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Light painting for kids
Light painting with a plastic bottle was one of the first creative photography activities I tried with my daughter.

We’ve already shared some simple photo scavenger hunt games to play. The idea of these scavenger hunt games is to build up basic camera skills whilst amusing your child for a few precious minutes.

Being constantly photographically creative with your children can be a hard task and sometimes quite daunting.
To get the ball rolling more easily I recommend trying out some photo scavenger hunt games.

I’m sure you’re familiar with stop motion animation but you might not have considered creating your own before.
As a photographer I’ve always steered clear of film making and stop motion animation as I feared it would be far too time consuming. I certainly didn’t consider that this would be a task my five year old would be able to partake in.

Photographing toys is a wonderful way for your children to let their creativity run wild.
Skills needed for photographing toys include macro and still life photography but does not require any additional equipment other than a phone camera.