Bedtime
Personalised bedtime story
Write a calm 5-minute bedtime story for a [age]-year-old named [nickname] who loves [interests]. Gentle adventure, a kind lesson about [value], and a sleepy ending.
Writing & Creative · 15 prompts
The Bedtime Story Maker
Personalised, gentle stories your kids ask for again.
15 prompts for parents, grandparents and teachers creating children's stories: personalised bedtime stories, story series, stories that help with new situations, rhyming tales, interactive stories and illustration prompts. Age-appropriate and calm.
What's inside
Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.
Bedtime
- 01Personalised bedtime story
- 02Wind-down story
- 03Story series
- 04Rhyming tale
Help with life
- 05New-situation story
- 06Feelings story
- 07Kindness story
Play
- 08Choose-your-path story
- 09Story starters
- 10Story with their toys
Make it a book
- 11Picture book layout
- 12Illustration prompts
- 13Gift book
- 14Grandparent story
- 15Reading level check
Sample prompts
Three of the 15, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.
Bedtime
Wind-down story
Write a very slow, soothing story with repetition and soft imagery that ends with the character falling asleep, for a [age]-year-old.
Bedtime
Story series
Create a recurring character for bedtime stories [idea] and plan 10 short episodes.