Tee Time: Wordplay & Warm-Ups

Swing Into Creative Play! by Chris Dunmire

Posted 8/2/20 | Updated 7/9/24

Ball by Hole Welcome to the green, your blank canvas to engage in creative thinking and play!

The printable activities in Tee Time are designed to move you into creative mode through word play and other warm-ups that engage your brain through humor, artistic expression, free thinking, idea generation, and problem solving.

Suggested use: Play with the activities in this book on your own, partnered up, or in groups.

Ready to Play? Tee-Off!

	Activity	Skill
	Engaging Your Brain	Motivation
	Draw a Golf Tee	Art Lesson
	Rename the Game	Conceptualizing New Ideas
	Divoty Dimples	Word Play
	18 Uses for Golf Tees	Product Innovation
	Tee Time Word Search Puzzle	Character Building
	Mulligan	Second Chances
	A Hole in One!	Assets and Liabilities
	What's the Difference?	Focused Study
	Sand Traps!	Strategy Planning
	Draw a Tea Cup	Art lesson
	Brewing CreativiTea	Humor ADventures
	Do Me a Flavor	Brainstorming / Idea Generation
	Tea Time Word Search Puzzle	Circling Back Around
	Tee Time Coloring Page	Meditation
	CreativiTea Paper Craft Project	Idea Concept to Creation
	Further Reading	Research

Creativity is Good for You!

What impact do creativity warm-ups — word play, drawing, coloring, and puzzles — have on your brain and well-being? Consider what research shows:

"Creativity in and of itself is important for remaining healthy, remaining connected to yourself and connected to the world." —Christianne Strang, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Alabama Birmingham and the Former President of the American Art Therapy Association

"Coloring goes beyond being a fun activity for relaxation. It requires the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate. While logic helps us stay inside the lines, choosing colors generates a creative thought process." —Beaumont Health, Michigan, USA

"There is little doubt in my mind that puzzles are beneficial [...] I saw this with my own eyes within my own family." —Marcel Danesi, Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at Victoria College, University of Toronto

"Coloring has the ability to relax the fear center of your brain, the amygdala. It induces the same state as meditating by reducing the thoughts of a restless mind. This generates mindfulness and quietness, which allows your mind to get some rest after a long day at work." —Beaumont Health

"Anything that engages your creative mind — the ability to make connections between unrelated things and imagine new ways to communicate — is good for you." —Girija Kaimal, Professor at Drexel University