Creative Challenge: Story Words

This month’s creative challenge is all about those words that make up our favorite stories, like fairy tales or folktales, or maybe Duck Tales (woo-oo).

Story Words Challenge List

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How to Participate in this Story Words Challenge:

Not sure how to participate in a creative challenge? No worries. These are not hard or fast rules – the challenge is meant to inspire you and remove the art block we sometimes feel when creating.

1. If you’re on Instagram – find me & follow me @ChocolateMusingsCreates
2. Download the creative challenge prompts list (right-click on the image to save it and print it for reference). Or do a screenshot on your phone to save the prompts.
3. Every day letter, draw, paint or create something to do with the daily prompt.
4. You can use your regular style or add a bit of flair and try a new doodle or style!
5. Snap a picture and post your creation to Instagram – tag me @ChocolateMusingsCreates and use the hashtag #FindYourCreativeMuse – I’ll choose a few of my favorites and share them!
   • I’m also on Facebook so that you can post and tag my page. Find me at facebook.com/ChocolateMusings.
6. Follow the hashtag and like and comment on others’ creations as well. I LOVE the community that these lettering challenges create.
7. Choose a few story-related words from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Storytime Words Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus outside words that didn’t quite fit into the challenge (there are only 31 days!) But that doesn’t mean you can’t use these words in a challenge of your own. What other words make you think of story time?

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using these story-themed words.

Remember: you can try to create all or some of them, or choose one prompt that inspires you and work on it all month. The idea is to expand your creativity and inspiration and get you to try new styles or techniques that you might not use regularly.

You could paint a scene from your favorite storybook or use colors from the story in your lettering. Use the challenge word as a background for your art or lettering. You can always use art as an overlay for your other creations. Try to create as many as you like or spend a few days experimenting with a particular word.

Create monograms with the various story words painted or drawn embedded as a design or create an overlay for another design like squares or circles.

It’s not all about the letters, these prompts are perfect for doodles or full-page creations. If you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills, these prompts are the perfect starting point. Because it doesn’t matter how they turn out, what’s important is that you tried something new. And you don’t have to sit and wonder what to draw because the prompts are provided for you!

Handlettering Styles to Try

If you handletter or want to start handlettering, here are some new styles to incorporate into your challenge. Focus on one style all month or use a variety of lettering techniques!

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this story words challenge – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, nothing says you can’t use these prompts as inspiration later on.

Using a combination of daily and style prompts is one of my favorite ways to experiment and try new techniques. A few years ago, when I started to handletter, prompts like this got me to try flourishing when I never would before.

Use this story words challenge to look at color, patterns, and values and add a bit of flair to your projects.

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

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