The Creative Family

How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections

by Amanda Blake Soule

Publication date: April 1, 2008

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When you learn to awaken your family's creativity, wonderful things will happen: you'll make meaningful connections with your children in large and small ways; your children will more often engage in their own creative discoveries; and your family will embrace new ways to relax, play, and grow together. With just the simple tools around you — your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural materials — you can transform your family life, and have so much more fun!


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Amanda Soule has charmed many with her tales of creativity and parenting on her blog, SouleMama. Here she shares ideas and projects with the same warm tone and down-to-earth voice. Perfect for all families, the wide range of projects in this book present ideas for imaginative play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and family celebrations.


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This book embraces a whole new way of living that will engage your children's imagination, celebrate their achievements, and help you to express love and gratitude for each other as a family.


In The Creative Family you'll learn how to:

  • Have more fun with fewer toys
  • Create unique works of art to display, share, and give
  • Share the tradition of handmade crafts
  • Explore the wonders of nature with your children
  • Make every holiday handmade
  • Connect as a family through everyday celebrations

The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Blake Soule | Publication date April 2008 | Trumpeter Books, an imprint of Shambhala Publications | ISBN 1590304713 | $14.95 | publicity@shambhala.com
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"The Creative Family will make life with your children rich, full, imaginative, and fun beyond measure. This book is a recipe for joyful parenting and a joyful life. It's a gift for both your children and yourself. I loved it!"

—Zoe Weil, President, Institute for Humane Education and author of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times

"Amanda Soule has created a wonderful guide that nourishes the wellspring of creativity already inherent in the family dynamic. She encourages discovery, ingenuity, sharing, and celebration in a way that helps each family member grow, while simultaneously bringing the whole family closer together. A truly meaningful book for and about that which we hold dearest."

—Jeffrey Yamaguchi, author of 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity