The topic of this thesis is Encouraging and hindering children's artistic creativity of children in early and preschool age. The graduate thesis is divided into two parts, on the theoretical and the research part. Through artistic expression, children satisfy their psychological needs, relieve frustration and stress, tell their story through pictures, convey experiences, excitement and emotions. For the development of children's creativity and artistic abilities, the influence of educators is very important, which provides a wealth of motivational incentives and allows children freedom and respect for their interests and opportunities, and their actions do not interfere, but develop children's creativity. The importance of children's drawings is essential, because in this way children express themselves independently, explore, solve art problems and give new visual forms to ideas and observations. The goal of the research is to examine the attitudes of educators on the realization of children's creative potential, knowledge of fine arts, their role in art activities and frequency, and the approach to performing art activities. The research was conducted on a sample of 206 kindergarten teachers in the Republic of Croatia. The results obtained by the questionnaire show that educators are aware of their role in the development of children's creativity and most of them feel the need for additional training, but they are not aware that their approach to art activities hinders this development.