Creative Thinking Prompts

Use these quick prompts to jumpstart the mind.

What are 10 things I want to learn?

What are 10 things lying around that no one is using?

Once upon a time…

Explain a flower to someone who has never seen or heard of one before.

Are you more like a circle or a square? Why?

If people could not see colors, how would traffic lights work? Design a traffic system that does not rely on colors.

Name 5 things you could do with 100 pound watermelon.

If I could change one thing about myself it would be…

If you had 3 wishes, what would they be?

Make 21 dots on a paper without looking at it. Now create something out of those random dots.

If you could rename the color yellow, what would you name it?

If you could read minds, name one person whose mind you don’t want to read and why.

Describe or draw yourself as an original superhero. What’s your superpower?

Describe or draw yourself as you see you.

What could happen if it always rained on Saturdays?

There once was a little boy who ate nothing but oranges. What happened to him?

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? 

If you had a time machine, where would you visit first — the past or the future? Why?

If you could invent a TV show, what would it be about?

Invent a new type of cookie. What does it taste like?

You win a million dollars, but there’s a catch — you have to spend it all in 24 hours, or you lose all the money. What do you do?

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