Make Something: In a Box
What did I make today? A simple, visual pun. Get it?
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: New Animal
Create an animal that has never existed before. Coincidentally, my third grader came home from school talking about the fun exercise she did in class today. The students had to […]
Make Something: Wood
Make something with wood. We have no shortage of wood around here, as my husband took up furniture building and refinishing this summer. Perhaps I could have crafted something incredible […]
Make Something: Out of the Way
Once again, I’ve taken a lot of latitude with today’s make something prompt: Go out of your way. Travel somewhere you wouldn’t normally go today specifically to create something inspired […]
Make Something: Map
Today’s instruction was to work with an old map or create something that looks like a map. Rather than a traditional, geographical map, I wanted to work with a map […]
Make Something: Kit
For today’s make something assignment, I was to buy a kit, toss the instructions, do something unexpected with the remaining contents, and brace myself for whatever came next. Finding a […]
Make Something: Bread
I suppose I could have made something with bread today … carved letters into burnt toast, written a jelly word on a biscuit. But the moment I saw the words […]
Make Something: Red
scrapes of red sully marked-up draft ’til revisions heal text with edits Today, in response to the make something challenge to work with red, I wrote the red haiku above. A teacher […]
Make Something: Paint Swatch Samples
Make something took me to the hardware store today, to snag a few paint swatch samples so I could make something new. Short on time, I needed a rapid project. […]
Make Something: Leftovers
“Make a facial expression on your plate from the leftovers of a meal.” School starts the day after tomorrow. In these last few days of summer, the kids and I […]
Make Something: Spill
Today’s make something assignment gave me permission to make a mess. Specifically, I was to spill a liquid, then work with it. So I poured some heavy cream on our […]
Make Something: Dirt
Go outside and make something in or with the first patch of dirt you find. I didn’t have to go far. At the edge of our driveway, the ground around […]
Make Something: Steam
I nearly passed on today’s make something assignment. Not because it wasn’t interesting, but because my day veered more toward reacting and cleaning things up than innovating and making things […]
Make Something: Ball
No one crumples their paper any more. I’m glad. I care about trees. So I’m happy that my worst days as a writer don’t mean peril for a forest. At […]
Make Something: Thrift Shop
The make something project sent me to a thrift shop today. The instruction: buy something to work with … and maybe even give the result back to the shop after […]
Beth Nyland 