A box of prompts

Putting together a box of prompts is an easy way to help residents start to think more creatively. You could include:

Photographs

Newspaper articles

Food packaging

Natural objects (feathers, moss, etc)

Old keys

Pebbles and shells

Brightly coloured sweet wrappers

Ask residents to pick something out of the box and encourage them to talk about the object. They could write a poem about it, write down their memories of it, or create a story about what they’ve found.

The possibilities are endless!