High-input, low-pressure
Activities with lots of texture, color, and choice — and no "right" answer — tend to work best.
Gentle ideas to try
- Splatter painting on big paper outdoors.
- Mixed-media collage from magazine scraps and stickers.
- Build-a-story comics with simple frames.
- Loose-parts sculpture from recycled materials.
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