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12 Creative Writing Prompts for Children

I will be using these to inspire my children to create stories with me.

Here’s a list of 12 immersive and fun creative writing prompts for children, designed to spark their imagination and encourage playful storytelling. Each prompt includes character ideas, inspiration, and fun questions to fuel their creativity:

1. The Day My Pet Could Talk

  • Inspiration: One morning, your pet wakes up and starts talking! But they have an important message to tell you.
  • Character Ideas: A wise-talking dog, a sassy cat, or a shy hamster who knows a secret.
  • Fun Questions: What does your pet sound like? What’s the first thing they say? What secret have they been hiding all this time?

2. A Trip to a Candy Planet

  • Inspiration: You discover a hidden rocket ship in your backyard that takes you to a planet made entirely of candy.
  • Character Ideas: A candy-loving alien, a chocolate river guide, or a gingerbread scientist.
  • Fun Questions: What does everything taste like? How do you get around on a candy planet? What’s the biggest danger in a world made of sweets?

3. The Invisible Friend

  • Inspiration: You make an invisible friend who helps you with school and adventures, but only you can see them.
  • Character Ideas: A mischievous ghost, a friendly shadow, or a tiny, invisible fairy.
  • Fun Questions: How do you introduce them to others? What do you and your invisible friend do together? What happens when they accidentally cause trouble?

4. A Dragon Moves In Next Door

  • Inspiration: A family of dragons moves into the house next to yours, and they need your help fitting into human life.
  • Character Ideas: A fire-breathing dragon with stage fright, a baby dragon who loves making pancakes, or a grumpy grandparent dragon.
  • Fun Questions: How do the dragons hide their wings and tails? What jobs do they get in the neighborhood? What happens when they accidentally breathe fire?

5. The Secret Library in the Attic

  • Inspiration: You find a secret door in your attic that leads to a magical library filled with books that come to life.
  • Character Ideas: A talking book that gives you advice, a librarian wizard, or a knight from a fairy tale who’s tired of fighting dragons.
  • Fun Questions: Which book do you open first? What happens when a character from a story steps out of the pages? Can you create your own story-world?

6. Superhero School

  • Inspiration: You discover you have superpowers and get invited to a school for young superheroes.
  • Character Ideas: A kid who can turn invisible, someone who can talk to animals, or a hero who controls the weather but sneezes and makes tornadoes.
  • Fun Questions: What’s your superhero name? What’s your first mission? How do you balance saving the world with homework?

7. The Mysterious Box

  • Inspiration: One day, you find a mysterious box on your doorstep with a note that says, “Do not open until midnight.”
  • Character Ideas: A curious inventor, a sneaky detective, or a magical creature hiding inside the box.
  • Fun Questions: Do you open the box early? What’s inside? Does it lead to an adventure or bring a surprise visitor?

8. Lost in a Maze of Giant Toys

  • Inspiration: You get lost in a life-size toy store where all the toys are gigantic—and they come to life!
  • Character Ideas: A helpful stuffed bear, a bossy robot, or a teddy bear who’s afraid of heights.
  • Fun Questions: How do you find your way out? What’s the most amazing giant toy you meet? What happens when a toy decides it wants to be your friend forever?

9. The Treehouse Time Machine

  • Inspiration: You build a treehouse in your backyard and discover it’s secretly a time machine that can take you anywhere in history.
  • Character Ideas: A daring time-traveling squirrel, a kid inventor from the future, or a pirate from the past who got stuck in the wrong time.
  • Fun Questions: Where do you travel first? Who do you meet? What happens if you accidentally change something important in history?

10. My Life as a Tiny Person

  • Inspiration: One day, you wake up and you’ve shrunk to the size of a bug!
  • Character Ideas: A talking ladybug guide, a friendly ant army, or a wise old beetle who knows the way back.
  • Fun Questions: How do you get around now that you’re tiny? What everyday things are now giant-sized obstacles? How do you get back to normal?

11. The Magical Market

  • Inspiration: You stumble upon a hidden marketplace where magical creatures sell enchanted objects and potions.
  • Character Ideas: A potion-brewing witch, a friendly gnome shopkeeper, or a mischievous talking cat selling magic beans.
  • Fun Questions: What magical item do you buy? What does it do? Does it lead to an unexpected adventure or a big mistake?

12. Underwater Adventure

  • Inspiration: While swimming at the beach, you find a secret underwater kingdom that needs your help to solve a mystery.
  • Character Ideas: A playful dolphin, a royal sea turtle, or a jellyfish with a glowing map.
  • Fun Questions: How do you breathe underwater? What is the mystery you need to solve? What magical sea creatures do you meet along the way?

These prompts offer a blend of imagination, adventure, and mystery, giving kids fun characters and scenarios to build creative short stories from!