Invitation to Play - Free Printables - 30 Story Starters - by Kiwi Crate

I love the story starting cards that I see from time to time.  I really think it helps kids use their imaginations in fun ways.  Here are some free printable story cards brought to you by Kiwi Crate.  Print them out on a heavier card stock for a longer life.  Or you can print them out and laminate them.

You can use these cards in a variety of ways:
1.)  Have your child pick out 10 cards and make up a story using those 10 cards.
2.)  Have each child in your group pick out 2-3 cards and then do a round robin story.
3.)  Have your child pick a random card and use it to make up a story.
4.)  I plan on using it as one of our daily starter activities.  Sort of like a wake-up call for school.  It'll help get there minds going in a fun way.

Here is a story my chickadees came up with:  Once there was a fairy who found a balloon and decided to take a ride on it.  On her ride she saw butterflies on flowers and fish.  When she got back home to her castle everyone gave her gifts.  She went outside and saw a ladybug in her garden.  That night she used her telescope to look at stars in the sky.

Here is another story.  This one is a lot of cause and effect:  One day a whale was having fun basking in the sun with his friends the firefly and the jellyfish.  They saw a robot who was attacking a bird.  It caused feathers to fly.  The feathers landed on a catapult which had a sword in it.  The sword went flying in the air and landed on a jeep.  The jeep had tools in it.  The tools went flying and landed in a mailbox.  The mailbox had a newspaper in it.  The newspaper went flinging up in the sky and landed on a kite.  The kite had a rabbit on it.  The rabbit fell off the kite onto a tractor.  Finally a superhero arrived and saved the day!