Give the Gift of Creativity this Holiday Season

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 03, 2007 – What messages will your holiday gift giving send to your children this holiday season? Children are inundated by advertisements for all of the must-have products. Some of these toys are at best mindless and at worst are negative, violent or do all the thinking for your child. As you consider the gifts that will not only make your children happy but will also have long-term benefits, consider a gift of creativity. When children use their imaginations and produce their own original works, their confidence soars. That’s not the only benefit: when children develop their “Other IQ” they can help build their own success story - see http://www.abrakadoodle.com/art_smart.htm.

Abrakadoodle is a resource to holiday-harried parents, offering online articles on creativity, safety, art projects to do at home, as well as access to imagination-boosting art classes and holiday camps. In fact, Abrakadoodle’s popular holiday greeting card workshops still have openings at participating locations. To give the gift of creativity, go to http://www.abrakadoodle.com and click on the colorful tab: Find a Location. You can contact your local Abrakadoodle education director to order your Gift of Creativity Certificate or to learn more about classes in your community.

Abrakadoodle also offers creativity gear that is sure to please. Go to http://www.abrakadoodleart.com to discover art smart books and kits, aprons, Abrakadoodle’s own FrameDoodles, as well as wonderful storage portfolios and much more!

Abrakadoodle, the nation’s leader in art education for children, offers the finest art classes, camps, and parties that will spark your child’s imagination and teach them to paint, sculpt, draw, design mosaics, collage, take digital photographs, produce amazing anime, as well as paper and fabric art and much more! Abrakadoodle students create art in the style of Renoir, Picasso, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Ansel Adams, Norman Rockwell, Laurel Burch, and a host of classic and contemporary artists. Children in Abrakadoodle classes actively engage in planning each art activity and can infuse their own styles through the choices they make as they create. When the creation phase is completed, students present their original works to the class, a sharing that is always positive and encourages an appreciation for each person’s perspective. Student artwork is often framed and sent home suitable for display. Abrakadoodle believes children should explore abundant creative materials and experiment with color, line and form.

The visual arts present a unique opportunity for children to build their imaginations. In no other venue can children actively express, explore, create, innovate and challenge without fear of rejection or negative judgment. The arts help children develop the vital skills of observation, envisioning, and perceptive expression, which according to psychologist and author Ellen Winner, are enormously important for future math, science and technology careers, in particular. Winner points out that these skills are not typically taught in subjects other than art.