Make Something: Soap
Use a bar of soap to make something new. I’m going to bend the rules again. Rather than using soap to make something new, I’m going to use it to […]
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Make Something: Visual Pun
I could probably do an entire year of visual puns … especially with some creative help from my children. We had so much fun brainstorming for today’s make something activity. […]
Make Something: Utensil
Create a new kind of utensil. Functional or not, document it in use. The utensil I created is not new in any way. It’s a pencil, and pencils have been […]
Make Something: Eraser
Make something with an eraser. How about a quick poem?
Make Something: Dyed
A full workday followed by a play-off baseball game did not leave the kind of time I would have liked to spend on today’s make something activity. The idea: create […]
Make Something: From an Alley
Noah Scalin sent me into an alley today. In my uptight Chicago suburb, this was not a dangerous mission. But I took two teenage boys with me anyway. Because they […]
Make Something: Back Story
Today’s make something assignment is unlike any thus far: Make up a name and write a back story for a stranger you see today. As a person who works from […]
Make Something: Shred
Work with shredded paper. So many possibilities. I have a paper shredder right here by my desk. I could have simply lifted a few strips from the box and woven […]
Make Something: For Ears
Make something inspired by and/or that fits on or around an ear. When I first read today’s prompt, my brain added “in.” Something to go “in” the ear. I thought […]
Make Something: Sidewalk Chalk
The make something project took me outside this afternoon. I dropped my butt to the cement and made a message on the driveway, with chalk. For the past eight days, […]
Make Something: Be Bold
Could you walk into a local shop or restaurant and ask the staff: “Hey, what would you let me make here?” This was today’s make something challenge. The Italian beef […]
Make Something: Nearby Rocks
“Work with the gravel, sand, or rocks available near your home.” Seems simple, right? I ventured out on to my little piece of property here in the western Chicago suburbs […]
Make Something: Shoes
For Day 72 in his book of “make something” ideas, Noah Scalin offers two options. I scoffed at the first and took the second. Option 1: Use all the shoes […]
Make Something: From a Past Era
The men of our household are out of town this week, so the little ladies and I have been enjoying time together—cooking, talking, watching movies, and creating. We all love […]
Make Something: Numbers
Today’s prompt: use only numbers. Not exactly my comfort zone. Plus, I’m angry beyond belief. Fortunately, between appointments today I played with numbers, arranging them into a word. A word […]
Beth Nyland 