Category: Try This

Many thanks to AAMP volunteer Janet Bartlett for this great post about creating fun drawings for Easter or other Spring celebrations. If you like to do directed drawings (using step-by-step instructions), Janet has some great sites for you to explore….

Here at AAMP, we are all about creativity – finding fun ways to play with the arts to help us express ourselves, to relax, and to enjoy the tactile experience of creating something. Sure, there are professional artists who have…

It’s the UN’s World Creativity and Innovation Day!  While everybody’s interested in creativity for the joy, peace, and relaxation that it can bring, practicing your creativity also makes you good at problem solving.  That’s the UN’s goal for Creativity and…

For four weeks in February and March, while everyone was staying safe at home, we teamed up with the City of Mount Pearl to bring you a little extra creative fun for your weekend. In this video, Lucy, Nicole, and…

In this week’s video, Nicole is making ice decorations that you can put outside! She used all kinds of bits and pieces of craft supplies but you can use bird seed or pasta or anything else that makes interesting shapes…

This week, Christine and Lucy are creating story cards and using them as prompts to make up stories on the spot!Want to play along? You can make your own story cards with small pieces of paper. Draw a picture on…

For the next 4 weeks, AAMP is teaming up with the City of Mount Pearl and giving you some ideas for creativity activities to do at home. In our first video, Christine shows you how to make some paper puppets.