Date of Award
5-2022
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Creativity and Change Leadership, Graduate Certificate Program
Department
Center for Studies in Creativity
Advisor
Dr. Susan Keller-Mather
First Reader
Dr. Susan Keller-Mather
Abstract
Playfulness is the ability to reframe situations, seeing new possibilities. A playful mind-set increases our mental flexibility, resilience, empathy, and our overall well-being. Unfortunately, growing up most of us lose part of our playfulness. How can we facilitate adults to live a (more) playful life? To ignite playfulness in adults’ lives, we first have to raise awareness for the benefits of playfulness, and then help people to develop a playful mind-set and integrate playfulness into their lives. In this project I combine my knowledge of creativity and playfulness with my experience in service and behavior design. I developed a prototype of a Playfulness Toolkit, a game that guides people through the process of developing a playful mindset, consisting of tools, objects and Tiny Playful Habits. With this toolkit I hope to bridge the gap between knowing and doing, facilitating more playful behavior in adults’ lives.
Recommended Citation
Hovels, Hanneke, "Developing a Prototype of a Playfulness Toolkit" (2022). Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects. 341.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/creativeprojects/341
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