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The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections Paperback – 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!

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 presented here offers ideas for imaginative play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and family celebrations.

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.

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“Embraces a new way of living that will engage your children’s imaginations, celebrate their achievements, and help you to express love and gratitude for each other as a family.”—Living Crafts Magazine

“Give your family an injection of creativity with this inspirational book.”—Kindred Magazine

“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 Everday Creativity

About the Author

Amanda Blake Soule is the creator of the popular blog www.SouleMama.com. Amanda spends her days with her four young children—making things, thrifting, exploring and being inspired by their coastal Maine surroundings. Learn more about her and find her blog at www.amandasoule.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Roost Books (April 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1590304713
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590304716
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 0.56 x 7.98 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #786,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #695 in Family Activity
- #860 in Crafts for Children (Books)
- #7,174 in Parenting (Books)

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Amanda Blake Soule is the creator of the popular blog SouleMama.com, which she began in 2005 as a way to share the creative journey of her family. That emphasis on creative exploration, family connection and appreciate for nature is at the heart of her first three books with Roost Books - The Creative Family, Handmade Home and The Rhythm of Family (which she co-wrote with her husband Steve). In 2012, Amanda started Taproot Magazine, an ad-free print publication dedicated to exploring the topics of food, farm, family and craft through art, photography, recipes, patterns and personal narrative.

Amanda lives in Western Maine with her husband, five children, and a growing menagerie of farm animals in a 200 year-old farmhouse and homestead they are restoring. Growing and making all manner of things in their days, they strive as a family to stay connected to one another and the Earth by bringing creativity and mindfulness into the everyday.

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Great for every family's library!

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2009

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This is a great book, necessary for every family's home library. When I was considering buying it, I had some hesitations because I would say my family is already pretty creative. We almost always have at least one individual in our family creating, crafting or pretending, and we almost never have our television on (only for movie nights -- we don't have cable or even "bunny ears"). But I went ahead and bought it because of the great reviews, and I have to say, I wish I'd done it sooner. I love the ideas for craft projects Soule has included and how easy it is to understand her directions.
For myself, I think my biggest inspiration came from the chapter on organization. One of my children was sick the week I read this book, and I was stuck at home. I wanted to try all the projects Soule had written about, but couldn't go out to buy some of the missing supplies. So I organized according to many of Soule's suggestions and the result was great!
I think every family needs to read this because, as other reviewers state, it's more than just a craft book -- it's a whole philosophy. We desperately need to "turn off and tune in" to each other more, and this book really promotes that idea.
Personally, I was also encouraged as I read the first part of the book where Soule discusses how she felt like she wasn't very creative or artistic growing up, but she had this driving need to create that she felt when pregnant with her first child. I had felt all of that, but didn't think I could. Now I only wish that her book had come out sooner. Just this year I have resolved to learn things like sewing and knitting, hoping to be able to make most -- if not all -- my gifts. "The Creative Family" makes me feel like that just might be attainable.

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For your child... and your inner child

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2008

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You may think this is an arts and crafts book. But really, it's a parenting guide. Though it's filled with things you can do with your children, it also brings out the kid in you, and in the process helps you become a better mom or dad. The activities involve getting dirty with your kids, going outside and finding things like cool leaves and bugs, or drawing with crayons. Most are best suited for families with preschool- through elementary-aged kids.

The book is divided into four sections, each with three chapters:

Part One: Gathering
1. Preparing Your Creative Mind
2. Gathering Materials
3. Being Resourceful

Part Two: Playing
4. Encouraging Imagination
5. Supporting Your Young Artist
6. Sharing the Tradition of Handmade

Part Three: Living
7. Exploring Through Nature
8. Capturing Moments
9. Everyday Rituals

Part Four: Connecting
10. Celebrating Your Family
11. Handmade Holidays
12. Creative Connections

At the end of the book, a six-page resource guide lists other books and websites on the same topics.

Even though my daughter is 14, we both found this book worthwhile. For example, we set up a Nature Table. Before, all the tiny miracles we brought home in our pockets ended up in the trash. Now we have a spot. At the moment it has a handful of seashells, three skate egg cases, some hot pink sea whips, an orange sponge and a sparkly rock she snared last week on a trip with her dad out to the Grand Canyon.

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JessaF

A book to create much more than home projects

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2008

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I just received this book, read 2 pages, and knew that this was just what I needed! The ideas, and information that are in the book are things that as a child 30 years ago my family did together and the book takes me there and away from what today's society has created for our children. Some of us easily get caught up with what is on your local chain store shelves as being educational and fun, rather than looking in our own back yards and with items that we already have to create memories, education, and beautiful projects. I love the section that talks about sharing blessings at the dinner table, for an agnostic family I loved the examples and traditions that were thankful but not based on beliefs that we are not part of.
For someone who would like to SIMPLIFY, and create more bonding and memories in there family life, to get away from consuming more with the parenting of today, this book is perfect! Like the others I am truly inspired and so excited!

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LittleBlessings

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Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2016

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Love her inspiration.

Carol Di Emidio

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Reviewed in Italy on January 20, 2015

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Libro in inglese ma di facile comprensione.
Ottime idee, ricco di illustrazioni e suggerimenti per giocare in casa con i propri bambini..quando fuori piove!

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J Cull

A wonderfully encouraging book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2010

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I'm really surprised by the mixed reviews of this book. I bought it about a year ago and having read it from cover to cover in the first week, have referred to it often since.

Amanda has such an encouraging tone. In the past I often aimed too high with kids craft projects, meaning that they become a 'special occasion' activity when I've had time to pick a project, buy all the materials and set half a day aside to do it on my day off. For times you want a 'wow' activity with beautiful results, there are lots of resources online. Amanda's style is much more low key - about squeezing bits of creativity into every day. This is especially useful for me as a working mother, as based on ideas from this book me and the children often go for nature walks after my work, paint in the mornings, do some simple embroidery when we have a spare half hour...

This book is full of lovely ideas and well, well worth the cover price in my opinion. Love the blog too.

D.S.

Great inspiration

Reviewed in Germany on November 16, 2009

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I love reading this book. It's full of inspiration, love for children and creativity.We will surely try out several projects.

Happyfamily

Creative family book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2018

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This book is by the blogger Amanda Soule from Soulemama. It is a honest representation of the creative activities that she engages with her kids on a daily basis, which she portrays on her blog. So if you like her blog then you will like this book. Some who do not like her blog may find this book a bit pretentious as her lifestyle may look that she has all the time and energy in the world to pursue all those creative activities with the kids. In the real world, we are all pressed for time so this book acts as a reminder for me that I want to do more crafts with kids so I allocate time for it in my diary. The projects in the book are easy and suitable for small kids and bigger kids. All in all, a nice inspiration book full of crafty ideas.

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