He's not doing anything creative. He's copying something he saw on a screen. Buying a forge and some tools isn't being creative at all. It's grabbing a gun and calling yourself a hunter.
Build your own forge. Don't look it up on the internet. Figure it out for yourself. Learn it for yourself. Make your own tools, like REAL blacksmiths. Walter P Chrysler didn't buy his tools, he made 'em.
If you truly want the kid to be 'creative', stop copying other people and do something truly on your own. That's how innovations are made. That's how discoveries happen. That's how art is made. That's what learning is. This is how beauty is built.
Figure out what you want to do AND how to get it done with what you already have. Don't just copy some jacklegs on some scripted reality show.
This is the what the kid is doing:
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This is what he should be doing:
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Trust me: buying him a bunch of tools turns this into crayons and a coloring book. Start with a pile of bricks, charcoal, and a match, and figure out where to go from there. The kid will be better off.
Use the hammer to smash the idjit box. The child will thank you when he's a man.
