The educational value of art culture is fully realized through the direct creative work of children and the observation of works of art. An encounter with a work of art is an integrated part of art education from kindergarten onwards. Arriving at school, children encounter various types of art, works of art and various techniques. The subject of the research is focused on the influence of the offered examples of fine arts in the field of contemporary art on children's art. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part, and for the needs of the practical part, four art activities were carried out in the Kindergarten "Mali svijet" in Lučko. The children showed interest in the prepared art activities, and successfully completed the art tasks. The techniques they used were tempera, black and blue ink and watercolors + collage paper. In the first two activities they created freely, while in the remaining activities they were stimulated by the visual impulse of Salvador Dali’s famous works of art. The top activities, their course as well as the analysis of children's works are described in the paper. The results of the practical part show that children respond well and accept such ways of artistic expression. During the art activities, children showed great interest in works that they were both amazed and admired, which leads to the conclusion that abstract works of art should be more represented in art culture that would encourage the development of creative thinking in children.