Summer 2016 Daily Creativity Challenge Overview

The purpose of this challenge, for me, was to provide my brain with some daily morning exercises, just like I do for my body.  As a teacher, summer time is the perfect time to start routines like this, so I am challenging myself to do something every day from June 20th - September 21st (the official dates of summer).  That's 93 days!

When I was younger, I would spend a great deal of time writing, reading, and crafting, but life got in the way.  I have found it to be very difficult to get that creative spark back.  It seems counterintuitive to schedule time to be creative, or to follow a creativity routine, but like anything else, creativity takes practice.  In our busy lives, most of us can't sit around and wait to be spontaneously inspired.

The challenge, as I am framing it for myself, is to participate in some creative activity each morning for at least 15 minutes.  I am going to do a different activity every day partially to see what motivates or inspired me the most, and partially to give you some ideas for your own creativity routine.

Play Along At Home

If you want to join me, simply devote 15 minutes every day this summer to doing something creative. I would love to see what you do every day in the comments.

If you REALLY want to join me on this creative adventure, I will be posting my creativity challenge activity each day along with my own results, so you can join in on the same activities with me. Again, I would love to see what you create.

My plan is to give a brief overview of each daily challenge at the beginning of the week, so that you can plan ahead and be ready (although my goal is to make these fairly simple activities).  Then I will post the daily challenge the night before, so it is there for you when you are ready, and I will update the post with my own results after I complete the activity for the day.

Each weekday will have a theme, so you will somewhat know what to expect.

Updated:  What Do I Need?

I am going to assume that you have paper of some kind, something to color with (markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc.), something to draw with, access to the internet and a medium for writing (paper or digital).  If any other materials are needed, I will post an overview on Sundays for the next week.  

If you are a pen and paper kind of person, you might also want to keep journal for your daily activities.