Teachers' attitudes towards creativity and creative students may affect their teaching practices as well as their willingness to foster creativity during their lessons. This study aimed to investigate how teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) perceive creativity and creative individuals; how, and if, they encourage creativity in their classrooms, and how they assess it. Seven elementary school and five high school EFL teachers participated in the study. The study is composed of three parts: a semi-structured interview with all of the participants, the participants’ assessment of the compositions written by three elementary school and three high school students, and seven classroom observations. The results showed that teachers have positive attitudes towards creativity and believe that it is something that needs to be encouraged both in the EFL classroom as well as in other subjects. EFL lessons are seen as providing plenty of opportunities for fostering creativity. The teachers reported encouraging creativity by giving students interesting tasks, both written and oral, which they can work on in pairs or groups. Furthermore, they view creative individuals, both teachers and students, in a mainly positive light. The assessment of students’ compositions showed that teachers believe that a person’s creativity can be hindered if they lack the linguistic knowledge needed to express themselves in a certain language. Most participants mentioned that they assess creativity only formatively, but they take it into consideration when grading students.