More Story StartersImages from around the web and a few lines to get

students thinking creatively.

Give each student one slide and 20 minutes to write a short story about what they see and what they imagine.

Story Starters are for educational purposes only.Attribution information is in the notes section for each slide.

Story Starters are created by Billy Cripe and BloomThink to serve the k-12 educational community. Moms & Dads can also give these short creative starters to kids to encourage writing & creative thinking.

Inspired by Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

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No one took notice of the girl with the blue hair.

What they didn’t realize was that this was no costume.

The more he reached for her the more she fell away. “Just hold on, Michelle. I’ll figure this out.” Said Cal.

He had asked the gnome for a “big moustache” but it sounded like “twig moustache” when he said it.

These were no ordinary butterflies.

She hoped she could tell it where to go.

He never knew his father. Now he finds out he can breathe underwater.

An idea starts to form…

Whatever she thought appeared on the green sheet. Right now she was thinking happy thoughts.

But sometimes her thoughts turned darker.

As they spun faster her father’s feet lifted off the ground too.

Glenn was quite friendly once you got to know him. Here is the story of how we met.

The skeleton snapped a picture of me.

I looked down and saw my skin becoming translucent. I could see bones!

I looked up and saw a man holding the camera and smiling. What had the camera done!

Molly kept practicing her super hero moves where no one could see her. Until one day when…

The thing was, anything that touched her skin turned that same shade of deep blue.

Others smiled back at her. But Wen couldn’t stop and her cheeks were beginning to hurt.

When he removed his tie, his feet stopped moving.

He needed a rest. But the tie wanted to dance. It moved his hand back toward his shirt.

They didn’t know how long it would take but they were determined to find their way back.

He carried a reply to their message. They never expected him back. But here he was. In the flesh, mostly.

Edward had trouble sleeping. The new eye always stayed awake, watching.

“Smile” said Frank.

“I AM smiling” said Bob. “Now lets finish sending the message. Point the antenna away from Earth.”

Sprite didn’t seem to be working very well to put out the fire. Dennis turned up the pressure.

David’s new bike seemed to love going fast. It shot down the road like a rocket. It was all David could do to hold on and steer.

It was Emily who first thought of it. “Michael? Is that you?” The fly nodded its head vigorously up and down.

“Oh Michael! What happened?” Cried Emily.

A very quiet and high-pitched voice started to explain…

The shrink-ray had worked for all the veterinarians. “Now,” explained the professor, “the entrance to the pooch’s respiratory system starts here. We go in through the nose. Hold on everyone…”

The massive chain had only just been discovered. But already the scientists were clamoring to pull it up and see what was on the other end. Jill thought that was a very bad idea.

They walked for hours but the bungalows never got any closer. Peter picked up his luggage. His sister Alice shouldered her backpack and they started again. In the distance they thought they could hear their mother saying “wake up”. But they ignored it. They just had to get into those rooms!

The moss covered everything. The three of them had to keep moving or else the moss started to grow on their shoes.

“This faucet says ‘Jelly’!” Exclaimed Katie. “What do those other ones say?” She asked Stephen.

The eraser was perfect because it had never been used. This pencil always gave correct answers. It was thought lost by the Royal Society but Alex had found it in his Granddad’s things.

More Story StartersImages from around the web and a few lines to get

students thinking creatively.

Give each student one slide and 20 minutes to write a short story about what they see and what they imagine.

Story Starters are for educational purposes only.Attribution information is in the notes section for each slide.

Story Starters are created by Billy Cripe and BloomThink to serve the k-12 educational community. Moms & Dads can also give these short creative starters to kids to encourage writing & creative thinking.

Inspired by Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

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