Enhance Your Child's Creativity with Print & Play Ideas from HP Inc.

When you are stuck at home with the kids and run out of ideas on what else you can do, don't despair! There are a bunch of fun activities to keep them entertained and increase their creativity as well. You just need some sparks of inspiration to get the ideas flowing and maintain their focus at the same time. Recently, HP Inc. just launched a special Print & Play activities that you can do with your kids at home. HP Print & Play is suitable for ages 2 to 12; where kids can try out hours of craft making, mazes, dot-to-dot drawing and many other puzzles. Whether you are looking for content to support your child’s home-based learning or trying to juggle work and play, you can find printable arts & crafts to create fun and engaging experiences to bond with your kids. Why Print & Play with HP? HP’s New Asian Learning Experience Study identifies millennial parents’ attitudes towards learning and how their personalities impact the way their children learn. From HP's study, it shows that while print and digital each have their own strengths, a combination of digital and print was most beneficial in helping children stay focused and engaged while they learn. 54.5% of parents in Malaysia prefer honing their child’s mathematic skills on printed materials and 50.5% of parents prefer learning music on digital platforms (50.5%). They use a mix of print and digital predominantly to enhance math (56.5%) and linguistic skills (52.5%). HP Print & Play was created from a need to help parents bridge the gap between education in school and learning at home by supplementing their child’s learning while making playtime at home more engaging. Here are some of the activities that you can try out with HP Print & Play: 2 to 4 years old | ANIMAL FUN – learn through play with cute animal buddies! 1. Find the Bunny’s Way Level: Easy Estimated Time: 10 Minutes Help! The little bunny is trapped! Tag team with your little one to save the poor rabbit and help him find his way through the maze – start from where the red arrow is pointing and exit through the green arrow. Pro tip: after drawing the correct path, colour the different pathways to make it into a funky piece of artwork! 2. Connect to see the Cow Level: Easy Estimated Time: 15 Minutes Little cow can’t find his spots! Can you help him? Get your child to finish the drawing while following the numbers with the dots. Complete the picture by getting them to colour it in. 3. Build a Bird Level: Medium Estimated Time: 15 Minutes What is that you spot with your little eye, flying in the sky? Try out some craft fun with your little one by getting them to make their own bird in three simple steps! Pro tip: create more animals with the other paper craft activities to build your own animal farm. 4 to 8 years old | FRUIT FUN – learn through play with these fruity challenges! 4. Solve the Pear Puzzle Level: Easy Estimated Time: 15 Minutes It’s sweet and yellow with a nice crunch in every bite. Can you guess what I see? I see a pear! Challenge your child to piece together the fruit with this puzzle. 5. Put the Fruits Correctly Level: Medium Estimated Time: 20 Minutes Are you a professional packer? Sort the fruits into the right boxes! Work with your child to help put the fruits in the right boxes through the maze. Pro tip: End off with colouring the different pathways to create a new artwork! Applicable for 8 to 12 years old as well. 6. Connect to see the Crab Level: Difficult Estimated Time: 30 Minutes Oh no! The poor crab is missing its pincers! Connect all the dots to draw all its missing parts. As an added activity, have your child colour the crab to create a special artwork that you can put on your fridge! Pro tip: Join your child in a “race” to see who completes the activity first. Give it a go for lesser time if you want to train up their speed. 8 to 12 years old | CULTURAL FUN – learn through play with different cultures! 7. Find the Elephant Level: Difficult Estimated Time: 30 Minutes It’s massive animal with a long trunk! Some of them grow very large tusks made with ivory. Can you guess what animal I see? It’s an elephant! Find the elephant with this puzzle. 8. Creating a Seventh Wonder of the World Level: Difficult Estimated Time: 40 Minutes Have you always wanted to explore the world and visit the seven wonders of the world? Take craft making to another level by having your little one build their very own miniature Taj Mahal! Pro tip: aside from doing the craft, take the time to share some knowledge about India and the iconic site. 9. Colour the Map Level: Difficult Estimated Time: 40 Minutes Mr Koala bear is cute, furry and always sleeping. What else do you know about him? Do you know where he lives? Get your child to colour the map of Australia based on their own interpretation. Pro tip: use this time to teach about the different colouring techniques such as gradient colouring, or using watercolours aside from just coloured pencils. With these activities, now you probably only hear the sound of laughter and concentration from your kids. No more, "I'm bored!" from the other side of the house. You can do all of these activities with HP Deskjet Ink Advantage Printer. A small yet mighty, the HP Ink Advantage is designed to fit your child’s study desk. Aside from its wireless printing capabilities, this compact printer allows you and your child to easily handle most scan jobs, from plain paper to photos with HP Scroll Scan. For more information, visit HP Malaysia's Online store today! About HP Inc. HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions, we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP Inc. is available at http://www8.hp.com.

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