or other art techniques with this.
• Spend fifteen minutes examining a leaf, flower, bug, shell, or some other piece of Art created by The Artist.
• Sit in total silence and see where your mind goes.
• Bird watch
• Play. Pretend to be a countess from Eastern Europe. Imagine you are the only person for miles. Pretend your house is an island. Pretend you are a superhero, rock star, or famous dancer. Play! (This may work best for you when you are alone)
• We were most creative when we were children. Make a volcano out of your potatoes. Pretend broccoli are trees. Be a giant.
• Get a copy of Wreck This Journal and use it.
• Collect coloring books, and use them
• Turn off the TV for a week (if you can get away with it)
• Build something with a hammer, nails and scrap wood.
• Get up early and watch the sunrise; count the colors, then close your eyes and count the different kinds of sounds you hear.

(List compiled by Kay Day and Michele Cushatt, as posted on http://www.michelecushatt.com)