Welcome to our second Instagram Challenge! The prompt ideas might help you if you get stuck on what to do. Don’t forget you can search on Instagram for #StepIntoSummer22 for inspiration too!
Instagram Challenge Prompt Ideas
1st – Step into Summer
Easy start for the first day – just let everyone know you’ll be doing the challenge and encourage others to take part too. Share the list of prompts (and hashtag), either as the main post image, or if you’d rather keep things in line with your own grid aesthetic you can make it the second post in Instagram carousel and create your own announcement cover pic, or maybe even just include your favorites Instagram summery photo!
4th Dream Holiday
If time and money were no object, where would you go and what would you do? Or maybe you’ve already enjoyed your dream holiday?
5th On the Beach/by the Water
What do you like to do when you get to the water?
6th Summer Scent
What is the most evocative scent of summer to you? Freshly cut grass, Summer flowers, the coconut smell of sunscreen, or the salty smell of the ocean…
7th Flowers/In the Garden
Do you like gardening? Do you have a garden? a window box? Is your dream day out a visit to Hampton Court or Kew?
8th Summer Selfie
Shades on or off?!
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11th Summer Wardrobe
Favorite summer outfit, accessories, jewelry, sunglasses, flip flops, festival hats etc.
12th Picnics
What’s in your picnic basket?
13th Animal Friends
How do you keep your pets cool in the summer? If you don’t have a pet what are your favorite animals?
14th Summer Quote
Hit us with your favourite quote!
15th Shades of Summer
Open to interpretation, this one is all about colour! Favourite colours, most inspiring colours, colours that are most reminiscent of this time of year for you, etc
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18th Summers Past
A chance to get nostalgic and share your favourite memories or most missed things about the summers of yesteryear.
19th Summer Playlist
What are your top tunes for the summer or what do you like to listen to? Maybe list your
top three, five or ten etc. Do you like live music maybe, or even play or sing in a band?
20th Hometown/Staycation
A chance to big-up and shout out your local area! If anyone was coming to visit the area near where you live, what sort of places could they go and visit and what sort of attractions
would you recommend? You may well make connections with other people in the same area as you, or even provide inspiration to those who are visiting your way this summer!
21st The Weather/Feeling Hot
Every British person loves to talk about the weather in summer!
22nd School’s Out
Are you a parent or maybe even a teacher/school worker who is looking forward to the long break, or do you struggle to occupy little ones for such a long period? Do you have any
survival tips for anyone who might be dreading this part of summer? Or maybe take a step back in time to your own school days and recall how you felt on those magical last days of
term as a child…
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25th Travelling Companions
Who goes with you on your travels or who will you be spending your summer with? Or alternatively who would be your perfect companions if you could choose anybody – maybe
a celebrity/celebrities or a famous person from fiction or history.
26th Summer Reading
What will you be reading this summer? Do you have any recommendations or are you looking for suggestions? Are you a traditional paper person, or do you use a kindle or prefer
audiobooks? Do you like reading fact or fiction?
27th Summer Nights
How do you spend your evenings in the summer? Are you an indoors or outdoor kind of a person? Do you go to festivals or like to eat al fresco?
28th Summer Menu
What’s is your perfect Summer meal?
29th Plans for August
It’s also OK to have no plans!
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Top Tips:
There is no right or wrong answer to any of the prompts. It’s all open to interpretation and you can either take them literally or choose to think outside the box a little.
This is designed to be a lighthearted and relaxed challenge, and offers not only plenty of scope for post ideas for those who have been a bit stuck with social media lately, but also
a chance to showcase a little more about you and spark conversation with followers.
These challenge prompts are a particularly good way to add in a ‘call to action’ and create engagement with your audience by asking them their thoughts or opinions, or perhaps encouraging them to give their own answers on the subject. Don’t forget that if you do this you really need to be prepared to check back and answer anyone who takes the time to leave a comment!
Remember to take the time to research new hashtags relevant to the subject matter. These are still a very useful way to reach a fresh audience and potentially find new followers. Social media challenges allow you to post about things you wouldn’t normally so take advantage of that opportunity and branch out a little from your usual niche.
There is no pressure to post every day or do every post. You can skip some, do them on a different day or even combine two or more together if you wish. There are no posts over the weekends either so these can be used as catch-up days for any you miss.
You don’t need to post to your main grid either – you can use stories instead to add short duration posts, or maybe even reels. Get creative, and have fun with it! And any posts you don’t want to keep on your page permanently can simply be archived and hidden from view later on.
