Make Something: Unseasonal
The make something assignment today is to create something that belongs to another season of the year and put it into the environment. All day I’ve battled a migraine. We […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Seeds
Today’s prompt is to “use seeds to make something.” We have a bag of dried soybeans in our snack bin. Every time I see them I smile and wonder what my […]
Make Something: Birds
mother robin builds twenty homes in her time I have one to tidy and keep out all the grime toothpaste in the sink shoes by the door dishes on the […]
Make Something: Robot
Today’s creation has nothing to do with words, so I’m straying from my make something theme. Sometimes you just have to step away from the plan. My daughter Emma jumped […]
Make Something: Indoors Seem Outdoors
frost on the mirror snow on the sill a window scarcely open admits abundant chill
Make Something: Miniature
It’s 10:30 pm, and I am just now getting to today’s make something challenge. The order is to miniaturize something that would normally be much bigger. My concept was to […]
Make Something: Kitchen Tools
“Work only with kitchen tools today.” I opened just one drawer and found eight whisks. Eight whisks! I know there is at least one more whisk in another drawer, where […]
Make Something: Traffic Sign
“Create a new traffic sign.” That’s the instruction for this day of making something. I conceived a yield-like sign to remind writers to slow down and take time for a critical part […]
Make Something: Book, Not Paper
What material would you use to make a book without paper? My first two thoughts were fabric and plastic bags. I had ideas for each, individually, but wanted to push them […]
Make Something: Black and White
white screen taunts until black letters pop into view fingers tap story
Make Something: Unintended Instructions
On this 170th day of making things, the prompt was to create “something unintended out of existing instructions.” I hold onto instructions. But not in any organized fashion. Imagine: All […]
Make Something: Shelter
The assignment for today was to create a personal shelter. I find safety and warmth under the roof of an open book. Good books, great stories, and brilliant poetry have […]
Make Something: Horror Story
Hooray! Today’s make something task is a writing assignment. An exercise in brevity, which suits me fine, but in a genre I do not practice. “Write a ten-word horror or […]
Make Something: Pencil
Make something with a pencil? Sure. I love pencils. They’re so forgiving.
Make Something: Armor
On this 166th day of making things, today’s prompt recommends that I “get medieval” by making a piece or suit of armor—for me, an animal, or anything that needs protection. […]
Beth Nyland 