Stimulating children’s creativity does not necessarily mean ‘training’ them to become great artists.
Nor does it mean having to do without the basic knowledge that every civilized person should possess: knowing how to read and write correctly, knowing numbers and what can be done with them, being able to reason and develop critical thinking, understanding basic scientific principles and being aware of one’s place in the world.
In other words, the educational subjects of a lifetime: grammar, literature, philosophy, history, geography, natural sciences and social sciences.
“Pachimottanasa”, by Jorge Palomar
40 €
What is creativity for?
Creativity serves to create artistic works, of course, but also, and above all, to make decisions, to experiment, to investigate, to build a better world.
It serves to solve problems by finding and applying original and innovative solutions.
Although creativity is not a gift exclusive to artists, Art is a decisive instrument to stimulate the creative side of children.
What we, at PLOM Gallery, define as Superpowers of Art has a lot to do with this: with the capacity of Art to set in motion the sensorial, emotional, reflexive and executive engines of the little ones.
“Alehop”, by Elisa Munsó
25 €
How to stimulate creativity?
We propose 5 exercises to stimulate children’s creativity: ONE: color the same drawing in 5 different ways, using different colors.
Draw a house and color it red, blue, green and yellow.
Draw a planet with rings, like Saturn, and color it in 3 different ways.
Choose the drawings and colors you like the most and think about why. 
“Brian Anderson, by Jürg Lindenberger
30 €
TWO: imagine what an everyday object can be used for, besides what we normally use it for.
For example: a pencil.
It can be used to draw, to write, but it can also be used to point something out, to put your hair up, to conduct an orchestra, to build a bridge between two mounds of earth so that ants can pass from one side to the other… 
Pack of 6 postcards “The Superpowers of Art” by Brianda Fitz-James Stuart
5,90 €
THREE: make up stories inspired by a work of art.
For example, Leonardo Da Vinci’ s “Mona Lisa . Who was she?
What was she doing?
Is she happy?
Do you think she knew the painter?
With the illustrations of Susie Hammer, Pintachán, Elisa Munsó and other PLOM artists, this exercise can become a party.
The game of stimulating creativity
FOUR: dress up and play a role.
We can imitate the little animals of Amayadeeme. Bring them to life, give them a voice.
Create characters that have something of the child and something of the painted animal. 
“Beatriz, from Amayadeeme
30 €
FIVE: construct sentences with characters taken from an illustration.
For example: the poster “Dogs”, by Candela Ferrández, belonging to PLOM Gallery’s 5th Anniversary collection. “The little dog Laika winks at the greyhound Arrow”, “Pierre-Paul is a little dog who speaks French”, “Pompon likes sweets”, “Lord Byron spends all day at the hairdresser”, “Wrinkles looks like a warm blanket”…
Poster 5th Anniversary PLOM Gallery “Dogs”, by Candela Ferrández
15 €
Have a great time!
