• Invitations To Create

    Open-Ended Art Prompts For Kids

FREE Video Series

Learn how to set up art prompts for your kids that encourage creative exploration, skill-building, and independence.

Imagine your child walking into a room to discover a few art materials thoughtfully arranged on the table.

This curious display is fresh and intriguing, inviting her to sit down and engage.

This is an “Invitation To Create,” sometimes called a prompt or provocation.

Invitations To Create are about the process of exploring the materials, with no intended outcome. They are a great tool to deepen your child’s art experience and to encourage skill-building and independence. They can be a total game-changer for your family.

Invitations To Create…

  • Help keep your kids engaged while you get things done around the house.
  • Are an easy and fun activity for a playdate.
  • Are a creative alternative to screen time.
  • Might just allow you to sleep in!
  • Help build important skills for writing, self-sufficiency, scientific thinking and so much more!

“Every morning, after breakfast, my girls now check out what art supplies I laid out for them the night before. It gives me enough time to wash dishes, make lunches and prep dinner. I much prefer my mornings like these instead of hearing TV in the background.
Thank you!”
-Jonalyn J.

  • Do you want more ideas to engage your kids with art supplies?
  • Do you want to offer your kids fun and creative ways to build important life skills?
  • Have you set up art prompts before, but they didn’t go the way you had hoped?
  • Do you struggle with setting up art prompts for siblings of different ages?

The video series addresses all of these questions and will give you the tools to make Invitations To Create a fun and easy part of your daily life.

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Video Series

  • 3-part video series on how to use art prompts to encourage creative exploration, skill-building, and independence
  • See Invitations To Create in action
  • Video Q&A on topics relating to engagement, siblings, and clean-up

FREE!

“The kids are doing more art, everyday. Your Invitations to Create are ingenious… As simple as they may seem to you, I would never do this without your laying it out for me… So, thank you.”

– Sarah B.

I’m Megan Schiller, founder of The Art Pantry. I first learned about Invitations To Create as a Reggio-Inspired preschool teacher and have since used them with my own kids for the past 13 years. They have truly been a game changer in our family and I’m so excited to share them (and all of my tips!) with you.

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Wondering what’s in the free video series?

Video 1:

What is an Invitation To Create and what are the benefits of setting up this type of art prompt for your kids on a regular basis? (11:13 minutes)

Video 2:

Tips and tricks on how to set up Invitations To Create. (7:32 minutes)

Video 3:

Q&A on topics relating to engagement, siblings, and clean-up. Based on frequently asked questions from parents in the Art Pantry community (20:28 minutes)

“I have all of the creative tools, but I had never considered how I present them to my kids as being so impactful. We started already and the kids loved it!! Such a nice way to connect and to see their minds light up.”

-Rebecca H.

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