For the child’s positive development, it is crucial that they develop as freely as possible, with minimal constraints from their environment, including parents and, one could say, educators. Educators, when lacking ideas for artistic activities, have the option to search the Internet and social media. However, nearly all the ideas they find are either templates or ready-made result of someone else's imagination and creativity. These ideas sometimes captivate them to the extent that they expect children to create identical or very similar work, neglecting the fact that strictly following given guidelines and providing templates does not contribute to the development of children's creativity but, quite the opposite, has a negative impact. Therefore, considering the importance of respecting every aspect of development, including artistic development, this work focuses on research that examines the Internet's influence on educators in planning artistic activities in kindergarten. The research was conducted through a survey created exclusively for this study. To facilitate its implementation, it was set up using Google Forms and sent online to educators in the Republic of Croatia, with a total of 112 participants. The research results have shown that all educators use the Internet and social media. Most of them stated that they also use them in planning artistic activities. However, they still provide children with the opportunity for free artistic expression. Although there are expected differences in the opinions of educators, a significant portion of them believe that templates have a negative impact on children's artistic creativity.