The Effect of Molding the Plasticine on Creativity in Early Childhood
Soisuda Imaroonrak MSc1, Phornchanit Jamnieankal MSc1, Tikumporn Hosiri MD1, Sucheera Phattharayuttawat PhD1, Triwit Phijitplakas PhD2, Thanayot Sumalrot PhD1, Natchapol Auampradit MSc1
Affiliation : 1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
Objective : To examine the effect of molding the plasticine on creativity in early childhood by comparing creativity scores before
and after the plasticine molding activity program of the control and experiment groups.
Materials and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental research. The sample was 16 kindergarten students aged 4 to 5 years
old from a private school in Bangkok. Participants were divided into a control and experiment group. There were 8 participants
in each group. Participants in the experiment group attended 16 sessions of plasticine molding activity whereas the control group
participated in normal activities. Each session lasted 20 minutes. The Test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production [TCT-DP]
was used to measure creativity of participants of both groups before and after taking part in this research. Descriptive statistics
including frequency, percentage, median, range (min, max) were yielded. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Tests and Mann-Whitney U Test
were analyzed.
Results : There was no significant differences in creativity scores between the two groups before taking part in the program (U =
0.11, p = 0.92). In the experiment group, pre-test overall creativity score did not statistically differ from the post-test score (U
= -0.95, p = 0.34). Although not statistically significant, the post-test of the experiment group was slightly higher than the pre-
test score whilst the post-test score in the control group was lower than the pre-test score.
Keywords : Molding the plasticine, Creativity, Early childhood
