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    Raise your hand if you love writing prompts! Halloween is a perennial favorite, and can be a great source of writing inspiration. These hand-picked sites offer dozens of ghoulishly fun writing prompts.

    		Halloween Writing Prompts Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00

    Activity Village: Halloween Stationery5 stars

    Although this Activity Village page does not have any writing prompts, it does have a dozen printable Halloween stationery templates that will add a bit of seasonal fun to your Halloween stories. Most of the templates come in three flavors: blank (no lines), lined, and handwriting lines (dashed line between two solid lines). Designs include jack-o-lanterns, haunted houses, spiders, vampires and witches.



    JournalBuddies.com: Halloween Writing for Kids5 stars

    "It was a dark and stormy night when..." "Running down the street with candy flying, I saw..." "The silliest Halloween ever started when…" These twenty-seven story prompts can be used for individual or group assignments, and are for early elementary ages. Below the prompts are links to Halloween stencils that can be used to illustrate the stories.

    Minds in Bloom: 20 Halloween Writing Prompts5 stars

    "What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? Why was it so scary?" "Pretend the mayor of your town wants to outlaw Halloween. Write a letter to convince him that this is not a good idea." Educator Rachel Lynette offers twenty very creative Halloween writing prompts at her Minds in Bloom site, where she also sells printable classroom resources.

    Scholastic Teachers: Scary Starters5 stars

    For teachers of grades 1 to 5 (or parents of the same age group) Scholastic suggests giving story prompts to students in small groups, compiling the stories into a class book, or alternatively using the scary starters to create oral tales for sharing with the class. In addition to the eleven Halloween story starters, there are more writing resources listed near the bottom of the page, along with a book list of recommended spooky books, such as "10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster" by Laura Numeroff.

    Unique Teaching Resources: October Writing Prompts4 stars

    "I'm batty about ..." "The old graveyard was filled with..." Created for elementary classrooms by teacher Heidi McDonald, this page includes both free writing prompts, and inexpensive Halloween templates for stationery and classroom bulletin boards. In addition to Halloween, October Writing Prompts features writing prompts for National Book Month, National Pizza Month, National Fire Prevention Month, and Columbus Day. Scroll all the way down the page for a link to general (not holiday related) writing prompts.

    		Halloween Writing Prompts Resource Handout for Classroom or Homeschool: Just $2.00



    Honorable Mentions

    The following links are either new discoveries or sites that didn't make it into my newspaper column because of space constraints. Enjoy!

    Daily Writing Prompt: Halloween

    The Holiday Zone: Writing Prompts for Halloween

    Teach Hub: 7 Quick Halloween Creative Writing Prompts

    The Write Practice: 7 Haunted Halloween Writing Prompts


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    Feldman, Barbara. "Halloween Writing Prompts." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 22 Oct. 2019. Web. 15 Jan. 2026. <https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/halloween-writing-prompts-2019/ >.


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    Filed Under: History, Holidays, Holidays, Language Arts, Reference, Writing

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