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Indoor games: 20 ideas to keep the kids entertained on a rainy day
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Another rainy or bone-chilling day? We see you over there: Restless kids fidgeting on the couch, the clock ticking slower than usual, and you're fresh out of ideas for things to do. Well you've come to the right place. We have your back with this list of the best indoor games you haven't already tried.
1. Pencil-and-paper gamesFrom Battleship to Sprouts, we’ve created a must-play list of pencil-and-paper indoor games that beat TV any day. Gather some pencils and paper and check out our best of pencil-and-paper games.
2. Building You don’t need a fancy building set for this. Popsicle stick cities, card towers, even buildings out of blocks, or indoor forts out of boxes or pillows, will do just fine. If you want to get competitive, whoever builds the highest tower wins. If your kids love building and want a more advanced set of blocks, check out these magnetic building sets (ages 3-99) your builders are sure to enjoy.
Be your kids’ very own Harry Houdini—without the locks, chains and water tanks, of course. Simply place a coin under one of three cups and shuffle the cups around. Then ask your children to guess which cup holds the coin. Sneaky parents can place the cups near the edge of a table and secretly drop the coin. Watch your tots’ eyes light up in amazement when they learn the coin is gone!
4. Card gamesCard games are great for challenging young minds and creating hours of indoor fun. Grab a box of cards and check out our favourite traditional card games.
5. Puzzles Exercise those creative, cognitive and problem-solving muscles with a good puzzle. You can use a store-bought variety or have the kids make their own. Have your children draw a picture on a sturdy piece of cardboard or Bristol board. Then use a pencil to outline puzzle pieces directly on their drawing.
Cut out the pieces with a good pair of scissors, mix them up and get solving. Indoor games and craft in one fun activity!
Choose some of your kids’ favourite tunes and turn up the volume. Ask them to dance until the music stops. When it does, they have to freeze in whatever position they find themselves in – even if they have one leg up. To make the game more challenging, ask the kids to freeze in specific poses: animals, shapes, letters or even yoga postures. Toddlers in particular love this game.
The winner gets her very own gold medal! Make your own ribbons with this easy craft:
7. Board and family gamesFor a comprehensive list of the best of family indoor games from Nursery Rhyme Games and Candy Land to Clue, check out our handy list of top 20 family games.
8. Paper-bag skits This indoor game is ideal for larger groups — a sleepover favourite.
Divide the kids up into groups. Give each group a bag filled with props, such as a spoon, toy jewelry, a sock, ball or ribbon. Then give them 15 minutes to construct a skit around the props. This game is so much fun that it doesn’t have to be competitive. If the kids want, though, they can all vote on a winning skit.
This schoolyard favourite is sure to be an indoor hit, too. Set up your hopscotch game on any floor surface. Masking tape will do perfectly to form the nine connecting squares. Boxes 1-3 will be placed in a single line, one on top of the other. The next two boxes (4, 5) will be placed side-by-side, followed by a single box (6), two more boxes (7, 8) and the final half-circle “home” base (9). Next, choose a marker, such as a coin, stone or beanbag. The first player will throw the marker into square 1 without letting it bounce or touch the lines. If successful, the player will then hop — one foot on single squares and two feet on side-by-side squares — avoiding square #1.
The player may rest on “home” before hopping back. On the way back, he or she picks up the marker on square #1 and, if successful (lands within the lines, hops or jumps with proper footing, doesn’t fall), takes another turn and throws it into square #2. When the player is unsuccessful, the next player takes a turn. Players resume their turns by throwing the marker on the last box played. The winner is the first player to throw the marker home (#9), and smoothly complete the whole course.
While you have your masking tape out, why not make your own balance beam? We all know how much kids love walking in straight lines every chance they get. Put on some music, and one at a time the kids can take their turn walking one-foot-over-the-other across the straight line of tape. Make the game more challenging by having the kids walk backwards or balance with one foot on the line. We also love this beam to continue balancing practice with! It's challenging enough to help develop their gross motor skills but safe in elevation as they learn to navigate the beam.
No list of indoor games would be complete without Hide and Seek, now would it? In this classic game, one person (“It”) covers his or her eyes and counts aloud while the other players hide. When “It” is finished counting, he or she begins looking for the hiders. The last hider to be found is the next “It.” Warning: this game is often a source of giggle fits. Families with older children might want to take things up a notch and play Hide and Seek in the dark. Just to be safe, make sure there are no loose items on the floor. If you want, allow “It” to carry a flashlight or turn the lights on once “It” finishes counting.
12. Treasure hunt Kids love finding hidden objects — especially when there’s a prize at the end. Simply write your clues on some slips of paper — get creative. Place the first clue somewhere easy to find, like inside your child’s snack or cereal bowl. Then leave as many clues as you like around the house, making a trail to the final clue.
Instead of a prize, the treasure hunt can lead to various coins around the house. This way the kids get to collect all the coins and put them in their piggy banks in the end. If you want to create the most amazing treasure hunt, follow these 11 tips.
A great way to reuse water bottles (or you can purchase an indoor bowling set). Line six-10 water bottles up at the end of your hall or living room. Place a line of duct tape at the starting line. Grab a medium-sized indoor ball and start bowling! If you want, keep score and give out trophies at the end. (Note: if you need to stabilize the water bottles or make the game more difficult, simply fill them up with some water. Don’t forget to screw the tops on tightly!)
14. Hot Potato This game will have everyone giggling. Ask the kids to sit on the floor in a circle. Turn on some tunes and have them pass the potato (a bean bag or soft ball) around the circle as fast as they can.
When the music stops, the player holding the potato leaves the circle. Keep going until only one player is left and wins the game.
Former preschool director and grandmother of three, Marsha Colla, has some innovative games up her sleeve, including this fun and simple verbal memory game, which, Colla says, “challenges the children and makes them giggle.” To play, everyone sits in a circle. The first player says, “In my basket for the picnic, I packed...,” and then says what item he or she packed. The next player then says, “In my basket for the picnic, I packed...,” and then recites what the first player packed and adds his or her own item to the basket, and so forth.
16. The listening game One of Colla’s go-to indoor games for her preschoolers and grandchildren, this game is sure to both educate and delight little ones. Take out several miscellaneous items. Have the children look at all the items, and then take them away.
Next, ask one child to hide his or her eyes and listen as you pick up an item and make sounds with it. Ask the child to guess which item made the sound. Examples of items might be a comb (run your fingers along it), a glass (gently tap it), cymbals, shakers, sandpaper, blocks rubbed together, a pot and spoon. Be creative and have fun!
You don’t have to go outside to enjoy bubbles. For this indoor game, you need a plate and straw for each player, some dishwashing soap and water. Place a dime-size drop of dish soap at the centre of each plate. Pour a little water onto the plate and gently mix with the dish soap until some suds start to form. Have the kids place the straw in the suds and blow very gently. Watch as massive bubbles start to form. To make this competitive, see who blows the biggest, or longest-lasting, bubble.
18. Simon Says This traditional favourite will never get old.
To start, choose one player (probably a parent for the first round) to be Simon. The rest of the players will gather in a circle or line in front of Simon as he calls out actions starting with the phrase “Simon says”: “Simon says...touch your toes.” The players then have to copy Simon’s action, touching their toes. If Simon calls out an action without uttering the phrase “Simon says,” the kids must not do the action. If a child touches his toes when Simon didn’t say..., he or she is out of the game. There are lots of great ways Simon can trick players into doing actions when Simon didn’t say: Simon can perform an action without uttering a command, for example, or he can perform an action that doesn’t correspond with the command. Fun! The last player left in the game wins and becomes the next Simon.
Most preschoolers flock to the classroom sensory table as soon as the teachers pull it out. So there is little doubt they will love this entertaining challenge.
Find a shoe box or any box that has a lid on it. Cut a hole in one of the sides of the box —large enough for your child to fit her hand in. If you want, get creative and decorate the box with glitter and question marks. When you’re ready to play, put an item inside the box and have your children guess what it is. They can ask questions about the item if they need to, or you can offer clues. Get as ooey-gooey as you wish (fresh pumpkin seeds or slimy spaghetti are great choices for Halloween), or use such simple objects as a brush, a toy, a piece of fruit. To make it competitive, you can give a point to the first child to name the object.
You can’t be too little for this version of basketball. All you need is a bucket and a rolled up sock (or a small, light ball). Each player takes a turn at throwing the sock-ball into the bucket. When a player scores a bucket, he or she takes a step back and throws again until missing.
The player who shoots the ball in the bucket from the farthest distance wins.
This article was originally published on Nov 12, 2019
Family games for kids of all ages
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Family games for preschoolers
Candy Land (Milton Bradley) This simple race-to-the-finish is one of the oldest and best-loved preschool games.
Nursery Rhyme Games (Hasbro) Easy to learn, interactive and fast-paced, these are an excellent introduction to board games and suit a young child’s attention span.
Family games for school-aged kids
The Amazing Labyrinth (Ravensburger) This popular strategy game keeps kids on their toes, since a simple shift in the maze requires a major change in strategy.
Chess The undisputed king of strategy games. Kids can start learning the basics as young as six, but they’ll spend the rest of their lives mastering the subtleties.
Guess Who (Milton Bradley) Kids love asking questions and that’s what this deductive-reasoning game is all about. An instant success in the 1980s, it’s still a big favourite today.
Klutz Book of Classic Board Games A compact, spiral-bound collection of 15 timeless board games—portable, varied and loads of fun.
Monopoly Junior (Parker Brothers) An inspired adaptation of the all-time classic, this simplified version of Monopoly is totally in tune with younger kids, who get to go to the bathroom instead of jail.
Playing Cards It’s amazing how much play value there is in a simple deck of cards. Don’t know the rules? Try The Best Card Games in the Galaxy by Klutz Press.
The Family Game of Visual Perception (Set Enterprises) In this addictive game of perception and logic, kids really can outperform their parents.
Family games for tweens/teens
All Canadian Trivia Board Game (Outset Media) There’s nothing trivial about this game, which challenges kids to learn new things about their country.
Clue (Parker Brothers) Players love donning their detective caps and keeping track of the clues to solve the murder in this classic whodunit game.
Cranium (Cranium Inc.) There’s something for everyone in this popular party game: word puzzles, trivia, charades and Pictionary-like challenges.
Magic the Gathering (Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro) This patriarch of collectible card games is still going strong after 20 years.
Monopoly (Parker Brothers) Without a doubt, the best board game ever! Whether you play the original, or one of the new themed sets, this real estate trading game is a sure winner.
Risk (Parker Brothers) This classic battle game—a favourite of kids for nearly 40 years—has inspired many a multi-session marathon.
Rush Hour (ThinkFun) This mind-challenging game works like a traditional sliding puzzle, but kids say it’s better because they like moving the miniature plastic cars and trucks to clear traffic jams.
Jenga (Parker Brothers) Kids never seem to outgrow the thrill of building a tower of blocks, and with Jenga that thrill is built right into the game itself.
Scrabble (Parker Brothers) Even with all the new word games available, this one is still the best.
Twister (Milton Bradley) After almost 40 years, kids still enjoy the challenge of keeping their contorted bodies balanced over the play mat. But the best fun is the sheer silliness when tangled limbs collapse in a heap.
This article was originally published in September 2004.
This article was originally published on Jan 22, 2020
Creative games for kids - Event Maker
Creative games for kids are interesting for kids of all ages. They develop the child's fantasy, imagination, teach him the creative ability to create something with his own hands. This will definitely come in handy in the future.
Creative play for children often uses tools and materials such as paints, pencils, plasticine, colored paper and cardboard, glue and scissors.
But creative education is a broader concept, it includes the development of acting talent, and the degree of proficiency in verbal art, and figurative non-standard thinking, and invention. It is important to develop all this in the child as a whole, as this makes his personality richer and brighter. Creative games for children are an important part of the game program for any child.
Such games are good for developing imagination and creativity, creative thinking in children. The game atmosphere gives it excitement and competitiveness. Creative games for children contribute to the comprehensive and harmonious development of children at any age!
Joint creativity
All children sit in a circle. Everyone has a piece of paper and a pencil or marker. On a signal, everyone starts to draw. As soon as the music stops, everyone finishes drawing and passes their started drawing around. At the next signal, the children need to continue the drawing that everyone received until the next signal sounds.
This can be continued until the sheets return to their owners in a circle. Now let's see what happened? It is better to play this game to the music - while the music is playing, the children draw, when it stops, the children pass on the drawings.
Postcard
Try to draw a birthday card with your children. Bright felt-tip pens, glitter glue, stickers, pencils, etc. will come in handy. Give free rein to creativity, and you can suggest a theme and wishes for the birthday man: a smiling sun, a blue sky, unusual flowers and animals, a birthday man in a clearing with friends. These postcards can remind the child of a joyful event for many years to come.
Continuing the story
Although it may not sound like much, this game is amazing in that it makes people laugh and use their imagination. You will need a sheet of paper and a pen. Start with a funny opening phrase and then fold the paper over so you can't see what's written there. Then pass to the first participant and ask him to write a few lines of the story, then also tuck the sheet so that you can not see what is written there.
After that, the story is passed to the next participants in a circle, each writing a few lines. When everyone has written, read the story aloud to the whole group. Laughter and fun are guaranteed!
Building a castle
In this game, children are given a constructor, cubes, etc., and in the allotted time they must build the most beautiful castle or the highest. Children can build one by one or in teams.
Creation of a single art object
An art object is some kind of work of art, in the creation of which all guests of the holiday participate. For example, one huge New Year's coloring book for everyone. It needs to be mounted on the wall or placed in a frame. You yourself will not notice how in a few hours a large canvas will turn into a colored congratulatory poster.
Theatrical Competition
Competitors who wish are given cards with a task that they perform without preparation. It is necessary to walk in front of the tables as: - a woman with heavy bags; - gorilla in a cage; — Sparrow on the roof; - stork in the swamp; - chicken in the yard; - a girl in a tight skirt with high heels; - sentry guarding the food warehouse; - an infant who has just learned to walk; - a guy in front of an unfamiliar girl; - Alla Pugacheva during the performance of the song.
You can also easily come up with your own options, or ask the participants to come up with their own!
Master classes
You can also arrange fun creative workshops. It can be like painting something, for example, pebbles or angels. You can create mandalas, motanka dolls, etc. All participants can be divided into teams or every man for himself, the smallest will need the help of the elders.
Burime
Back in the 19th century, the game of Burime was popular among family and friends. Participants were asked several rhymes, which had to compose a poem in a certain time. This is not so difficult, although it requires certain skills and a sense of poetic rhythm. But the resulting poems, for sure, will become the decoration of your home album.
Changelings
This game is very simple, but at the same time it requires humor and ingenuity. Its essence is as follows: you need to take any well-known phrase (an aphorism, a line from a poem or song, a proverb) and replace all the words contained in it with opposite ones in meaning.
Here are a few examples: 1. Fifty-four - a man for the first time a tomato. (Forty-five - woman berry again). 2. A man on skis - it’s hard for a deer. (A woman with a cart is easier for a mare). 3. A smart ostrich bravely takes skinny thoughts out of the pit. (Stupid penguin timidly hides a fat body in the rocks). You can compose shifters in teams. The winner, of course, is the one whose shifters are funnier and wittier.
Actors
Depict: an alarmed cat, a person who unsuccessfully kicked a brick, a kettle boils, etc. 2 teams participate. The winner is the team that played their roles most artistically
Favorite hero
The game consists in portraying your favorite hero. It could be a character from a movie. One depicts, and the rest try to guess who he shows. This game is very fun. For example, some frail kid, subdued by the talent of Arnold Schwarzenegger, tries his best to portray him. All in all, it's worth playing.
Construction toys
This toy has an age limit of one year. However, for this, sets were created by age groups. For the smallest, the details of the designer are enlarged and have a greater effect on fine motor skills and tactile sensations. But for older children, suitable designers help to think outside the box, develop spatial thinking and creativity.
Folk tale
Number of players: any. The host starts the fairy tale (comes up with the first sentence), and the participants sequentially add one sentence at a time, adhering to the plot of the fairy tale. Who hesitated - out of the game. And the winner is the one with the most inexhaustible fantasy. He is awarded the title of "Best Storyteller".
Draw a word
One person from each team draws a word and starts drawing it. The first team to correctly guess the word wins
If the drawing is completed but the word is not guessed, then the other participant completes the work of the “artist”. Immediately agree not to shout out, but to give an answer signal: a raised hand, a raised flag, etc. This game is very popular in elementary school, because it adds variety to the monotonous memorization of words
I'm going to sing now
We put folded pieces of paper with different words written on it in a bag or hat. Participants take turns taking out a piece of paper, reading a word and singing a verse with this word.
Step 1. Prepare pieces of paper with words Step 2. Participants take out a piece of paper Step 3. Sing a verse of any song with this word
Picture letter
Variant of the previous competition.
The task of the players is to “write” a short letter using pictures. The conditions are the same: do not use numbers, letters and words in the drawing.
Message options:
- Call me today at 6 o'clock
- Let's go play football in the evening
- Come visit for tea and cake
- Give me pencils for my birthday
Depending on the age of the players, you can come up with tasks of varying complexity.
Tree of life
Invite the children to draw the tree of their life as follows:
• Root - the purpose and meaning of your life;
• Trunk - your idea of yourself;
• Branches - qualities that you would like to have, your dreams and desires;
• Fruits - qualities that you already have, fulfilled dreams and desires;
Discuss the trees of life with the children, identifying common trends and drawing conclusions. Try to lead the children to the idea that what is the purpose of our life, such are its fruits.
From another planet
Ask your child to draw an animal or plant from another planet. Imagine what it is called, what it might look like, what to eat and what benefits it can bring to the planet. Other options: a fairy forest, a kind wizard, a house from the future.
Fashionistas
Girls do all kinds of hairstyles for each other in a certain amount of time. After that, they line up in a row, and an independent jury, pre-selected, chooses the hairstyle he likes. At the same time, the jury does not know who did what hairstyle and chooses the hairstyle you like
We hope that you liked our selection of creative games for children and was useful to you. If you have your own options for interesting games for children, you can share them in the comments!
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Creative games for the development of imagination in children of senior preschool age in visual activity | Card file (senior, preparatory group) on the topic:
Creative games for the development of the imagination of preschoolers on visual activity
1. What our palms look like
Purpose: development of imagination and attention.
Invite the children to dip their palm into the paint or trace their own palm (or two) with pencils and think up, dream up “What could it be?” (tree, birds, butterfly, etc. ). Offer to create a drawing based on the circled palms.
2. Three colors.
Purpose: development of artistic perception and imagination.
Invite the children to take three colors that they think are most suitable for each other and fill the entire sheet with them in any way. What does the drawing look like?
3. Transformation of paint spots (drawing technique - monotype).
Purpose: development of creative imagination, to find the similarity of the image of unclear outlines with real images and objects.
Offer to drop any paint or several colors of paint on the middle of the sheet or half of the sheet, and fold the sheet in half, smooth, unfold. Various blots turned out, children need to see in their blot what it looks like or who it is.
4. Magic thread.
Purpose: development of creative imagination, to find the similarity of the image of unclear outlines with real images and objects.
In the presence of children, dip a thread 30-40 cm long into ink and put it on a sheet of paper, arbitrarily folded. Put another sheet on top of the thread and press it to the bottom sheet. Pull out the thread while holding the sheets. A trace will remain on the paper from the thread, the children are invited to identify and give a name to the resulting image.
5. Unfinished drawing.
Purpose: development of creative imagination.
Children are given sheets with the image of unfinished objects. It is proposed to finish the object and tell about your drawing.
6. Wizards.
Purpose: development of emotionality and creative imagination.
Without a preliminary conversation, invite the children to turn two absolutely identical figures depicted on the sheet into an evil and good wizard with the help of pencils. Next, propose to come up with what the “evil” wizard did badly and how the “good” wizard defeated him.
7. What the music told about.
Purpose: development of creative imagination.
Classical music sounds. Children are invited to close their eyes and imagine what the music is about, and then draw their ideas and talk about them.
8. Magic mosaic.
Purpose: to develop the ability of children to create objects in their imagination, based on a schematic representation of the details of these objects.
Sets of geometric shapes cut out of thick cardboard are used (the same for each child): several circles, squares, triangles, rectangles of different sizes. The teacher distributes the sets and says that this is a magical mosaic from which you can add a lot of interesting things. To do this, you need different figures, whoever wants to, attach to each other so that some kind of image is obtained. Offer a competition: who can put together more different items from their mosaic and come up with some kind of story about one or more items.
9. Let's help the artist.
Purpose: to develop children's ability to imagine objects based on the scheme given to them.
Material: A large sheet of paper attached to a blackboard with a sketch of a person drawn on it. Colored pencils or paints. The teacher says that one artist did not have time to finish the picture and asked the guys to help him finish the picture. Together with the teacher, the children discuss what and what color is better to draw. The most interesting proposals are embodied in the picture. Gradually, the scheme is completed, turning into a drawing. Then invite the children to come up with a story about a drawn person.
10. Magic pictures.
Purpose: to develop the ability to imagine objects and situations based on schematic representations of individual details of objects.
Children are given sheets of paper. On each sheet there is a schematic representation of some details of objects, different lines or geometric shapes. Each image is located on the sheet so that there is free space for drawing the picture. Children use colored pencils, wax crayons, felt-tip pens or paints.
Each figure, line drawn on a sheet of paper, the children can turn into a picture they want. To do this, you need to add anything to the figure (line). At the end of the drawing, the children compose stories based on their pictures (in the younger preschool age, the teacher gives only a colorless outline of a geometric figure, and in the older one - geometric figures glued from colored paper)
11. Miraculous transformations.
Purpose: to develop the ability of children to create objects and situations in their imagination based on visual models.
The teacher gives the children pictures with images of substitute objects, each with three strips of different lengths, three circles of different colors. Children are invited to look at the pictures, come up with what they mean, draw the corresponding picture on their sheet with colored pencils (you can have several). The teacher analyzes the finished drawings together with the children: he notes their correspondence to the depicted substitute objects (in shape, color, size, quantity), originality of content and composition.
12. Wonderful forest.
Purpose: to develop the imagination, create situations in the imagination based on their schematic representation.
Children are given identical sheets, several trees are drawn on them, and unfinished, unformed images are located in different places. The teacher offers to draw a forest full of miracles with colored pencils and tell a fairy tale about it. Unfinished images can be turned into real or fictional objects.
For the task, you can use material on other topics: "Wonderful Sea", "Wonderful Glade", "Wonderful Park" and others.
13. Changelings.
Purpose: to develop the imagination, create images of objects in the imagination based on the perception of schematic images of individual details of these objects.
Children are given sets of 4 identical cards, the cards have abstract schematic images. Task for children: each card can be turned into any picture. Stick the card on a piece of paper and draw whatever you want with colored pencils to make a picture. Then take another card, stick it on the next sheet, draw again, but on the other side of the card, that is, turn the figure into another picture. You can flip the card and sheet of paper as you want when drawing! Thus, you can turn a card with the same figure into different pictures. The game continues until all the children finish drawing the figures. Then the children talk about their drawings.
14. A fabulous animal (plant).
Purpose: development of creative imagination.
Have the children come up with and draw a fantasy animal or plant that doesn't look like a real one. Having drawn a picture, each child talks about what he has drawn, comes up with a name for the picture. Other children are looking for features of real animals (plants) in his drawing.
15. Guess what I have in mind and complete it
Each of the children conceives his picture (but does not talk about it). The first child starts and only draws one element. The next one should imagine what it could be, what the friend wanted to draw, and continue the drawing, adding one element to it as well. In the course of work, it is often necessary to rebuild the originally conceived image.
This activity is very challenging, but it helps build the critical components of imagination and teaches children to work together, negotiate and compromise.
When children have already acquired the skills of “completing”, reconstructing and creating new images during the course of training, classes can be made more difficult by pre-performing tasks in groups of not 2, but of 4 people.
16. Draw together.
A large sheet of paper is attached to the table. The sheet is divided into 4 "fields" (taking into account the number of participants in the work). The children are invited to create a composition on this topic (“Our City”, “Summer Vacation”, etc.).
Each child starts to draw in his own field. Then, at the signal of an adult, everyone moves to the adjacent field. You need to understand what your friend wants to draw, and continue his drawing. In this joint work, the actualization and restructuring of images takes place, taking into account a given topic.
In the first lessons, children are guided by the creation of realistic images. Then elements of fantasy are gradually introduced into the task - for example, real contour images are proposed to be painted in fantastic, invented colors (a cow is green, the sun is blue, etc.).
17. Magic tree.
It is proposed to draw a magic tree, which should be unlike any known trees, in addition, some unusual things may be on the branches.
Such tasks activate past experience, arouse interest, give vent to children's emotions. In the process of joint actions, children learn to understand each other, an atmosphere of trust and interest is created, and this is one of the main conditions conducive to creativity.
18. Wax sculpture.
The group is divided into two teams. One team is "clay", the other is "sculptors". On command, the sculptors begin to sculpt from clay. Until the end of the game, each participant must remain in the position in which the "sculptor" left him.
19. Living picture.
A leader is selected from a group of children. The rest of the children create the plot at their discretion. Having created a plot scene, its participants freeze until the driver guesses the picture.
20. Combination.
The child is asked to come up with and draw as many objects as possible using geometric shapes: a circle, a semicircle, a triangle, a rectangle, a square.
21. Exercise "Points".
Show your child how to draw a picture by connecting the dots. Now invite him to try to draw something by connecting the dots. Using all the points every time is not necessary.
22. Inkblotography
A game to break creative imagination and holistic perception
Equipment needed: paints, brush, paper.
Put a blot of any color (or several colors) in the middle of the sheet. Fold the sheet in half, blot inside. Expand it. You get wonderful pictures. Dry the sheet. What does it look like? Draw the details.
23. Rounds
Required equipment: circles, squares, triangles drawn on paper.
Have the child draw the details. For example, to the circle - long ears, mustaches, eyes, nose, teeth; got a bunny! To the square of the arrow - you get a clock. To the triangle, the tail is a cheerful carrot. There are many options (circle - ball, ball, apple, fabulous bird, etc.). Give the installation to the child - the image is not repeated.
24. Transformation of blots (technique for inflating drops of paint using a cocktail tube).
Purpose: development of imagination, breathing.
Drop a few drops of paint of the same color or different colors onto a piece of paper. Using a cocktail tube, inflate the drops in different directions. What do blobs look like? Finish the received images. Come up with a title for the picture.
25. What does a circle look like.
Purpose: development of creativity
The child is given a sheet of paper with an outline of circles (from 3 to 10) depending on the age of the child.
