What characterizes today's life are rapid and continuous changes and society's aspiration towards innovation. Therefore, education today should move away from the traditional methods to which we are accustomed. When it comes to creativity, there are many attitudes. Some hold the view that it has no place in school and that it creates a "disruption in teaching", while others offer a number of methods by which it would be encouraged in children. It is important to emphasize the fact that without creativity an individual cannot create new ideas, products and quality solutions to current issues. Therefore, holding the view that creativity is necessary for the progress of both the individual and society, this thesis deals with encouraging creativity in children. In order for the potential of creative thinking to be developed to the highest level, it is necessary to encourage children from the earliest age. Parents, educators and teachers are sometimes unaware of the importance of their behavior when it comes to the development of the children with whom they are in daily contact. With our examples, comments and statements, we can encourage, but also hinder children in the development of their creativity. In order not to hinder, but to encourage the development of creativity, the paper describes some of the methods by which children are led to creative thinking through play. The six hat methods, the storm of ideas, and the tree of consequences, are just some of the range of ideas that can be found in this paper. It is desirable that teachers continuously research, apply and choose methods by which they will at least try to improve themselves and then their pupils.