{"id":17795,"date":"2020-02-13T18:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/?p=17795"},"modified":"2020-02-13T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T01:06:26","slug":"creativity2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/2020\/02\/creativity2\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part 1 of this post talked about how creative thinking can inspire large-scale change. But innovative thinking doesn\u2019t need to be grand in order to be important and useful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, chances are, you\u2019re already using your creative chops to solve problems every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to get a picky child to eat vegetables? Now there\u2019s a common challenge. You may have modified recipes to sneak in butternut squash or kale\u2014or designed a rewards program for the dinner table that appeals to some aspect of your child\u2019s character. Yes, this counts!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What about a last-minute carpool driver cancelation? You might find yourself rearranging logistics like a Rubik\u2019s Cube to make sure everyone still gets where they need to go on time and eats a reasonably healthy dinner. That requires imagining alternative solutions to a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, parents find themselves in all kinds of situations that require flexible, quick thinking\u2014like these<\/span> fun examples<\/span><\/a> of parental ingenuity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kids, of course, are naturally creative, especially if they have to deal with challenges\u2014and have time in which to think, daydream and play around. If you know children who have built a fort, invented a secret language, or created a rock band out of oatmeal cans and sticks from the yard, you\u2019ve seen that creativity in action.<\/span><\/p>\n

In some cases, kids have even ended up<\/span> inventing things<\/span><\/a>\u2014like Braille\u2014that do end up changing lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

It all comes out of observing what\u2019s around us and then asking questions. What exists right now? What problems do I see? How could I change things?<\/span><\/p>\n

The postcard challenge<\/b><\/p>\n

To celebrate our love of creativity, Noggin Builders decided to have a little extra fun with our direct-marketing efforts this year. So we put out a challenge: Take the postcard we\u2019ve mailed you and make it into something. Anything you want. Using other materials is also allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve asked builders to bring their creations into our Dundee Road location, and we\u2019ve been amazed at the variety of ideas and execution that can be cooked up by different brains contemplating a single, flat postcard. And by the way, everyone who brings in a design gets a small prize, and will be entered into a monthly drawing for a larger prize, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your kids would like to take the challenge\u2014and haven\u2019t received a postcard in the mail\u2014stop by to get one, and while you\u2019re there, take a look at our gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few of the awesome entries we\u2019ve received. We\u2019d love to see what your family might create too.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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