Christmas Writing Prompts for Kids – 30 Creative Writing Pages (Grades 1–5) with Primary and Standard Lines, Planners & Word Bank

What you get

Give kids a reason to write this December. This printable pack has 30 original Christmas and winter writing prompts for grades 1–5, each with a drawing box, word ideas and lined space. Every prompt comes twice, once with wide primary lines and once with standard ruled lines, so beginning writers and confident writers can work on the same prompt side by side.

What's included (76 pages, US Letter + A4 PDFs):

1. 30 original writing prompts - 10 story starters, 6 how-to pieces, 6 opinion pieces, 4 letters and 4 poems
2. Level 1 - primary lines (30 pages) - wide three-part lines with a dashed midline, a big drawing box and a gray sentence starter to get going
3. Level 2 - standard lines (30 pages) - standard ruled lines (about 11/32 in / 8.7 mm) with more room to write
4. Poetry templates - two acrostic poems (SNOW and MERRY) and two cinquain pages with a line-by-line recipe and an example poem
5. Built-in structure - how-to pages with First / Next / Then / Last, opinion pages with reason starters, letter pages with greeting and closing
6. 3 planners - story planner (characters, setting, beginning / middle / end), how-to planner and opinion planner
7. 12 word bank cards - winter weather, cozy things, holiday food, characters, settings, feelings, sounds, action verbs, describing words, transition words, opinion words and letter words
8. 2 writing checklists - a simple one for Level 1 and a writer's checklist for Level 2 (two per page to cut apart)
9. 3 fold-up booklet covers - front cover and "About the Author" back cover, so kids can publish their own book
10. Young Author certificate, writing tracker, 2 extra lined pages and a how-to-use guide

Why you'll like it - Two line levels for every prompt - easy to differentiate in a mixed classroom or with siblings - Original prompts and illustrations; not religious and no licensed characters or songs - Mostly white pages, easy on printer ink and fine in black and white - Works for writing centers, morning work, early finishers, homeschool or holiday break - Print as many copies as you need for your family or your class

How it works 1. Purchase and get an instant download (ZIP file with two PDFs). 2. Print the US Letter or A4 version at 100% / actual size. 3. Pick a prompt, plan it with a planner and the word bank cards, then write and draw. 4. Check the work with the checklist, staple it into a booklet cover and award the Young Author certificate.

Please note - This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. - Colors may look slightly different depending on your screen and printer. - For personal and single-classroom use only. Please do not resell or share the files.