Make Something: Television-Inspired
“Make something inspired by your favorite television show.” As I think back on forty-some years of watching TV, one program stands out as truly “favorite.” One I would not miss. […]
Category Archives: Being Creative
Make Something: Anagram
“Create an anagram of your name and illustrate it in some way.” An anagram is a rearrangement of letters to spell something new. One of my favorites is “the eyes,” […]
Make Something: Silent
Today’s make something prompt tells me to “do something in which silence is an essential component.” I was going to close the door, plug my ears, and read. Get positively […]
Make Something: Plastic Utensils
Today’s make something recommendation was to work with disposable plastic utensils. My favorite utensil is the spork. Who doesn’t love a spork? So I dressed one up and asked my […]
Make Something: Sound
“Make something that makes a sound on its own.” At Day 283 of 365 in this journey, precious few times have I “cheated” by not exactly following the prompt and/or […]
Make Something: Toothbrush
“Use a toothbrush and/or toothpaste as the central component of, or inspiration for, what you do today.” I stared at toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste for awhile, wondering how I […]
Make Something: As a Cat
“Imagine you are an animal and work as that animal would today.” Cats at their day jobs We have three cats: two adults called Frankie and Dash, and a kitten […]
Make Something: Balloons
What fun to play with balloons! After work this evening, I dug through the kids’ toys and found a hand pump and few small balloons. And as soon as I […]
Make Something: Monumental
Noah Scalin’s challenge for me, on this 279th day of making things, was this: Be monumental. Make a monument to a mundane event, place, or person. Thinking back on my […]
Make Something: Spam
Today’s make something assignment was to draw inspiration from the spam email in my inbox. I have no shortage of that. I get dozens of junk messages in my email […]
Make Something: Wannabe
Today’s make something prompt is this: If you could do or be anything in the world, what would it be? Make something as if you were actually doing or being […]
Make Something: Location
Today I spun a globe and selected a random location with my finger … … landing in India, on Kolkata, West Bengal. From there, my mission was to research and […]
Make Something: Pocket Change
Today’s project called for pocket change. I don’t keep change in my pocket, or even in my purse. Somehow a bowlful of change has accumulated next to my bathroom sink, […]
Make Something: Back to the Future
For today, Noah Scalin suggested that I “make something that seems like it has come back from the future.” My daughter made this easy. Mixed in with the usual agenda […]
Make Something: Can
Responding to the make something suggestion to “work with, or be inspired by, a tin can or soda can,” I thought of a quote by baseball great Dizzy Dean. Why […]
Beth Nyland 