Tag: the creative play challenge
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How to Be a Tourist in Your Own Town
So . . . this post on how to be a tourist in your own town has literally been sitting in outline form in my drafts folder for over a year. Every time I sit down to finish it, a little voice in my head reminds me that I’m not the hometown tourist I used…
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Write a Letter
This week on The Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to write a letter. Simple and sweet, but I think, oh so important. Yes, you could simply text your friend a note, but there’s just something about the act of writing, of taking the time to put your thoughts on paper. And besides, you’ll make your…
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How to Make an Inspiration Board
This week we will be making an inspiration board for The Creative Play Challenge. You can do this by decorating a cork board or you can also make a miniature inspiration board in an art journal or sketchbook. I made an art journal version here, if you’d like to take a peek. The goal here…
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How to Faux Hand Letter a Quote
Today in The Creative Play Challenge we’re going to faux hand letter a quote. Before you get nervous about the concept of hand lettering (“But I have horrible handwriting!”), let me tell you a little secret. Hand lettering doesn’t have to be perfect. Yes, there are artists and graphic designers who make a living carefully…
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Play with Watercolors!
For today’s Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to play with watercolors. One of the things I like most about watercolors is that there is such a low barrier to entry. A child can make fun splotches of color, an artist can paint intricate paintings, and everyone in between can have fun. Our goal this week…
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How Walking Helps Creativity
Today’s prompt for the Creative Play Challenge is simple: go on a walk to gather inspiration. If going outside is not a possibility for you, you can gather inspiration around your home or wherever you happen to be this week. In the last couple of weeks, we’ve written creative manifestos and made artist powerup cards…
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Make Your Own Artist Powerup Rewards Cards
Artist Powerup Rewards Cards might just be the key to getting out of the creative doldrums! They’re also just plain FUN to make! Welcome to our second week of The Creative Play Challenge! This week we’re going to be making Artist Powerup Cards. Maybe you’re thinking, “What in the WORLD is an Artist Powerup card?”…
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Write a Personal Creative Manifesto
Have you ever written a personal creative manifesto? I love writing these because often, they’re the exact words I need to hear when I’m feeling down about my creative life. Sometimes I write them in moments of inspiration and clarity and then they later prop me up when I’m frustrated and blurry-feeling. When I initially…
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Introducing: The Creative Play Challenge
Update: Hey guys, The Creative Play Challenge is now finished. However, you can still access many of the prompts we completed here on The Creative Play Challenge page. I don’t know about you, but September is my January. It’s the beginning of the school year (or was the beginning back in the olden days) and…