🎨 Crafty workshop

Get creative with family bonding activities.

“Crafty Workshop” activities are designed to help your family find a moment of creativity during a hectic week.

Activity 1: “Imagine” activity sheet

Help your child color what they imagine their book to be like. Practice tracing the letter I. Discuss examples of imagination and read the phrase together! Just download, print, and let the fun begin!

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Activity 2: The Imagination Brain Lab 🧠✨

Imagination is not just something kids are born with. It grows through play, storytelling, curiosity, and sensory experiences that help ideas come alive. This slime-brain activity turns creativity into something children can actually touch, stretch, and shape with their hands.

As kids mix colors, hide tiny objects inside the “brain,” and invent stories about what their brain creates, they begin practicing flexible thinking, problem solving, and open ended play. The goal is not perfection. The goal is exploration.

Materials

• Brain shaped silicone mold

• Clear slime or homemade slime

• Food coloring or slime dye

• Glitter or metallic flakes

• Mini objects to hide inside:

• Tiny dinosaurs

• Stars

• Pom poms

• Alphabet beads

• Small animals

• Plastic mixing bowls

• Spoons or popsicle sticks

How to create:

1. Create the “Brain Mixture”

Place slime into bowls and let kids mix colors, glitter, or textures. Encourage them to invent their own “imagination formula.”

Examples: Galaxy Brain, Explorer Brain, Story Builder Brain, Dino Discovery Brain

2. Hide Imagination Treasures

Let children place tiny objects inside the slime. These become surprise “ideas” hidden in the brain.

Ask: What does this brain imagine?” or “What adventure is hidden inside?”

3. Fill the Brain Mold

Press the slime firmly into the silicone brain mold. Smooth the top and let it sit for several minutes.

• Alternative: use popsicle sticks to create the shape of the brain if you do not have a mold.

• Optional: Place a small LED light underneath for a glowing imagination effect.

4. Reveal the Brain

Pop the slime brain out of the mold and stretch, squish, and explore it together.

Encourage storytelling. Ask: “What happens when this brain gets a new idea?” or “What world does this brain create?”

Why This Activity Helps Imagination

• Encourages open ended thinking without “right answers”

• Builds storytelling and verbal creativity

• Strengthens sensory exploration and curiosity

• Helps children connect emotions, ideas, and play

• Supports flexible thinking through experimentation

• Creates collaborative family interaction instead of passive screen time

Sometimes imagination grows best when children are given materials instead of instructions.

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Don’t forget to share your child’s finished art work with our community in the comments!

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Thank you for reading! Feel free to share your experiences or suggest topics you’d like to see more of.

Read the deep dive on imagination and reading here!