Getting creative with your kids

Writer: Elaine Davie.

It seems strange that our collective memory has so soon forgotten the fun activities that used to entertain families before the advent of TV, play stations, social media and shopping malls.

Perhaps it takes a drastic disruption to our daily lives such as this one to pull ourselves towards ourselves and rediscover the power and pleasure of our creative energy.

With this in mind, I called on super-creative art teacher and facilitator Ashleigh Temple-Camp to come up with some exciting activities that children, their parents and even grannies and grandpas could do to bring fun, laughter and creativity into their lives during this grim time when not even ‘dogs shall be walked.’

To start with, Ashleigh believes we need to create a whole new way of being and find a new rhythm in our lives. We need to move away from our critical, analytical minds and live in the moment. Calm will come when we no longer hang on to the thoughts that make us anxious.

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