20 Fantasy Writing Prompts for Kids
- Age
- 7–9, 10–12
- Skills
- story structure · imagination · description
Fantasy is a brilliant way to get children writing — the rules are theirs to invent. These prompts spark stories full of magic, monsters and quests.
Pick one, set a timer, and try the instant feedback box below.
How to use this
- Choose one prompt and read it together.
- Set a 10-minute timer and write freely.
- Try the instant feedback box to see one thing that's working well.
- You find a door in your bedroom wall that wasn't there yesterday. What's behind it?
- A dragon knocks politely on your front door. What does it want?
- You discover you can understand what animals are saying — but only for one day.
- The last wizard in the world is looking for an apprentice. The advert has your name on it.
- A map falls out of an old library book. It leads somewhere impossible.
- You wake up as the hero of a story — but it's the villain's story.
- Every shadow in your town has started moving on its own.
- You're given one wish, but it must help someone else, not you.
- A tiny door appears at the bottom of the garden. Something is knocking.
- The stars have started falling — and landing gently in people's gardens.
- You inherit a shop that sells bottled feelings.
- A knight arrives at your school, convinced you are the chosen one.
- Your reflection steps out of the mirror and asks for a favour.
- You find an egg that hums when you're near it.
- The clock in the town square strikes thirteen. Everything freezes — except you.
- A phoenix builds its nest on your roof.
- You can walk into any painting in the gallery. Which one, and what happens?
- A troll under the bridge won't let anyone pass until they tell it a story.
- You're handed a key that opens any lock — but each use costs a memory.
- The moon has gone missing and everyone thinks you took it.
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