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

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.

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?

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!

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

Crayola Markers

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

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.