Fun for Friday: May 2024 Writing Prompts
Time for another month worth of writing prompts!
It’s my favorite time of year, MerMay, so the first column is the MerMay 2024 prompts! MerMay is a mermaid-related art challenge, so all of these words are meant to be combined with merfolk of some sort. There are a couple of named individuals in this year’s list, so you may need to look them up if you’re not already familiar with them.
The second column is the May 2023 prompts from Doodlewash, which I didn’t include in last May’s prompts. This one has some specific animals with which folks might not be familiar, depending on where you are in the world.
Finally, the third column is from Natural Beach Living, which is one I’ve used before on occasion, but not this particular list. I’ve modified a couple of their prompts to be single words or shorter phrases, but you can always find their full prompts at the link above.
There’s a bit of overlap between the lists this month, as it seems a lot of folks have warm weather and comforting things on the mind. I’ve put asterisks in the places where there’s either direct or indirect by thematic overlap, which includes an asterisk on “mermaid” since all of the MerMay prompts are ostensibly related to mermaids.
Check back on the last Friday of each month (or occasionally the first day of a new month, when that falls on a Friday) for my History That Never Was writing prompts!
Day | Word 1 | Word 2 | Word 3 |
1 | Lei | Fern | Tulips |
2 | Hula | Okapi | Cake |
3 | Toe beans | Bird of Paradise | Sun |
4 | Force | Coconut* | Yellow |
5 | Toy | Khaki | Graduation hat |
6 | Dolly | Cocoa pods* | Pig |
7 | DalĂ | Hammock | Flower pot |
8 | Kaiju | Boots | Barn |
9 | Couture | Parakeet | Chocolate* |
10 | Water dragon | Porcupine | Zucchini |
11 | Cowboy | Geranium | Planets |
12 | Bluey | Village | Sunflower |
13 | Coconut* | Boat | Curtains |
14 | Mythology | Basket | Insect |
15 | Coral | Passionfruit | Corn |
16 | Bridgerton | Coffee* | Dinosaur |
17 | Anime | Sunset | Cardinal |
18 | smol | Beach | Mermaid* |
19 | Jade | Ginger | Book |
20 | Zendaya | Magnifying glass | Cellphone |
21 | Sequential | Hut | Historical |
22 | Lagoon | Butterfly | Giraffe |
23 | John Musker | Big cat | Unicorn |
24 | Feline | Salamander | Coffee beans* |
25 | Fart | Waterfall | Palm tree |
26 | Tea | Piranha | Lightning bugs |
27 | Honor | Ruins | Eiffel Tower |
28 | Birthday | Philodendron | Laptop |
29 | Boujee | Trees | LEGOs |
30 | Coastal Grandma | Dogs | Comic |
31 | Aloha | Vines | Zebra |
Comments