24 December daily art prompts to reduce stress, connect with your creativity and find the fun this festive season

Dear gentle reader,

You are cordially invited

to join me

for just 5 minutes of daily creativity

during the festive season.

creatively yours,

Ellen the Art therapist

Over on my Facebook 'Art therapy with Ellen' page I will be hosting

24 Days of daily art prompts to inspire and accompany you all the way up to Christmas Eve.

There will be posts and short videos of me introducing the art prompt for the day. Throwing ego to the wind I will even share my artistic results in the comments.

I know it can be a busy time and I definitely know it is a stressful time for many of us.

Especially those of us living with chronic health conditions or anxiety.

All the more reason to make a little bit of space for yourself to play with art.

What you make doesn't need to be deep and it definitely doesn't need to be a masterpiece.

But it might make you and me smile. That's the hope anyway.

So sit down with a cuppa and dedicate 5 minutes to creativity.

Share your pics or describe what the prompt makes you think about.

Of course you are more than welcome to just follow along.

But I hope the art will allow us to connect, lower our stress levels and carve out a bit of me time this Christmas season.

Think of this daily art challenge as my Art therapist way of sharing a little bit of light and care in the best way I can, with art.

Here are the prompts. Some tricky ones among them but there should be something to get the creative cogs turning for everyone.

Join in, you know you want to :)

Ellen