Are you looking for writing starters and prompts that will inspire your kids to fill their pages? We have put together the very best 100 writing prompts for you! These writing prompts can help to unlock your kid’s creativity. They are story starters designed to inspire the creative thinking!
Best Story Starters and Prompts for Kids
- If you turn into a cat, what would you do every day?
- You found an old diary under your bed, what does it say and who did it belong to?
- You discover a secret passage in the park, tell me what does it lead to?
- You found a time machine in a garage, how would you use it? Would you go to the past or the future?
- You wake up and find yourself in a strange place, describe the place.
- You are trapped on an island but you don’t have any food, what would you do?
- You found a chest wooden box under a tree, tell me what is in the box?
- Write about an animal you like the most
- Write about the food you like the most
- Write about a place that is important to you
- Write a different ending for your favourite movie
- Write about the person you like the most
- Describe your best friend
- Someone gave you a magic ward, what will you do with it?
- You saw a dinosaur in a park. What type of dinosaur is it and what would you do?
- If you can choose any gift for your birthday, what do you want and why is that
- If you could live in another planet, what would that be?
- If you can have any animal as your pet, what would you choose? And why?
- If you can invent anything, what would it be and why?
- Today you can only eat ONE food, what is it?
- If you can get any job you like when you grow up, what job would it be?
- You discovered an aliens in your backyard, what will you do?
- If you discovered you can fly, what will you do with your super power?
- If you don’t have to go to school this year, how would you spend your time?
- Write about your favourite season
- If you have $100 to spend today, what will you buy? And why?
- If you can invite anyone to your birthday party, who would that person be?
- Write a story that takes place in space
- Write a story that takes place in a jungle
- Write a story that takes place in a castle
Tell us which one is your favourite one. And don’t forget to bookmark this page so you can try another story prompts next time.
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