A Field Guide to Friendly Household Phenomena
Document the imaginary creatures that quietly inhabit your home.
Time: 30–60 minutes
Meet the Cable Nestling or Laundry Chair Guardian. You can build this field guide one entry at a time with supplies you already own.
What you need
- paper
- pen
Optional supplies
- colored pencils
Try this idea
- Divide a page into four roomy sections, or use four separate pages.
- Invent four friendly household beings based on ordinary shapes or small messes.
- For each, add a simple sketch, its habitat, and one sign that it has visited.
- Give each being one kindness it appreciates, such as a sunny patch or a gently untangled cable.
- Title the guide and choose your favorite entry. Leave unfinished sections for another day.
A smaller version
Make just one entry with a name and a sentence.
A good place to stop
One named creature with a habitat is a valid first edition.
Make it work for you
Use words without pictures, large sketches without labels, or voice notes. Rest between entries.
Another way in
Make a field guide to imaginary weather inside a room.