May 6, 2020 karen fasimpaur

Summer Creativity Club

These are the activities for our Creativity Club for Adults, which will remain posted here, so you can come back to them as you like.

You may participate in some or all of these activities. Do whatever fits with your time and interest!

Each activity can be done with no, low, or more technology. Activities include writing, drawing, photography, and more.  We introduce each activity with a short video and then you can take it from there. No previous experience or skills needed!

If you participate in any of these activities, we’d appreciate your feedback through this short survey.


Week 6 – Choose your own adventure

This is the last week of our Creativity Club activities, and we’re inviting you to be creative with your own creativity. Choose one of these creative pursuits or come up with your own.

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Here are some other sites with creative suggestions that might inspire you:

Our county library system lets you request books from across the county, and they have books on all of the above topics and more!

            

And some of our branch libraries have Creativity in a Box kits that you can check out with instructions and supplies for projects like button making, digital photography, paper crafts, and more!

The sky’s the limit!


Week 5 – Mini-Books

This week we’re making mini-books!

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Here are some additional resources:

And if you are interested in more on bookmaking:


Week 4 – Doodle Art

Doodling can be a great way to exercise your creativity, and it has also been found to have cognitive benefits.

Credit: Kesh Studios, www.keshart.in

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Doodling can be done many ways and with many tools (pencil, pen, markers, chalk). To get the most benefits, try choosing a different  subject to doodle each day. You don’t have to spend much time on this – 5-10 minutes should be enough (unless you want to spend more). You can choose from the list below, a daily doodle list (examples below), or subjects of your own choosing.

  • flowers
  • abstract designs
  • fruit
  • a map
  • lettering
  • a comic
  • a car
  • what makes you happy

    Credit: Giulia Forsythe

  • summer
  • a calendar
  • movement
  • a tool
  • a hat
  • a giraffe
  • a game
  • music
  • trees
  • a prize
  • exercise
  • shoes
  • home
  • shapes
  • your love

Links:

Other notes:

Credit: Sarah Honeychurch

Credit: Susan Watson

Credit: Susan Watson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Week 3 -Rock Painting

This week we’re painting rocks!

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After you have your rock painted, you can keep it, put it in a garden (your own or a kindness rock garden near you), or hide it for someone else to find. This is a lovely way to spread some kindness in the world.

Ideas from GoRock.com

Special thanks this week to all the folks who paint and share rocks, especially Sheri Parizek Zimpelman, Sue Parizek, and the admins and members of all the Facebook rock painting groups (links to local groups below).

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Other notes:


Week 2 – Photo Challenges

This week is all about photography. We have ideas for all levels and all equipment, including mobile phones.

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Here are some photo challenges for you to try. Do whichever ones seem interesting to you. (Here is a printable list.)

Simple

  • Take a selfie that shows you in your “happy place”
  • Make a photo of a tower of rocks
  • Take of a photo of your pet
  • Make a photo of some fabulous food
  • Take a photo of a person in mid-air
  • Make a photo that uses leading lines
  • Make a photo using the rule of thirds
  • Make a photo that shows perspective
  • Take a portrait that shows someone’s true character

Medium

  • Take a selfie in which you are hidden in the photo (examples here)

    This photo shows depth of field in the sharp focus of the nearby flower and the lack of focus on the background.

  • Make a new photo “old” (You might make it black and white or sepia tone or digitally damage or burn the edges. Examples here.)
  • Take a photo that shows depth of field
  • Make a photo that tells a story
  • Combine two photos to show someone or something in an unlikely location
  • Photograph something very small up close (macro photography which can be done with a cell phone but get closer don’t zoom!)
  • Photograph a paper cutout in an interesting scene (amazing examples here)
  • Take a picture that shows a hidden face in nature (for example, in the clouds)

More involved

  • Make a movie from photographs
  • Make a light painting
  • Make a time lapse movie
  • Make a picture that is intentionally blurred to show motion
  • Make a photo with an interesting special effect filter (watercolor painting, pop art, etc.)

    An example of light painting

  • Make a stop motion movie
  • Take a panorama photo in which you appear multiple times (as a clone. Examples and more info here.)

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Other notes:


Week 1: June 1 – Making Postcards

This week we’re making postcards! They’re easy, fun, and creative to make, and a joy to receive.

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Links:

  • Postcrossing – An international postcard exchange project
  • Touchnote – Let’s you create personalized postcards from your own photos; They print and mail the cards, and you pay about $3 per card or less with a subscription.
  • Shutterfly – Print postcards (or other items) from your designs and photos; quantities as low as 1 for $1.63 each (lower cost for bigger quantities)
  • Moo – Print high quality postcards (or other items) from your designs and photos; quantities as low as 25 for $.84 each (lower cost for bigger quantities)
  • You can also buy blank postcards from either the USPS or on Amazon
  • Post office regulations for postcards; also more info here

Other notes:

  • In addition to whatever art you might put on your postcard, the written note is a great opportunity to express your creativity. Just a few words can say so much!
  • If you’re interested in making thank you cards for local health care workers, contact Karen for more information.
  • If you participated in this activity, we’d love your feedback through this very short survey. (This is valuable data for our grant.)
  • Don’t forget to share what you make by email, on Facebook, or here.

This project is supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.