Editor’s note: For this week’s Daily Creativity prompts, we’ve got a special takeover! Molly Torinus, Stone Soup reader and contributor, has written the five prompts we’ll be posting for the week. For today’s, which is the week’s Flash Contest, she will also be co-judge! Write about a day in the life of your pet or a friend’s pet, as if you were that pet. Remember to think about what it might be like to be an animal. How do they see the world? What do they think about humans and their fellow animals? What are their hopes, their dreams, their fears? This is a great exercise in point of view.
Activities
Daily Creativity #15: Write New Lyrics or Music for a Handwashing Song
Are you still singing the same old hand washing song? Are you tired of it, yet? Write some new words to fit with your favorite melody. Maybe it’s the tune you are tired of. If you are musical, compose a new one, and write down your composition; if you can’t do that, choose a new tune and amend the words as required. Teach the song to the others you share a bathroom with. (Rinse, and repeat this process whenever you need a change.)
Daily Creativity #14: Poetry Charades
This is an activity to complete with one other person who you can see. So, that means a sibling, a parent, or other person in your home; or a friend or other family member over Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, etc: Both of you should take a few minutes to select a poem from this list but do NOT share it with your partner. Silently (no speaking or writing down words!) act out your poem for your partner, one line at a time. You may supplement your acting with drawings, if you wish. Your partner will write down a line of poetry for each line you enact. Trade places. Take a few minutes to polish and revise your poems, then have your partner share the original poem as you share what you wrote.
