By the book nook
Reader:
Invent a new word or three for emotions that don't have names yet - like the frustration or sadness of when you have to close the book you're reading because you have to sleep.
Prompted:
Choose a book. Keeping your eyes closed, open the book to a random page and put your finger down. Whatever the word/phrase is that you land on is your creation prompt.
Blackout:
Using a damaged book, magazine, or piece of junk mail, create a blackout piece, glue it to a stiffer card back, and mail it to a friend - or someone who needs a pick-me-up - anonymously.
TBR:
Big TBR pile? Make it a project to read the first page of a different unread book.
Altered:
Transform old books into works of art by altering their pages, covers, and bindings through collage, painting, cutting, folding, blackout, and more.
Random:
Turn to any page of a book and choose one sentence at random and use it as a creative prompt in some way for your journal, a piece of art, or a song.
Unread:
Devote your day to reading a book you've been wanting to read but haven't gotten around to.
Challenge:
Engage in a reading challenge with friends or family
Started:
Finish a book you started but haven't completed.
Finished:
Leave a book or magazine you've finished reading on a public bench or in a waiting room.
Cast:
Pick a book you enjoyed that's never been made into a film, and cast its film.
Date:
Take yourself on a solo reading date in a local botanical garden or park.
Illustrate:
Think of a scene from a book. Illustrate it in some way. Describe it.
Short:
Read a short story by an author you've never read before.
Read:
Start a book based on a true story, by a local author, from a genre you've never read before, or a book with a one-word title.
Hometown:
Enjoy a book, song, or poem set in or around your hometown.
Cut outs:
Cut out shapes or words from book pages and attach them to a mobile structure, creating a kinetic art piece.
Redo:
Redesign the cover of a favourite book.
Inspiration:
Make a cartoon inspired by something you read - news, human interest, educational, a book, a sign, a pamphlet, etc.
Short:
Read a short story by an author you've never read before.
Date:
Take yourself on a solo reading date in a local botanical garden or park.
Foldover:
Carve some intricate designs into the pages of an old/damaged book, or do some folding art with it.
Mixed media:
Combine book pages with other materials like paint, ink, fabric, or found objects.
Fleurs:
Make a creative piece using old book pages and pressed flowers.
Junk journal:
Make a journal using found paper and bind it yourself.
Artist:
Create your own artist's book, incorporating your artwork, poetry, stories, and notes.
First / Last:
Put together a story from the first (and/or last) lines of your favourite books and stories.
Wearable:
Transform book pages into wearable art by turning them into pendants, earrings, bracelets, or make beads of the paper and string them.
Cover:
Use an old or damaged map as a cover for a journal, scrapbook, photo album, or something else.