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Creative Challenge: Story Words

August 29, 2023 Leave a Comment

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

September 2023 Storytime / Storytelling Creative Challenge Words - Daily Lettering/Drawing Prompt

  1. Once Upon a Time…
  2. A long time ago…
  3. In a kingdom far awa
  4. Fairy Tale
  5. Short Story
  6. Narrative
  7. Fictional
  8. Historical
  9. Mythical
  10. Suspenseful
  11. Untold
  12. Tragedy
  13. Comedy
  14. Hero/Heroine
  15. Protagonist
  1. Antagonist
  2. Enchantment
  3. Villain
  4. Folklore
  5. Enemy
  6. Character
  7. Curse
  8. Setting
  9. Plot
  10. Moral
  11. Transformation
  12. Tall Tale
  13. Poison
  14. Storybook
  15. And they lived happily ever after.
  16. The End.

Check out these posts about books & book quotes!

  • Functional Book Dutch Door Bullet Journal Theme
  • Book & Reading Quotes for Your Planner
  • September Random Holidays – the 6th is National Book Reading Day – which is perfect for our Challenge Theme this month!

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?

  • Prince Charming
  • Princess
  • Cinderella
  • Snow White
  • Wretched
  • Evil
  • Queen
  • Maiden
  • Adventure
  • Mystery

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!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • Patterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

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!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: art challenge, creative challenge, lettering, lettering challenge, what to draw

Creative Challenge: Back-to-School Words

July 31, 2023 Leave a Comment

Creative Challenge: Back-to-School Words

August Welcome Page School Building - Watercolor old fashioned school with a big bell | ChocolateMusings.com

This month’s creative challenge is all about words that make us think about going back to school. I have to admit, this time of year is my favorite. Don’t you agree that something about a fresh start to a new school year amps up the excitement? And of course, I can’t forget about buying new school supplies (one of my favorite pastimes)!

The challenge this month is to create something every day using these back-to-school words. Paint, letter, draw, doodle – it doesn’t have to be large or perfect. And you don’t have to do the same thing every day. The object is to create and build a creative habit where you let your mind relax for a few minutes. I know my mind functions better when I give it a creative rest every so often.

If you’ve ever heard of the 7 Habits by Stephen Covey, he talks about sharpening the saw – and that’s exactly what a creative practice does – it renews your mind and gives it a chance to rest between all the other activities you throw at it. So take a minute, sharpen your saw, and make time to create!

Make Time to Create Quote | ChocolateMusings.com #maketimetocreate #create #artwork

Back to School Words Challenge List

August 2023 Back to School Creative Challenge Words - Daily Lettering/Drawing Prompt
  1. Yellow School Bus
  2. Backpack
  3. Pencils
  4. Chair
  5. Chalkboard
  6. Eraser
  7. Lunch
  8. Playground
  9. Teacher
  10. Principal
  11. School
  12. Pencil Case
  13. Paint
  14. Table
  15. Calculator
  1. School bell
  2. Hallway
  3. Classroom
  4. Art Class
  5. Gym
  6. Sports
  7. Crayons
  8. Degree
  9. Books
  10. Glue
  11. Alphabet
  12. Shapes
  13. Desk
  14. Highlighter
  15. Eraser
  16. Calendar

For more tricks about doodling different back-to-school-related words, check out these posts!

  • 6 Fun & Easy-to-Draw School Doodles
  • Planning: School Lunches
  • Have too much on your mind? Do a brain dump! What is a Brain Dump?
  • Plan With Me: Dutch Door Book Bullet Journal Theme
  • Planner: Fall Bullet Journal Theme Ideas

How to Participate:

Not sure how to participate in a creative challenge? No worries. These are not hard or fast rules – the challenge is 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 back-to-school words from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Back to School Words Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus back-to-school 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 freshly sharpened pencils, new school supplies, and heading on that bus to go back to school?

  • Education
  • Writing
  • Flask
  • Computers
  • Drama
  • Tape
  • Folder
  • Recess
  • History
  • Clip Board
  • Composition book
  • Library
  • Journal
  • Cafeteria
  • Elementary
  • Pens
  • Chemistry
  • Music
  • Literature
  • Poetry
  • Geometry
  • Chalk
  • Bookcase
  • Science
  • Magnifying glass
  • Language
  • Clock
  • Homework
  • Reading
  • Office
  • Geography
  • Grades

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using these back-to-school-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.

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 back-to-school words painted or drawn embedded as a design or create an overlay for another design like squares or circles.

It’s not all about handlettering. These prompts are perfect for doodles or full-page creations. These prompts are the ideal starting point if you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills. 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!

For the challenge example below from a few years ago, I set some additional rules for myself.

  • I used only black ink
  • Each doodle would be (mostly) contained within a circle frame
  • One part of the circle would be part of the design
  • The design would extend beyond the circle’s outer edge in another part.

The outcome of that challenge is one of my favorites, even now. It’s interesting how guidelines help create a more creative environment.

School Time Doodles Challenge - black ink doodles in a bullet journal
School Time Doodles Challenge - black ink doodles in a bullet journal

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 type all month or use a variety of lettering techniques!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • Patterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this ‘back-to-school’ 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 ‘back-to-school’ 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!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: art challenge, creative challenge, lettering, lettering challenge, what to draw

Creative Challenge: Summer Words

May 25, 2023 Leave a Comment

This month’s creative challenge is all about those summertime words that make us feel like we are on a permanent vacation. Follow along with the prompts and create something related to the day’s prompt every day. If you can’t create something new every day, choose a handful of prompts and create something more significant with your chosen summer challenge words. Try something new, create with a new medium or in a different style.

The point of these summer words is to creatively challenge you!

If you post on Instagram – be sure to tag me @ChocolateMusingsCreates and use the hashtag #FindYourCreativeMuse I love to see how you’re inspired by these challenges!

Summertime Words Challenge List

Summer Words Creative Challenge - Art Challenge - Doodle Challenge - Lettering Challenge - Use the prompts to draw, paint, letter or create something inspired by the day's word.

  1. Hello Summer!
  2. Lemonade
  3. Hot
  4. Fireworks
  5. Sundress
  6. Road Trip
  7. Backpacking
  8. Beach
  9. Lazy Days
  10. Boating
  11. Hiking
  12. Swimming Suit
  13. Sunglasses
  14. Surfboard
  15. Pool
  1. Family Reunion
  2. Airport
  3. Swim
  4. Summer Camp
  5. Sunny
  6. Picnic
  7. Vacation
  8. Camping
  9. Tent
  10. Canoe
  11. Sleeping Bag
  12. Friends
  13. Relaxing
  14. Breeze
  15. Watermelon

For more tricks about doodling or creating Summer-related words, check out these posts!

  • Getting Started Handlettering – A List of Posts to Get You Lettering
  • Ice Cream-Themed Bullet Journal
  • Surfing-Themed Bullet Journal

How to Participate:

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 summertime words from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Summer Words Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus Summertime 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 summer?

  • Flip-flops
  • Hot Dogs
  • Hamburgers
  • Tan
  • Tent
  • Lawn Mower
  • Sprinklers
  • hat
  • Sunscreen
  • Umbrella
  • Breeze
  • Hammock
  • Snowcone
  • Tan
  • Diving
  • Poolside
  • Park
  • Roller Coaster
  • Ball Games
  • Sand
  • Staycation
  • Lightning Bugs
  • Park

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using these summer-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 relaxing summertime scene to hang in your home for the season. 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 summer 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. These prompts are the perfect starting point if you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills. Because it doesn’t matter how they turn out. What’s important is that you try 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!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • Patterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this summertime 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 summer 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!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges, Get Inspired Tagged: art challenge, challenge, creative challenge, doodle challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge, watercolor challenge, word list challenge

Creative Challenge: Colors from Nature

March 1, 2023 Leave a Comment

This month’s creative challenge is all about colors derived from nature. Feel free to doodle or letter the word or let the color/image inspire your painting or lettering! It never fails–right around the first of March, I get all the spring fever feels and can’t wait to see blooms and blossoms. So in commemoration of spring right around the corner, let’s celebrate with colors from nature!

Nature’s Colors Challenge List

Colors from Nature Creative Challenge - Art Challenge - Doodle Challenge - Lettering Challenge - Use the prompts to draw, paint, letter or create something inspired by the day's word.

  1. Apricot
  2. Eggplant
  3. Lime
  4. Pine
  5. Plum
  6. Lavender
  7. Coral
  8. Orange
  9. Peach
  10. Cocoa
  11. Pearl
  12. Mint
  13. Lemon
  14. Moss
  15. Violet
  1. Cornflower
  2. Lilac
  3. Raspberry
  4. Mustard
  5. Olive
  6. Amber
  7. Periwinkle
  8. Cinnamon
  9. Marigold
  10. Honey
  11. Saffron
  12. Fuschia
  13. Ginger
  14. Indigo
  15. Jade
  16. Salmon

What other colors come directly from nature? Which ones did I miss? And most importantly, which is your favorite?

How to Participate:

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 of nature’s colors from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using these nature-inspired colorful 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.

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 colors from nature 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. These prompts are the perfect starting point if you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills. 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!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • FPatterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this nature’s color 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 ‘colors from nature’ challenge to look at color, patterns, and values, and add a bit of flair to your projects.

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: challenges, creative challenge, creativity, creativity rut busters, doodle challenge, drawing challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge

Creative Challenge: Sweet Treat Words

January 27, 2023 Leave a Comment

This month’s creative challenge is all about those sweet treat words that make us feel like soothing our sweet tooth (teeth?). So treat yourself to some sweet words and handletter or doodle along with me.

Sweet Treats Food Challenge List

Yummy Treats || Creative Challenge Lettering Challenge Doodle Challenge Watercolor Painting Challenge || Challenge yourself for 20 days to create these yummy treats in your favorite creative style. Start your creative habit! || ChocolateMusings.com
  1. Cotton Candy
  2. Ice Cream
  3. Root Beer Float
  4. S’Mores
  5. Snow Cone
  6. Cupcake
  7. Macaroon
  8. Parfait
  9. Chocolate
  10. Popsicle
  1. Peanut Butter Cups
  2. Cheesecake
  3. Doughnut
  4. Cinnamon Roll
  5. Key Lime Pie
  6. Sugar Cookies
  7. Lollipop
  8. Soda (Choose Your Favorite!)
  9. Strawberry Smoothie
  10. Banana Split

You might notice that I have only 20 options listed for the challenge. I discovered that a 31-day challenge is often overwhelming or is forgotten around the 20th day of the month. Providing 20 prompts helps alleviate the feeling that you got behind in the challenge. So if you miss a day, you don’t feel like you have to play catch-up (you never did!), but now you don’t have to play a mental game with yourself.

Please know that these challenges are made to be a fun way to include a creative practice in your life. Doodle, paint, letter, whatever you do, make it fun, and enjoy the process. Don’t expect a masterpiece every day. Sometimes it’s about learning or trying new techniques. I know the feeling of sitting down to practice painting or doodling and never knowing ‘what to draw’ or what to letter. That’s what these prompts answer – it’s one less thing to decide when trying to establish or continue a creative habit.

Watercolor Doughnuts - Sweet Treats Challenge | ChocolateMusings.com
Ice Cream Sundae Monthly Calendar - Bullet Journal Spread Ideas | ChocolateMusings.com #icecreamsundae #cherry #calendar #monthly
Watercolor Hot Fudge Sundae - Sweet Treats Challenge | ChocolateMusings.com
Watercolor Popsicle - Sweet Treats Challenge | ChocolateMusings.com
Banana split watercolor close up on my journaling page | ChocolateMusings.com #bananasplit #icecream #bujo
Bullet Journal Weeklies Sweet Treats - Ice Cream Sundae Plan With Me | ChocolateMusings.com #bulletjournal #icecream #weeklies
Banana split journaling page in my bullet journal - follows the ice cream theme perfectly! | ChocolateMusings.com #bananasplit #journaling #writeitdown

How to Participate:

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 take 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 sweet treat words from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Sweet Treat Words Not in the Challenge

Here are a few (ahem! a lot!) bonus sweet treat words that didn’t quite fit into the challenge (there are only 20 prompts!) But that doesn’t mean you can’t use these words in a challenge of your own. What other words make you think of when someone wants a sweet?

  • Pinwheels
  • Cobbler
  • Red Velvet Cake
  • Coffee Cake
  • Milk Shake
  • Peppermint Bark
  • Ice Cream Sandwich
  • Jello
  • Jelly Beans
  • Mud Pie
  • Peeps
  • Banana Pudding
  • Candy Necklace
  • Caramel
  • Sherbet
  • Fruit Tart
  • Éclair
  • Canoli
  • Croissant
  • Puff Pastry
  • Scones
  • Danish
  • Fudge
  • Ginger Snaps
  • Baklava
  • Lemon Bars
  • Gummy Bears
  • Tootsie Roll
  • Hot Fudge Sundae
  • Brownies
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Jelly Roll
  • Malt
  • Churro
  • Rice Krispy Treat
  • Layer Cake
  • Hazelnut
  • Ice Cream Cake
  • Bundt Cake
  • Shaved Ice
  • Smoothies
  • Salt Water Taffy
  • Boston Cream Pie
  • Apple Pie
  • Tiramisu
  • Flan
  • Gelato
  • Crème Brulee
  • Turnovers
  • Candy Bar
  • Praline
  • Mints
  • Cake Pops
  • Candy Apple
  • Caramel Apple

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge of creating using these sweet treats-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.

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 sweet treat 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. These prompts are the perfect starting point if you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills. Because it doesn’t matter how they turn out. What’s important is that you try something new. And you don’t have to sit and wonder what to draw because the prompts are provided for you!

For more tricks or inspiration about doodling different sweet treat-related words, check out these posts & resources!

  • June Plan With Me – Ice Cream Theme + Video
  • 10 Easy Halloween Headers in Your Bullet Journal + Video Tutorial

For more Tricks or Inspiration about Handlettering – Check Out These Posts & Resources.

  • 5 Lettering Tips For Beginners – What to Know Before You Pick Up Your Pen
  • Beginning Lettering Supplies
  • Handlettering Fun Styles
  • Essential Handlettering Supplies for Beginners
  • Handlettering Fun Styles

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 various lettering techniques!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • Patterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this sweet treat word 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 sweet treat food word 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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Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

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Hi! I'm Tricia, the creative behind ChocolateMusings.com, I know how it feels to lose your inner muse. After years of darkness (which I call the dark ages of my life), I found my inner muse hiding in the forgotten corners of my soul, I vowed never to lose sight of her again.

Bullet journaling helped reignite the passion for art and living life again while organizing my days. I also discovered modern calligraphy and watercolor. Since then, my use of the bullet journal system has evlolved and I call it 'creative planning'. Here on the blog, I show you how to use your planner to ignite your inner muse and explore creativity and art while staying beautifully organized and living a joyful life.

I invite you to grab some good chocolate and dive into my musings. Let’s ignite your inner muse.

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