April showers promise May flowers, but when the sky looks like a grey, woollen blanket, and rain just drips and drops, the promise of warm afternoons spent outdoors feels outrageously far away. What's a kid to do?

Turn the living room into a temporary studio, and the bedroom into an inspired artist's garret. Pull out pencils, pens, clay, coloured paper, glue - whichever materials your kids call favourites - and encourage them to recast their setting with bursts and blends of colour.

If you're looking for projects to kick start their imaginations, here are several for a variety of moods and personalities: haiku for a poetic spirit, a cardboard car raceway for an adventurous disposition, and a funny-face maker that's good for a laugh.

--Mimi Sherman

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ED JUDICE

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Cardboard Car Raceway

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Spring Haiku

Honeybee Tea Set

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