If you love having children because you want to see who they become, then you’re definitely an outside-the-box kind of parent. And one of the ways you can see who your child is becoming is by encouraging them to do activities that express who she is. Here are a few fun ways you can encourage your child to become who she’s becoming.

School Supplies

If you have a kid that has an artistic bent why not encourage the child to decorate their school supplies? Buy them a plain three ring binder, glue sticks, colored pencils and pens, and other art supplies. Other decorative options include magazines and old photos.

Have them decorate the outside of the notebook with their names, different designs, quotes that mean something to them, and other pictures that express who they are. As a bonus, no one else in class will have this notebook, reducing the likelihood of it getting mixed up with another child’s book. …show more content…
If you have, then you know that fashion is one of the best self-expression tools around. However, it's one thing to buy clothes off the rack but it's another thing to create your own. Helping your child make her own T-shirts is a way to get her to create her own clothes.

You have a couple of options with this. You can connect them with a screen printing shop like Schilling Graphics. (Added bonus: She’ll learn how screen printing works.) Or you can buy her glitter and sequins and all manner of things to post on the T-shirts.

Write it Down

Sometimes, you need to know how you feel and what you think about things before you can express your individuality. Journaling is one way that a person figures out who she is. If your child loves writing, why not buy her a journal?. As with the notebook, she can decorate it on the outside and on the inside, especially if she loves art