Halloween story starters

Halloween story starters

Halloween stories for kids work best when the spooky thing turns out to be silly. Draw a pumpkin, a ghost or a goblin, then pick a starter.

12 story starters to pick from

  1. A pumpkin doesn’t want to be carved.
  2. A ghost is afraid of people.
  3. A witch’s broom runs away.
  4. A mummy starts to unravel on the way to a party.
  5. A vampire can’t stand the sight of ketchup.
  6. A skeleton tries to find its missing bone.
  7. A werewolf has a very bad hair day.
  8. A kid goes trick-or-treating at the spooky house at the end of the street.
  9. A black cat wants a pumpkin of its own.
  10. A ghost tries to haunt a house, but the family loves it.
  11. A goblin opens a candy shop.
  12. A scarecrow comes to life on Halloween night.

Stuck in the middle? Add one of these:

  • Suddenly, the jack-o’-lantern blows out.
  • Suddenly, all the candy disappears.
  • Suddenly, the full moon comes out.
  • Suddenly, someone knocks three times.
  • Suddenly, the costumes come to life.
  • Suddenly, the fog rolls in.
Printable Halloween story starter cards Print the starter cards (PDF)

Two pages: 12 cut-apart cards and a three-panel comic with the first starter already filled in.

Make it a comic

Turn a starter into a comic

Your comic story

1 · Beginning

A pumpkin doesn’t want to be carved.

“Uh-oh.”Draw it here!
2 · Middle

Suddenly, the jack-o’-lantern blows out.

TA-DA!Draw it here!
3 · Twist ending

How does it end? You decide!

The big finish
Print a blank template

Draw in the boxes with a finger, a stylus or a mouse, or print the comic and draw on paper. The speech bubble and sound effect are just ideas: use them, change them or make up your own.

Draw it first

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Then write it

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