Creative & Fun Spring Writing Prompts
Change of seasons offer great inspiration for writing prompts. Rather than using the same old writing prompts, refresh your students writing lessons by using themes from the current season.
Spring offers many ideas for spring writing prompts. Your students will get their creative juices flowing with these ideas that are creative and fun!
For this post we will look at common spring writing themes and different spring writing prompts and lesson ideas you can use within those themes.
Spring Writing Prompts About Weather
So much weather going on in spring. Rain, sun, warmth, wind… and snow in some areas! Use springy weather for these writing cues. Here are some writing prompts about spring:
Descriptive Writing
Prompt students to describe the weather. From listing unique metaphors or writing sentences or paragraphs spring weather gives kids a lot of spring writing ideas like:
* Describe a rainy day, sunny day, windy day
* Describe with similes and metaphors like, it’s as muddy as… We got so much rain it felt like a day at the water park
Acrostic Poems
Weather words make great acrostic poems. A spring writing prompt using weather is a great way to generate writing ideas like:
* Spring has a lot of different weather. There are sunny days and rainy days.
* Umbrellas get used a lot on rainy days.
* Nothing is better than warm and sunny days
1st Person Reflection
Personal experiences are a great spring writing prompt and is a way to start writing stories. Here are some 1st person reflections to get your students writing:
* Share a time you got caught in the rain
* What’s your favorite thing to do when it gets warmer?
* Tell a story about a time you splashed in the puddles.
Things to Do
With the wide variety of weather there are so many things to write about! Instruct your students share their ideas with these spring writing activities:
* What do you do to go out in the rain?
* What spring activities do you do on nice days?
* What do you do on windy days?
Spring Writing Prompts for Things That Grow
Many things bloom and grow in the spring. Perfect topics for spring writing prompt examples! Take advantage of all the growing things and give these writing prompts a try:
Descriptive Writing
Have your students describe the things they see growing in the spring. Here are some fun spring writing activities:
* Describe the colors blooming.
* Describe the plants and flowers growing process from small buds to full bloom.
* Use growing themes for simile and metaphors like, the flowers smelled…. (as sweet as honey) or the green grass was…a green thick carpet on the hill.
Acrostic Poems
Pick a flower and put it into an acrostic poem… or any other thing that grows! This spring writing idea is always fun for students. List out different things that grow, have your students pick an object and put it into an acrostic poem! Like:
* Leaves start to bud and pretty soon you see green
* Everywhere in the treetops! They make the trees look
* Alive and big. On a warm day the leaves give
* Full shade to keep you cool.
1st Person Reflection
Growing things is a great thing to explore. Students may have a lot to share too. From observing to getting them in the garden these spring writing activities give students a story to tell:
* Share a time you helped in the garden. What did you do?
* What is your favorite plant or flower?
* If you were a plant or flower what would you be?
Things to Do
There is so much to do outdoors in the spring! Offer these spring writing prompts for your students:
* What do you do to help plants grow?
* What activities can you do in the green grass?
* What things can you do under a shade tree?
Spring Writing Prompts About Animals
Animals is another popular spring theme and offers great ideas for writing prompts about spring. Incorporate animals like bunnies, lambs, chicks, ducklings and any baby farm animals for your next writing activity.
Descriptive Writing
There are many details to write about when it comes to animals. Here are some creative and descriptive spring writing activities:
* Provide a list of spring themed animals and instruct students to come up with 4 describing words for each animal.
* Focus your students’ attention on the texture of an animal and have them describe what their fur or feathers feel like.
Acrostic Poems
As usual animals are another topic that give great spring writing ideas for acrostic poems. You can easily have your students select an animal to write about like:
* Bunnies are the cutest
* Under bushes they like to sleep
* Nibble nibble, they like to eat carrots and grass
* Nothing is softer than a bunny
* You get the best snuggles from bunnies
1st Person Reflection
Your students can share their reflections and thoughts about animals in the spring. Check out these spring writing prompts:
* My favorite animal in the spring is… because…
* If I were an animal for a day it would be… and I would do…
Things to Do
Give your students something to write about by sharing what they would do with spring-time animals. Here are some spring writing activities for that:
* How to take care of an animal…
* If I could play with an animal I would…
* Ways animals grow…
Spring Writing Prompts for Spring-time Symbols
There are certain symbols that represent spring. Use those symbols for spring writing prompt examples. Things like kites, umbrellas, eggs, flowers, sun, Earth or rainbows are all signs of spring. Here are some fun writing prompt activities for students:
Descriptive Writing
How can your students describe spring themed symbols? Prompt them to write about it using these spring writing ideas:
* Describe the elements, shape, colors and size of a symbol.
* Describe the senses of the symbol. What are the sights, sounds, smell, or feel of the symbol?
* Describe how to use a symbol like a kite, umbrella or pick-up litter.
Acrostic Poem
Write about the symbols of spring using the acrostic poem method! Here’s a simple spring writing idea:
* Kites are fun to fly.
* In the spring it’s windy.
* Tight! Hold on tight to the kite.
* Every spring it’s fun to fly kites.
1st Person Reflection
Reflective writing is a great exercise for your students to express themselves. These spring writing activities will help them generate ideas:
* Write about a time you were flying high like a kite.
* Share about your favorite colors in a rainbow.
* Write about a memory you have of a (give spring themed symbol.)
Things to Do
There are so many things you can do in the spring with springy symbols. These spring writing ideas are a perfect way to share:
* What are things you can do to take care of the planet?
* How are rainbows formed?
* Write about the life cycle of a flower.
Spring is in full bloom and is the perfect way to help your students’ writing skills blossom! Try out any of these creative and fun spring writing prompts.
No matter what time of year, I have you covered with this year long writing prompt pack!
