There have been a plethora of art challenges online lately. There was the National Poetry Month Challenge at AllPoetry.com and Karine’s April Drawing Challenge at LiveJournal—both of which were super fun and challenging.

I’ve also been following the GPP Street Team Monthly Creativity Crusade hosted by Michelle Ward and the awesome Inspire Me Thursday Challenge recently. And all artists should check out iHanna’s blog if they haven’t already—most notably, a recent posting of 100 ideas to spark creative action.

Then there’s a new summer challenge I ran across today, which looks like an amazing ball of fun. Daisy Yellow has a four-part creative experiment challenge that’s great for kids, adults or both together. Part 1 discusses a variety of ways to embark on creative experiments with a list of general ideas. Part 2 provides a list of general ideas to try this year if you haven’t already, as well as the benefits of getting creative. Part 3, my favorite section, has a list of very specific, ingenious things to do, from making an according quote book to glaze pen masking. Part 4 sums up the challenge with another list of general ideas in a quiz-type form.

I hope this list inspires you to create your own summer creativity challenge! If you don’t want to follow any of the ones above, or feel like they may be too complicated, feel free to create your own. Go by items in your Living To Do list, or think of all the creative and artistic things you’ve wanted to try but haven’t yet.

For example, have you ever tried any of the following?

• Puppeteering
• Embroidery
• Melting crayons & using the wax as a medium (We do this on rocks!)
• Painting or drawing a song you’re listening to
• Making paper
• Found art—using trash, acorns, paperclips, etc.
• Tie-dying
• Creating jewelry from nature, such as dandelion necklaces
• Writing a song—or a lesser-known form of poetry
• Wood carving
• Sand art
• Played a toddler game (we are sooo into Cranium games right now at our house)
• Making candles
• Making magic “wands” out of thin fallen tree branches—or pipe cleaners

Kerri Smith also has some incredible guides that you may want to check out for ideas, including The Guerilla Art Kit, How to Be an Explorer of the World, and Wreck This Journal.

What are your summer projects? Do you have your own challenge in mind? Tell us about it below!