Moon Phase Collage Prompts - An Art Ritual for Every Phase
If the moon can move oceans, it can move you, too!
Whether you’re riding a creative high or curled up in hermit mode, every phase of the moon brings a different kind of magic. These Moon Phase Collage Prompts help you align with that energy by cutting, pasting, journaling, and letting your inner mystic speak.
NEW MOON:
Begin Again
Theme: • Plant Seeds • Dream Big • Start Small
Collage Prompt: Cut out symbols, colors, or words that represent what you want to invite into your life.
Try This: Write your intention at the center of the page and build the collage around it.
Ritual Add-on: Light a white candle, say your intention out loud, and seal it with a sticker, stamp, or pressed flower.
WAXING CRESCENT:
Build Momentum
Theme: • Take Inspired Action • Nurture New Ideas
Collage Prompt: Create a collage that represents what support looks like. Images that represent guidance, growth, or the tools you need/want.
Try This: Add affirmations in the margins. Think: “I am learning,” “I am becoming,” “I am open.”
Ritual Add-on: Write a one-sentence note to your future self. Tuck it behind your collage and read it on the next Full Moon to see your progress.
FIRST QUARTER:
Take the Leap
Theme: • Courage • Commitment
• Movement Through Resistance
Collage Prompt: Show what bravery looks like to you. Use bold shapes, angular lines, or clashing colors to express tension and drive.
Try This: Include an image or word that symbolizes a fear, and surround it with symbols of strength.
Ritual Add-on: Burn a small piece of paper with your fear written on it (safely!) and bury the ashes under your collage page.
WAXING GIBBOUS:
Refine + Focus
Theme: • Edit • Perfect • Align
Collage Prompt: Create a page of refinement. What needs adjustment, clarity, or polish? Use textures, images, or words that feel organized, clear, or purposeful.
Try This: Journal on “What am I fine-tuning?”
Ritual Add-on: Hold your collage and speak your intention out loud. Then, trim or adjust one part of it, symbolizing your willingness to refine and realign before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON:
Celebrate + Release
Theme: • Shine • Express • Let go
Collage Prompt: Make a radiant, overflowing page. Include what you’re proud of and what you’re ready to release.
Try This: Tear paper instead of cutting, doing so will show the rawness and release.
Ritual Add-on: Dance, sing, or speak your release aloud before sealing your collage with gold ink or metallic stickers.
WANING GIBBOUS:
Reflect + Share
Theme: • Gratitude • Processing • Integration
Collage Prompt: Create a “harvest page” of lessons learned. Include faces, quotes, or nature images that bring comfort.
Try This: Journal on “What have I learned?” and tuck your writing behind the collage like a secret letter.
Ritual Add-on: Light a gratitude candle and leave the page on your altar or nightstand for three days.
LAST QUARTER:
Release + Recalibrate
Theme: • Surrender • Boundaries • Detox
Collage Prompt: Build a visual release ritual. Black and white images, negative space, or words you’re DONE with.
Try This: Create a “tear-away” page. Cut your collage into pieces after finishing, then glue them back together in a different arrangement.
Ritual Add-on: Take a salt bath before or after, allowing the water to carry away your emotional debris.
WANING CRESCENT:
Rest + Dream
Theme: • Restore • Rest • Prepare For Rebirth
Collage Prompt: Make a dreamy page. Soft tones, sleepy symbols, dream-like figures.
Try This: Create your own oracle card with a phrase like “The Quiet Knows” or “Let It All Fall Away.”
Ritual Add-on: Meditate or nap with your collage under your pillow or near your bed. Let your dreams finish the ritual.
Final Thoughts:
The Moon, Your Magic
You don’t need fancy supplies to begin. All you need is a blank page, your intuition, and a willingness to play. The moon has always been there, guiding us through cycles of growth, release, and return.
• Start Small • One Image • One Word • One Quiet Moment Of Reflection
Let your collage become a mirror, a spell, a story… whatever your soul needs right now.
No rules. No perfection. Just presence.
And if you ever want help creating your own moon-aligned collage practice, I’ll be here with ideas, prompts, and seasonal inspiration to keep your magic flowing.
Until then, cut, paste, breathe, repeat.
