Writing Topics for Kids

In this article you will find lots of story writing prompts for kids of all ages.

Everyone knows that kids have large, active imaginations. And what better way for them to engage and express those imaginations than through creative writing?

Creative writing not only lets kids express their imaginations, but also helps teach them control and practice. After all, although it is fun to let go, writing still requires some level of control, even if you don’t think about it.

It’s a known fact that all kids love visual stuff. That is the reason why most of the story books are highly illustrated. So, it’s probably a good idea to use a writing template for kids story writing.

Kids can easily use an online text editor to write the essay and illustrate it with graphic elements. Another idea is to simply print the writing template and write the story by hand.

TIP: Kids have now access to all kinds of online tools like AI tools for example. So, as a parent or teacher, make sure that the kids are not using chatGPT to write the story in their place.

Creative Writing Topics for Kids

Probably the most difficult part is to find a great idea for a story. If you or they don’t know where to start, don’t worry. Here is a list of story writing prompts for kids that will help kids get writing, separated into helpful categories.

Writing Prompts about Family and Friends

1. Write a story about a group of friends who win a trip to France — no parents included.
2. Pretend you have to be your sibling for a day. What would your day be like? Or, if you don’t have a sibling, one of your parents.
3. You and your best friend swap parents for one day. What would you want your best friend to know about your parents?
4. Write a story about two friends who compete in a talent show.
5. Write a story about a group of friends at an amusement park — after dark.
6. Tell an interesting story from or about one of your family members.

Writing Prompts about Adventures

1. You discover a treasure chest buried in your backyard. What do you do?
2. Write a story where you are in one of your favorite books or movies.
3. You have a magic pen that makes drawings come to life. What would you do with it?
4. Write a story where you travel 100 years into the future in your city or town.
5. Write a story about two dinosaurs going searching for their parents.
6. If I could go anywhere in the world I would go… and do…
7. An alien shows up at your house, but they’re friendly and your parents can’t see them. What do you do?
8. You can suddenly breathe underwater. What kind of places would you adventure to?
9. Write a story about a summer camp for children of superheroes.
10. You find an abandoned castle and decide to explore it. What do you find inside?

Personal Writing Prompts

1. Write a letter to your teacher explaining why your favorite book should be taught in class
2. What is one memory you will never forget?
3. If you could change any one thing about the world, no matter how big or small, what would it be?
4. If you could keep any animal as a pet, which one would you choose? Why?
5. Describe your dream job, even if it isn’t a real job. What would a day of work look like?

How to Illustrate a Story for Kids

What is the next step? Illustrate stories with AI, of course!

Creating illustrations for a children’s story with AI involves selecting an AI tool like DALL-E, Midjourney, or Stable Diffusion. Start by defining key scenes in your story, then write detailed descriptions of these scenes, including characters, settings, and actions.

Next, input these descriptions into the AI tool to generate images. Review and refine the generated illustrations to ensure they align with your story’s tone and style, making adjustments as needed to capture the desired look and feel for young readers.

Read my article about Midjourney character prompts and learn how to create your own illustrations.

Another cool idea is to illustrate your stories with coloring pages that your kids can colour with their friends.

So, encouraging kids to write is a great idea, even if they won’t all be best selling novelists one day.

It can benefit them, and you just might get a fun story out of it. Whether you’re a parent, older sibling, teacher, babysitter, or other authority figure, you should encourage your kids to practice writing.