You can customize your house, island/town, and certain objects to create a unique in-game environment. This gives children a sense of ownership and confidence in their artistic creations and makes playing the game more personal and meaningful as a result. 

Players are given a range of tools to create custom designs that can be worn as clothes, placed on the ground outside as paths, on walls as canvases or wallpaper, as flooring, as signs outside, as flags, and much more. This serves as a creative outlet for your child's imagination to run wild. 

Players can create custom designs and then generate codes for them that can be inputted by other players once shared online, for them to wear or use on their island or town as well. This encourages community building among Animal Crossing players. 

Animal Crossing is a game with no real goals and no threats, making it a relaxing and safe environment to do whatever you enjoy in the game as much as you want, be it designing clothes, going fishing, building furniture, or anything else among the plethora of activities this series has to offer. The open-endedness of the game's customization offerings provides a non competitive, soothing experience for children. 

Players within the Animal Crossing community often create certain design challenges, such as creating themed rooms in their houses or an entirely themed island/town. Completing these types of challenges adds a layer of excitement to the game, fosters community building, and can give children a feeling of progression and accomplishment. 

There is an endless combination of hairstyles and colors, skin tones, clothing and accessory options, and facial features for your child to choose from when creating their avatar. This allows for self-expression and representation in a visual space, letting children feel more confident in their appearance as well as providing another method of creative expression.