This thesis consists of two parts theoretical and practical. In the theoretical one, definition of creativity, terms connected with creativity such as intelligence, imagination, age, barriers and methods of developing creativity are mentioned. Every creative process has its stages and it is also possible to enumerate qualities of a creative personality that a good creative teacher should have. Art lessons represent one of many options how to develop creativity and an art project is a very good tool for that. Students accommodated in a student's hall of residence that comes under schools OA,SOŠ and SOU in Třeboň are participants of this project. These students are about 16-18 years old. The art project called "Člověk napříč časem" represents the second part of this thesis. At the beginning of this part, I mention inspiration for this project and I explain its structure. The aim of this project is to make the participants think about values, relationships, communication among us and also to make them think about themselves while emphasising environmental education. One of the sub-goals of this project is naturally also the development of creativity and to find out whether it is possible with this group.

The thesis is focused on development of creativity in younger school-age children within the scope of leisure time education. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part describes various terms relating to creativity, various views of creativity, creativity barriers and their overcoming, and the relationship between a family and a creative child. The practical part of the thesis is focused on elaboration and implementation of a project creating the syllabi of sample lessons for younger school-age children. Following the idea of a multi-stage structure of work with children in consecutive cycles, the project is implemented in five consecutive steps allowing utilization of all opportunities offered by the particular facility and gradation of the emphasis on advancement in creative activities of children.