The aim of this paper was to define possible ways of encouraging and developing creativity during Italian lessons in the elementary school. With this aim, in the first part have been researched the meanings of the concept of creativity and the caracteristics of the creative person. In this part have also been analized different approaches to the creativity. With this analyze has been concluded what it affects on the creative development of a person. There has also been emphasized the existance of four categories of creativity and their influence on each other. In the second part of this research the attention has been focused on encouraging creativity during school lessons. There has been made a short analyze of the main documents which are neccesary for teaching in the Croatian educational sistem, National Curriculum Framework and Educational plan and program. Through these documents has been analized the the importance of encouraging and developing the creative person in the school. Considering that the teacher in the school is a person who is everyday in personal contact with pupils, in this research has been studied his role of encouraging creativity during the lessons. There have also been descibed the caracteristics with which one teacher could completly affect on the development of childrens creativity. After this part, there have been described the qualities and advantages of teaching foreign languages which contribute to the possibilities of encouraging and developing of the creativity, with the accent on the Italian lessons. Following Educational plan and program and the aims of National Curriculum Framework, at the end have been suggested few possible ways to encourage and develop creativity during the Italian lessons in the eight grade of elementary school.