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Joyful Creators Club

October 2025: All creativity prompts

This month's theme is spooky, Irish-inspired art for Samhain. There are a couple of September prompts lumped in with this month's, since October 2025 is where our creativity prompts start!

Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Soundful Sunday prompt for September 28, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: SEP 28, 2025 | SOUNDFUL SUNDAY PROMPT. The origin story behind “Monster Mash”. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

September 28, 2025

Did you know the hit Halloween tune "The Monster Mash" was originally titled "Monster Mashed Potato"?
SOUNDFUL SUNDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Maker Monday prompt for September 29, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: SEP 29, 2025 | MAKER MONDAY PROMPT. Dangerous Victorian fashion trends. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

September 29, 2025

The Victorian era is famous for many things, including its dangerous fashion practices and accessories.
MAKER MONDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Artistic Tuesday prompt for September 30, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: SEP 30, 2025 | ARTISTIC TUESDAY PROMPT. The first depiction of a witch on a broomstick. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

September 30, 2025

One of the first depictions of witches riding brooms comes from a 15th century manuscript of a French poem, Le Champion des Dames.
ARTISTIC TUESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Worldly Wednesday prompt for October 1, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 1, 2025 | WORLDLY WEDNESDAY PROMPT. The most haunted forest in the world. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 1, 2025

One of the most haunted places on earth is named for a shepherd who disappeared from the area without a trace 200 years ago.
WORLDLY WEDNESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Lit Thursday prompt for October 2, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 2, 2025 | LIT THURSDAY PROMPT. a poem, a song & a video created over 2 centuries. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 2, 2025

This fan-made music video of a song inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” is nearly 200 years in the making.
LIT THURSDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Framework Friday prompt for October 3, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 3, 2025 | FRAMEWORK FRIDAY PROMPT. The most haunted house in Ireland. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 3, 2025

Ireland’s Loftus Hall is rumored to be haunted by several spirits, including the Devil himself.
FRAMEWORK FRIDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Spectacle Saturday prompt for October 4, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 4, 2025 | SPECTACLE SATURDAY PROMPT. The hidden history behind Scooby-Doo. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 4, 2025

Scooby Doo almost didn’t get made — because the first version was deemed “too frightening to put on air”.
SPECTACLE SATURDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Soundful Sunday prompt for October 5, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 5, 2025 | SOUNDFUL SUNDAY PROMPT. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 5, 2025

This dramatic country ballad has it all: a cheating wife, a back-stabbing best friend, a triple murder, and a satisfying twist at the end.
SOUNDFUL SUNDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Maker Monday prompt for October 6, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 6, 2025 | MAKER MONDAY PROMPT. Mourning attire history & traditions. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 6, 2025

The practice of wearing mourning attire while grieving the loss of a loved one is common in many cultures.
MAKER MONDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Artistic Tuesday prompt for October 7, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 7, 2025 | ARTISTIC TUESDAY PROMPT. The Cottingley Fairies: an early art hoax. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 7, 2025

One of the earliest instances of "photoshopping", the Cottingley Fairies are a wonderfully whimsical creation made in 1917 by 2 young girls, Elsie and Frances.
ARTISTIC TUESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Worldly Wednesday prompt for October 8, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 8, 2025 | WORLDLY WEDNESDAY PROMPT. Creative camouflage & World Octopus Day. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 8, 2025

Today’s World Octopus Day. What better way to celebrate than with this stunning snap from photographer Nick Brice?
WORLDLY WEDNESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Lit Thursday prompt for October 9, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 9, 2025 | LIT THURSDAY PROMPT. coffin naps & other quirky creativity rituals. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 9, 2025

From coffin naps to bathtime apples, quirky creative rituals are common among famous artists.
LIT THURSDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Framework Friday prompt for October 10, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 10, 2025 | FRAMEWORK FRIDAY PROMPT. The Knife Angel: tragic and unconventional. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 10, 2025

The Knife Angel is a sculpture created from a tragic and unconventional medium: weapons used in violent crimes.
FRAMEWORK FRIDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Spectacle Saturday prompt for October 11, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 11, 2025 | SPECTACLE SATURDAY PROMPT. The horrific legacy of Madame Tussaud. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 11, 2025

Now, Madame Tussaud is synonymous with a whimsical tourist attraction — but the real woman’s backstory is quite macabre.
SPECTACLE SATURDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Soundful Sunday prompt for October 12, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 12, 2025 | SOUNDFUL SUNDAY PROMPT. The harp of Aillen, fire-breathing faerie. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 12, 2025

In Ireland, Aillen — a fire-breathing faerie deity and musician — wreaked havoc on the sacred Hill of Tara using his harp.
SOUNDFUL SUNDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Maker Monday prompt for October 13, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 13, 2025 | MAKER MONDAY PROMPT. The original jack-o-lantern. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 13, 2025

Pumpkins weren’t always the symbol of spooky season. Originally, jack-o-lanterns were carved from turnips.
MAKER MONDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Artistic Tuesday prompt for October 14, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 14, 2025 | ARTISTIC TUESDAY PROMPT. William Blake’s Great Red Dragon. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 14, 2025

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed by the Sun is one of a series of paintings by William Blake inspired by tales in the Book of Revelation.
ARTISTIC TUESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Worldly Wednesday prompt for October 15, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 15, 2025 | WORLDLY WEDNESDAY PROMPT. The Poison Garden: look, but don’t touch!. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 15, 2025

A handful of “poison gardens” around the world are home to dozens of toxic plant species. Some poison gardens, like The Alnwick Garden in England, welcome public tours — as long as visitors follow the strict rules!
WORLDLY WEDNESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Lit Thursday prompt for October 16, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 16, 2025 | LIT THURSDAY PROMPT. The Song of the Witches. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 16, 2025

The Song of the Witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the most famous examples of witchy literature out there.
LIT THURSDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Framework Friday prompt for October 17, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 17, 2025 | FRAMEWORK FRIDAY PROMPT. Haunted cemetery statues. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 17, 2025

Haunted cemetery statues — like “Eternal Silence” — are the perfect settings for ghost stories and urban legends.
FRAMEWORK FRIDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Spectacle Saturday prompt for October 18, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 18, 2025 | SPECTACLE SATURDAY PROMPT. Community: A masterclass in Halloween comedy. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 18, 2025

Horror, but make it funny: what the Halloween episodes of hit TV show “Community” can teach us about creativity.
SPECTACLE SATURDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Soundful Sunday prompt for October 19, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 19, 2025 | SOUNDFUL SUNDAY PROMPT. A “happy-sounding tune” about the end of the world. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 19, 2025

The hit song “Bad Moon Rising” by Credence Clearwater Revival is a “happy-sounding tune” about the end of the world.
SOUNDFUL SUNDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Maker Monday prompt for October 20, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 20, 2025 | MAKER MONDAY PROMPT. The origin of the Halloween costume. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 20, 2025

During Samhain, ancient Celtic pagans would dress up in costumes to ward off evil spirits, ghosts, and all “Otherworldly” spirits.
MAKER MONDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Artistic Tuesday prompt for October 21, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 21, 2025 | ARTISTIC TUESDAY PROMPT. The Garden of Death. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 21, 2025

Hugo Simberg’s The Garden of Death puts a playful spin on the idea of purgatory and the afterlife.
ARTISTIC TUESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Worldly Wednesday prompt for October 22, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 22, 2025 | WORLDLY WEDNESDAY PROMPT. The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 22, 2025

The Bermuda Triangle is a peculiar patch of Atlantic Ocean that’s been swallowing up ships since at least Shakespeare’s day.

WORLDLY WEDNESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Lit Thursday prompt for October 23, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 23, 2025 | LIT THURSDAY PROMPT. Ancient Greece & the origins of horror lit. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 23, 2025

You may not associate popular literary characters like the Cyclops and Oedipus Rex with horror lit, but these and other ancient Greek characters are sparkling examples of the genre.

LIT THURSDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Framework Friday prompt for October 24, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 24, 2025 | FRAMEWORK FRIDAY PROMPT. Kyteler’s Inn: 700 years of haunted history. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 24, 2025

Tucked away along the back cobblestone alleys of Kilkenny, Ireland, is a medieval pub that’s steeped in history, mystery, and magic.
FRAMEWORK FRIDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Spectacle Saturday prompt for October 25, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 25, 2025 | SPECTACLE SATURDAY PROMPT. Hocus Pocus and the magic of talking animals. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 25, 2025

The Halloween film that needs no introduction, Hocus Pocus (1993) is a beloved spooky season flick with tons of rewatch value.
SPECTACLE SATURDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Soundful Sunday prompt for October 26, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 26, 2025 | SOUNDFUL SUNDAY PROMPT. “A Little Piece of Heaven”. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 26, 2025

Necrophilia, revenge, and romance — Avenged Sevenfold’s 2007 track “A Little Piece of Heaven” has it all. Described as “avant-garde metal” by Wikipedia, this string-heavy track is just as whimsical as it is wince-inducing.
SOUNDFUL SUNDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Maker Monday prompt for October 27, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 27, 2025 | MAKER MONDAY PROMPT. Happy accidents & intentional mistakes. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 27, 2025

According to internet legend, you leave a piece of your soul in everything you crochet. The only way to free it? Slip a mistake into your work.
MAKER MONDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Artistic Tuesday prompt for October 28, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 28, 2025 | ARTISTIC TUESDAY PROMPT. The tragic origins of Frida Kahlo’s painting career. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 28, 2025

Did you know Frida Kahlo originally specialized in sketching and wanted to be a medical illustrator? She started painting while recovering from a serious accident at 18 years old.
ARTISTIC TUESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Worldly Wednesday prompt for October 29, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 29, 2025 | WORLDLY WEDNESDAY PROMPT. Hawthorn trees: gateways to faerie worlds. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 29, 2025

According to Irish legend, hawthorn trees are the gateways to the faerie world.

WORLDLY WEDNESDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Lit Thursday prompt for October 30, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 30, 2025 | LIT THURSDAY PROMPT. Friendly fire: The origins of “Frankenstein”. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 30, 2025

What inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein, one of the most famous science fiction works of all time? A writing competition between friends!
LIT THURSDAY
Featured graphic for Joyful Creators Club’s Framework Friday prompt for October 31, 2025. The text on the graphic reads: OCT 31, 2025 | FRAMEWORK FRIDAY PROMPT. The Hill of Tlachtga: Where Halloween began. JOYFUL CREATORS CLUB.

October 31, 2025

The Hill of Tlachtga (aka the Hill of Ward) in County Meath, Ireland, was an important ritual site for ancient Celtic druids — and the birthplace of Halloween.
FRAMEWORK FRIDAY