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There are no creative toys.
Toys by their very nature are inanimate and can't demonstrate any creativity. No it is the child who is creative. They are the ones who pick up a creative toy and experiment with it to do something with it the manufacturer and retailer would and could not have thought of.
Creativity in young children is demonstrated by imaginative thinking, adventuresome personality and intrinsic motivation and the creative wooden toys or creative toddler toys they use are only a means of showing one or more of these actions.
When my eldest boy Timothy was 18 months old his grandfather and grandmother bought him a pedal car for Christmas. When the time came for handing out presents his eyes lit up when he saw this big parcel in its pretty colored wrapping paper. His grandfather was delighted and helped him unwrap his present. His delight however was short lived because once the pedal car was out of it's big box my son ignored it and immediately rushed to play with the box where his imagination could turn it into anything he wanted.
When my youngest son Anthony was about 9 months old he nearly gave his mother a heart attack by diving headfirst out of his baby carriage. He was just doing it to see what happened. Luckily he was not hurt other than a minor graze but this "experiment" didn't stop his adventurous nature at 1 year old his favorite toy acquired from a kitchen cupboard was a teapot.
What creative toys must do is to encourage our youngsters to use their imaginations, be able to experiment and to have the motivation to keep on until they have succeeded.
