Creating a writing prompt is super easy with these mix and match story ideas. Created for students in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, this free printable worksheet helps make creative writing fun! Kids can customize their creative writing prompts to create silly stories that engage their imaginations.
How to use this worksheet
Simply choose an item from each writing prompt column and add it to this super easy story writing formula: WHO + wants WHAT+ but WHY NOT.
Example writing prompt:
A Goliath Beetle (WHO) wants to become a voice impersonator (WHAT), but he has an attack of the hiccups (WHY NOT).
Create countless fun writing prompts from the tables below or print the writing prompts worksheet. Also, try our lesson plans.
Printable creative writing prompts for kids PDF
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Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
Printable creative writing prompts for kids PDF
Animal
- Hippo
- Puppy
- Shark
- Dinosaur
- Penguin
Insect
- Ladybug
- Spider
- Goliath Beetle
Vehicle
- Sports Car
- Dump Truck
- Motorcycle
Occupation
- Ballerina
- Astronaut
- PE Teacher
- Scientist
- Pirate
Fantasy Creature
- Wizard
- Unicorn
- Fairy
- Zombie
- Alien
Courtly Person
- Knight
- Princess
- Noble Steed
Object/Thing
- Blob of Goo
- Bubble
- Super Hero’s Cape
- Robot
Toy
- Chess Piece
- Doll
- Remote Control Car
- Box of Crayons
- Book
Person
- Super Stink Boy
- Grandpa
- Baby Genius
- Student
- Viking
Food
- Marshmallow
- Tater Tot
- Meatball
- Deep-fried Candy Bar
Plant
- Sunflower
- Meat-eating Plant
- Apple Tree
- Get what He/She has Always Wanted
- Become a Dancer
- Invent Something
- Ride a Roller Coaster
- Travel to a New Planet
- Be Bigger or Smaller
- Make a Friend
- Bend Air and Water
- Ride a Camel
- Build a Catapult
- Rule the World
- Win a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
- Build a New Home
- Make Disco Clothes Fashionable Again
- Become a Voice Impersonator
- Tame a Tazmanian Devil
- Save the World
- Journey to the Amazon
- Enjoy a Very Lazy Day
- Bake a Cake
- Overcome a Fear of Something
- Rescue a Stranded Kitten
- Become a Master Chef
- Be the Most Amazing of Its Kind
- Win a Race
- Change from a Bad Guy into a Good Guy
- Has an Attack of the Hiccups
- Doesn’t Know How
- Evil Nemesis Has Other Plans
- Doesn’t Have the Right Clothes/Gear
- Is Very Clumsy
- Is Allergic to Fun
- Gets Distracted by a Dance Party
- Can’t Find What He’s Looking For
- Forest Comes to Life
- Gets Trapped in a Tower
- Pit of Slime In the Way
- Minions Quit
- Gravity Just Became Super Strong
- Is Scared
- Giant Ladybug
- Space Junk Crashes to Earth
- Runaway Train
- Epic Water Gun Battle
- Grumpy Alligator
- Magic Wand is Broken
- Can’t Get any Respect
- Sucked into a Magical Vortex
- Internet is Unavailable
- Burns in the Sun
- Plans Never Work Out Right
- Car/Boat/Spaceship is Brokenv
Sample Creative Writing Prompts
Here are some examples of how you can put the prompt elements above together into some fun writing topics.
A baby genius wants to take over the world, but his minions just quit.
A ladybug wants to make disco clothes fashionable again but she has an attack of the hiccups.
An astronaut wants to rescue a kitten from a tree but gravity just became super strong.
