Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George have helped Princess Kate with a new project.
The Princess of Wales and The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood have launched a new initiative encouraging families to engage in creative activities together.
The programme, which follows the recent launch of The Bobeam Tree Trail at the National Portrait Gallery, aims to bring families closer through artistic expression.
Portrait drawing has been highlighted as a key activity for families to connect and create together.
Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George have helped Princess Kate with a new project.
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Creative activities offer significant developmental benefits for children, particularly when shared with family members and caring adults.
These moments of artistic expression help children develop crucial social and emotional skills for their future.
Arts and crafts activities encourage children to focus their thoughts, improve communication skills, and develop self-awareness.
Families are encouraged to create portraits of each other using any preferred creative method, including drawing, painting, or crafting with household items.
Drawing portraits with children can provide a moment of connection as you spend time looking at and focusing on one another, as well as being creative and – most importantly – having lots of fun together!
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The initiative emphasises that the value lies in the shared experience of looking at and focusing on each other while creating art.
The activity is designed to be flexible, allowing families to approach it in ways that suit them best.
To demonstrate the initiative's importance, the Royal Family has taken the lead by sharing their own artistic endeavours.
The Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have created portraits of each other, which have been shared on Kensington Palace's social media channels.
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The Princess of Wales and The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood have launched a new initiative encouraging families to engage in creative activities together.
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These family portraits showcase the personal engagement of the Royal Family with the creative initiative.
In a statement on their social media account, the Prince and Princess of Wales said: "The @Earlychildhood Shaping Us Framework describes the social and emotional skills which start to develop in early childhood.
"These skills are key throughout our lives, shaping who we are, how we manage our thoughts and emotions, how we communicate with and relate to others, and how we explore the world around us.
"Drawing portraits with children can provide a moment of connection as you spend time looking at and focusing on one another, as well as being creative and – most importantly – having lots of fun together!"
