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Best Kids Writing Prompts

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Write a letter to your future self — a letter you can only open 30 years from now.

Kids

Imagine you tell a friend a secret and then you find out they told someone else about your secret. How do you feel? What would you do?

Kids

Imagine you are the first person to walk on a moon. Write a letter to your family describing what the moon looks like, and how it feels to be in outer space.

Kids

Go look out a window for 30 seconds. Write a story about what you saw during those 30 seconds.

Kids

You and your family are going on a trip together. Where do you go? What do you do there?

Kids

Think of a subject you don't know too much about. What would you like to learn about it? Write as many questions about that subject as you can think of.

Kids

If the sky could one day rain any food, what food would you choose?

Kids

You and your friends build the ultimate treehouse — but there are some rules for the people who spend time there. What are the rules?

Kids

You are trapped in a shopping mall overnight. What do you do?

Kids

Imagine a person who does not know what magic is. Write them a letter, explaining what magic is.

Kids

You find a magic pair of shoes. What do they do?

Kids

Who is your favorite fictional character? Write a story about yourself meeting them.

Kids

If you found a time machine, would you use it to travel to the past or future? Why?

Kids

Imagine what your parents' lives were like as teenagers. Write a story about it.

Kids

How do you think Santa spends the day after Christmas?

Kids

If a genie could grant you any one wish, what would it be?

Kids

Imagine you became in charge of your school for one full week. What would you do?

Kids

You're packing your bags to climb the tallest mountain in the world. What do you pack?

Kids

Write a story about a person who is only one inch tall.

Kids

Imagine you and your best friend hanging out ten years from now. What has changed? What hasn't changed?

Kids

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