By Brooke Brinker, Social Media Manager
Adding “whimsy” to your day has become a social media trend on TikTok and Instagram. It is a wholesome, cute trend where people will post how they are adding whimsical things to their day. Whimsical means playful or fanciful in an amusing way.
If you want to participate in this wholesome trend, here are little ways you can add some “whimsy” to your days!
In the mornings, when you make your morning coffee, add some fun colorful sprinkles. It adds some happiness and romanticizes your day more. For breakfast, on Pinterest and TikTok, people are cutting their fruit into letters to spell out the day of the week. For example, people are cutting bananas to spell out “Friday”. It is a creative and fun idea. If you prefer iced coffee, a huge trend right now is bejeweling your coffee cup. This adds some more celebration and whimsy to your ordinary day and routine.
It is always good to switch your routine up and celebrate life and a new day, and by doing these simple cute little things, you are doing exactly that.
Another activity that adds some “whimsy’ to your day are simple crafts! For example, painting homemade cards, decorating the back of hairbrushes, or doodling your grocery list! Adding a little craft in your week helps you get away from scrolling to do something fun instead. Life can be so serious, so adding whimsical activities will make your weeks brighter.
RamyaSri Golakoti, a graduate assistant, said, “Most of the time, I think the people around me add whimsy to my week. Even though I’m a graduate assistant, a full-time student, and also have internships, my roommates, friends, and colleagues always seem to come up with something fun to do or a plan to make the week more exciting.”
The idea of the trend is to add some silliness, nostalgia, and fun activities in your day. People online will show off crafts they have done, such as their bejeweled coffee cups or paper banners. Some host “Fancy Nancy” birthday parties, where people dress up like the book character, “Fancy Nancy”, with mix match patterns, lots of colors, boas, and exaggerated hairstyles. At these “Fancy Nancy” birthday parties, there are colorful decorations and activities, such as decorating crowns or fairy wands.
Golakoti said, “I like that the trend encourages people to be more playful, creative, and expressive in their everyday lives.”
Even adding something simple in your weeks can help, like buying fresh flowers, watching your favorite childhood movie while cleaning your room, or a simple color walk, picking one color and finding that color throughout your walk. All these activities are adding something whimsical to your day.
You are never too old to add something nostalgic, silly, and cute to your day! Add some “Whimsy” to your week.
