Fall Writing Prompts & Story Ideas
Paginepagineapp.comWrite your way through autumn! Twenty free fall writing prompts and story starters for kids — for journals, centres and creative writing lessons.
1. Describe the sound leaves make when you jump into a pile.
2. You find a leaf that can talk. What does it tell you?
3. Write a how-to guide for carving the perfect pumpkin.
4. A squirrel forgot where it hid its acorns. Help it make a map!
5. What is your favourite thing about autumn, and why?
6. Write a story about a scarecrow who comes alive at night.
7. Invent a new autumn holiday. What happens on that day?
8. Write a letter to a tree thanking it for its leaves.
9. Describe an apple using all five senses.
10. Imagine you are a goose flying south. What do you see below?
11. Write about a cosy autumn evening at your home.
12. The biggest pumpkin in the world is in your garden. What happens next?
13. List five ways animals get ready for winter.
14. Write a poem that starts: “When the wind blows in October…”
15. You are a leaf on the very top of the tree. Tell your story.
16. What would you grow if you had your own harvest garden?
17. Write about a time you helped someone, like the Little Red Hen’s friends should have.
18. Describe the colours you can see outside your window today.
19. Write a mystery: who took all the apples from the orchard?
20. What are you thankful for this autumn?