Make Something: Rainbow
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
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Make Something: Letter to a Fictional Character
Dear Alice, I am writing in hopes that you will entertain a new career opportunity. I’ve seen your work, and I’d like to offer you a position in my organization. […]
Make Something: Unnatural
Today’s make something prompt begged me to go outdoors: Work only with natural materials to make something that would not normally be found in nature. I’m not particularly outdoorsy on […]
Make Something: Narrow Focus
Here’s today’s make something prompt: Pick a small area indoors or outdoors and inspect it very carefully. Use the details you would normally overlook to inspire you. I chose the […]
Make Something: Desaturate
I’m going ultra-literal with today’s make something prompt. It’s Christmas Day, and I’ve been in full-on celebration mode since 6:00 a.m. Any other day, I may have mustered a far […]
Make Something: Carry Along
Today’s make something activity kept me sane and focused during a day when I might otherwise have lost my mind. Carry something with you all day—preferably something you’ve made—and document […]
Make Something: Portmanteau
As much as I’m enjoying venturing into less familiar creative territories, I find myself nearly giddy when the make something prompt relates to writing. Like today: “Create a portmanteau and use it.” […]
Make Something: Fish
As Thanksgiving celebrations go, mine has been relatively free of responsibilities. We hosted a small group of grown-ups. Everyone brought food to contribute. For our part, Jim did most of […]
Make Something: Family Crest
Try creating your own family crest. What an interesting exercise. As a family motto, I knew I wanted to include the “ever-widening circle”—a phrase my sister affixed to our family […]
Make Something: Furniture
“Transform a piece of furniture into something other than what it’s meant for.” That’s the make something idea for today. If I’d had more ambition, maybe I would have created […]
Make Something: Crayons
I have always loved to color. Show me a brand new Crayola box, all green and gold and sharp-cornered and tidy, and my fingers will twitch at the possibility of getting […]
Make Something: Impossible
When Noah Scalin wrote today’s prompt—make something impossible—he clearly had in mind something visual: “Can you trick the eyes into believing they’re seeing something that they’re not?” I thought of […]
Make Something: Invitation
Today’s make something prompt was to create an invitation to an event where I might not normally encourage participation. As a mom of six, I really should start drawing more […]
Sibling Discovery: our first independent goals
After more than a year of Sibling Discovery conversations—having covered nearly all the prompts in our zip-top bag—my brother and sister and I agreed that these monthly discussions are good […]
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 […]
Beth Nyland 