Things You can do to help expand your creativity

Exposing yourself to new areas you have not dealt with before helps broaden your knowledge base. Watching shows such as "How Things are made" and any other show that shows how products are made are great to get you thinking of the process it takes to go from an idea to a finished product.
I will wander Lowes, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Toys R Us routinely looking at all the products in the store. I will also pick a store I have never been in before such as a paint store or a stone and tile store to see if anything sparks my interest.
One exercise I do daily is to randomly pick a subject for that day and no matter what else I am working on I write down as many ways you can improve on that subject. I find that after a while I will have things pop into my head without really concentrating on the subject. Todays subject is shovels.