The idea book presents over 50 activities to help handicapped children develop creative self-awareness through the arts. All the activities can be used with non-handicapped children as well. Music, movement, visual arts, and drama provide the basis for the activities, which can be done in small groups or individually. The ideas are geared to developing four growth areas: self expression/communication, sensory awareness, skill development, and originality. Among self-expression activities are singing one's own name and making body movements to represent emotions. Sensory awareness activities involve children in exploring each other's hands and the variety of movements that can be made with fingers, wrists, and palms. Paper-cutting, drawing, and making sound echoes form the basis of some skill-development exercises. Children can demonstrate originality by forming statues with their bodies or by moving to imitate sound. Teachers are encouraged to let physically handicapped children get out of wheelchairs and sit or lie on carpeted floors. However, all activities can be done in chairs as well. Each activity identifies the basic idea, motivation suggestions, materials required, and variations in the activity. A bibliography and lists of material resources conclude the guide. (AV)