Exit the coloring and dough model, the creator of the great American blog "Art Bar", Barbara Rucci, gives us his method to boost the imagination of our children and release their creative spirit.

Tip n ° 1: get rid of instructions

No more directed workshops, free expression and "creative invitations". We install two or three self-service tools on the table: cardboard , glue and glitter or watercolor and white paper of different shapes for example. Interest? We are not just focusing on the outcome but rather on the process. Children can create without restraint and give free rein to their imagination and inventiveness.

Tip # 2: Reinvent the material

Fork, Cotton-Rod, corks, branches, pine apples, twigs , pebbles ... Everything becomes a pretext to create. We also multiply the techniques : it is not only the stickers and gouache in life, we can also sew, nail, blow, carve ...

Tip 3: organize an opening

To transform any drawing from his cherub into a work of art, a frame is defined by placing masking tape on the edges of the A4 sheets before giving them to the children. A nice drawing with sharp white edges, it changes everything. Then, we expose their work, as for a vernissage , and we invite everyone to admire the works and talk about it while sipping a grenadine.

To read: "The creative workshop with children", by Barbara Rucci and Betsy McKenna, ed. Eyrolles.