creative thinking

Mandala's Bookmarks & Beads- learn more

- Check out the list of bookmark project ideas as do as many of them as you like.

- Use the pictures of the bookmark to challenge your creativity and come up with as many ideas as you can that are somehow inspired by the bookmark.

- Would you like your own bookmark & bead? With parent permission, if you email me your address, I'll send you a bookmark and a bead based on your preferences

- Organize a bookmarks & beads party with your friends, family or at your school or community program.  Discuss your ideas with your parents and then email me for details

• Creative Thinking Projects- these 2 projects were co-created with students in past creative thinking classes I taught. They brainstormed the ideas for their project and came up with all of the questions:
- Design a hover car: Why and how does it hover?, How is it powered?, Speed capabilities?, Number of passengers it fits?, How high can it travel?, Interior and exterior design, Any special features?; experiment with any form you'd like as a visual representation of your hover car- a 3-D model, sculpture, painting, drawing, computer animation, etc.

- Create an underwater society: How will living underwater happen?, Are you on the ocean floor? Some other type of water?, Floating in something?, etc., How will people breathe, eat, get water, create fire?..., What is the society like? People, housing, education, jobs, transportation, recreation, food, clothing, climate?; Come up with a name for your society; Create some visual representation of the society (a map, model of a typical house, clothing design, oxygen system, etc.)

• Design a board game- Create a board game using your one of your favorite books or movies as the inspiration for the theme.  You get to design the board, the game pieces and make up the rules! As an extra challenge, try using all recycled materials to make your game.

• Make a Rube Goldberg Machine- Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist who drew elaborate machines that accomplished simple tasks and included all kinds of household objects as parts.  People of all ages, all over the world have been inspired to create machines like the ones in his cartoons.  Watch video examples of some Rube Goldberg machines on Mandala's youtube channel and visit the Rube Goldberg site for more information.