Halloween Writing Prompts for Kids and Students + 128 MORE Halloween Writing Ideas— Teachers, Homeschoolers, Parents, and Writing Enthusiasts, you are invited to make your kid’s Halloween extra-spooktacular this year with this fabulous list of Halloween writing prompts.
Above all, please use these Halloween writing ideas any way you see fit to get your kids writing.
Now, perhaps you’ll use them as story starters or as journal writing prompts with your students or for a special holiday project. Oh yeah.
You see…
Each writing prompt listed below may be used for solo writing or for a group Halloween writing project with kids. This list of prompts is especially useful for students in 1st through 3rd grade although they are great for older students, too, given their fun, easy, and creative tone.
Additionally, you could add some excitement to the writing project by having students incorporate their costume ideas into their holiday writing. Spiders, goblins, clowns, or ghosts…they all sound inspiring and spooky!
If working with groups, have the kids share their stories with the class when done. Your students may even want to compile a class Halloween Storybook that could be shared with their parents.
Ok, without further ado, here are those fun Halloween-themed journal starters for young writers (and Halloween writing fans of all ages)!
27 Halloween Writing Prompts for Kids
- It was a dark and stormy night when…
- My friends and I were trick or treating and knocked on the door…
- Meow! The black cat was scared…
- The white sheets with black eyes peering through holes of the costume gave no clue as to who the kid was…
- Running down the street with candy flying, I saw…
- A yellow glow was coming from the jack-o-lantern, only…
- Whirling winds on this cold October evening send chills down my…
- They claim the house was haunted, but it looked okay to me, so…
- My friends and I like to go trick-or-treating on Halloween because…
- I had the most fun on Halloween when I…
- For Halloween, my mom and dad like to …….
- I was counting all my candy when all of a sudden…
- A Halloween party is fun to plan…first you…
- It was a cold Halloween night when I saw the…
- The mad scientist was creating a new monster that could…
- The best way to celebrate the spooky season is…
- The large cauldron of purple liquid started to boil when…
- I got an eerie feeling when I heard…
- The mysterious object started floating in the air and…
- The Halloween pumpkin turned into a…
- The black cat started to crouch and hiss when…
- Something in the closet was making a strange noise, so I opened the door and…
- The white sheets with black eyes peering through holes of the costume gave no clue as to who the kid was…
- I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw…
- You won’t believe this story, but it is true…
- As I carefully entered the haunted house, the door shut behind me and…
- The silliest Halloween ever started when…
The best thing about these fun and free Halloween writing prompts is that kids will be having so much fun that they don’t realize that they’re expanding their creative writing skills and improving their grammar.
Plus…
Whether they’re writing about their favorite Halloween costume, their favorite candy, or the scariest thing that’s ever happened to them, you’re going to love the creativity that they express on paper.
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Halloween Stencil Resources Spice Up any Writing Project
Of course, pumpkins are a HUGE part of everyone’s Halloween celebration, and I suggest that teachers make them a part of their students’ writing celebration.
Here are some great online sources for free Halloween stencils that you can download and use, or you can hand sketch them. If you’re looking for a super cool stencil, here’s a resource that will drive you bats!
Or your students could use these printable Halloween stencil resources to get them in the holiday mood.
Closing Thoughts
Whether your students have written one journal entry or 100 journal entries, the practice of daily writing can have a positive impact on their lives. (By the way, parents can use these prompts to help their child write about Halloween, too!)
See Our Full Halloween Prompts Collection Here!
And check out these 30 Scary Stories prompts.
Happy Halloween, and happy journaling too!
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AWESOME!!! XD