Pru, I have a kid who is just like that, too. It's been a tricky balance to find. I actually promised her that we could do a staged reading of one of her plays with friends, and we talked about that for a good long while. Yet when I planned a party where she could do this and asked her about it, she no longer wanted to....I guess the impulse had faded, which of course is fine. Recently she has been given access to my old digital camera (it's broken-ish, but still usable) and that has been a really awesome outlet for her creativity--especially the video function. We also have been lucky enough to participate in an art show for kids and she has entered (and been selected as a winner) in some art contests. If your DD wants to sell something, you can easily set up an etsy store at vurtually no cost. I did this for DD at her pleading. The weird thing was that that a starnger actually bought her art and then became slightly stalkerish, sending money beyond the cost and asking to "commission" pieces. So I let the shop go dark. I doubt that experience would be common, though.
Thanks, those are some good ideas. I didn't know Etsy was so simple. Cameras are great fun. I find her taking photo shoots of her toys here and there. She and her friend took DW's phone the other day and filmed a 30-minute video which I haven't watched yet, something to do with a cooking show and interviewing their American Girl dolls. She also made a board game a few weeks ago called MathZilla that I thought was really creative, though a little light on rules. Still, it would be nice if these kids had some sort of community where they could post and share these things sort of like kidzbop.com does for music videos and then have others comment and share creations. Minus the stalkers of course!
