Join Us for Global Finals 2020: Summer of Creativity
Stay Creative While You Stay at Home! In these days of social distancing and stay-at-home guidance, it’s more important than ever to connect with friends and family members and to continue expressing your creativity. Destination Imagination’s Global Finals 2020 Virtual Tournament (GF20) is a one-of-a-kind collaborative problem-solving experience that takes place online and is open […]
Imaginative Play Activity: My Invention
Have you ever purchased a toy only to have your kid play with the packaging for hours instead? Imagination influences everything we do and is essential to new ideas, concepts and inventions. It’s also a vital part of childhood—encouraging creativity and helping with kids’ social and emotional development. With imaginative play, children can turn the […]
Weekly Update from Our Executive Director (4.06.20)
Dear DI Family, When I am not being a wife and mother, or a DI Executive Director, or a Board of Education Member, I am a quilter. Let me restate that. I am a QUILTER. Quilting is my hobby and my passion, and in my very limited spare time, I am usually thinking about it, […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: May the Forks Be With You
You know we love our structure challenges! Gather the materials and a group of friends and/or family members together online to do this challenge. You will not know ahead of time what you will be scored on. Challenge: Using the materials below, build a freestanding tower as tall as possible. The tower should sit completely […]
DI Team Encourages Positivity through Creativity
Thank you to all of our teams, parents and volunteers who have reached out to us over the past two weeks, sharing your messages of hope and gratitude. Some of you have also shared how your kids or team members are working to spread positivity and encouragement. Last week, we received an email from The […]
STEAM Activities: Get Creative with DI & Disney
Destination Imagination (DI) is all about inspiring the next generation of creative thinkers, leaders and innovators. A few years ago, we teamed up with our friends at Disney to create two STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) activities to spark kids’ creativity and help them learn how to think out-of-the-box. Both of the challenges […]
Virtual STEAM Challenge: Match Mine Plus Yours
Have your kids challenge their friends with this fun, simple, low-prep STEAM activity! Our Match Mine Plus Yours Instant Challenge is designed to be done virtually (either by email or text) and tasks kids with using their imagination, creativity and problem-solving skills to build the tallest freestanding tower possible. Challenge: Create the tallest freestanding tower […]
Spaghetti Tower STEAM Challenge
Ready to put your creative thinking skills to the test? For this challenge, students will build a spaghetti tower as tall as possible that can hold a marshmallow on top. You can also try this activity as a family! Materials: 30 pieces of spaghetti, 20 mailing labels (or 30 inches of masking tape), 1 marshmallow […]
Weekly Update from Our Executive Director
Dear DI Family, First, I want to thank everyone for your support, patience, and feedback following the cancellation of Global Finals. Your commitment to Destination Imagination is extraordinary and deeply appreciated. I am proud of our kids for their diligence and their ability to adjust. It is one of the things that I truly admire […]
5 Free STEAM Challenges for Kids & Teens
Looking for more projects to inspire your kids’ creativity and curiosity? It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for everyone, and we want to help both parents and teachers during this trying time. We created five new (free!) challenges that incorporate STEAM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and art) principles and help students learn how to utilize the […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Unknown Structure
Get ready for our first-ever Destination Imagination Virtual Instant Challenge: Unknown Structure! This virtual activity is designed for a group of kids or teens to do together online through a video chat app or platform. For this challenge, group members will need to use a specific set of materials to build a structure that can […]
Message From Our Executive Director
Dear DI Family, I am truly sorry that this is not the Spring any of us expected. I know that you have spent many hours preparing to present and host creative, smart and innovative solutions to this season’s Destination Imagination Team Challenges. We are all deeply disappointed that due to the coronavirus pandemic, things have […]