Story Ideas for Kids

Story ideas for children to write with a grown-up, a teacher or a class. Each line is a one-sentence start.

1. A small cat moves into a lighthouse and starts running it.
2. The town's lost umbrellas form a quiet society in the park bandstand.
3. A girl finds a door in her cereal box.
4. A grumpy garden gnome takes a holiday.
5. Every Tuesday the postbox delivers letters from a town not yet built.
6. A boy adopts a cloud and has to teach it to behave.
7. The library's books rearrange themselves at night to write a message.
8. A tortoise wins a race nobody else entered.
9. A small dragon arrives at school and asks to enrol in Year 3.
10. A robot finds a lost mitten and decides to find its owner.
11. A girl's bicycle starts giving her advice.
12. A friendly wolf opens a tea shop.
13. A boy invents a kite that can carry one biscuit.
14. Twins find a treasure map drawn on the back of the kitchen table.
15. A retired pirate moves into the flat upstairs.
16. A snail enters the school sports day.
17. A girl writes a letter to the moon and the moon writes back.
18. A bear learns to ride the train to work.
19. A frog and a sparrow start a band.
20. A village holds a contest for the bravest mouse.