Create Your Own Fantasy Character: Creative Writing Printable for Elementary

Are your students ready for an imaginative creative writing journey into fantasy storytelling? This printable activity invites elementary students to become character creators, designing heroes, heroines, and fantastical creatures for their own epic tales.

With guided prompts, students will develop unique traits, magical abilities, and rich backstories, fostering creativity and critical thinking. Whether exploring fairy tales or creative writing, this engaging activity inspires students. By the end, they'll have a fully developed character ready for their next adventure!

Let's get creative!

Printable & Activity Objectives

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Age: 7 to 9 year olds, Activity Time: 1-2 hours, Items Needed: Colouring and writing pencils.

In this creative printable activity, your students will design their own fantasy story characters by imagining unique traits, magical abilities, and exciting backstories.

It will help your students with:

Encourages Imagination and Creativity: Students explore endless possibilities as they create characters, which fosters creativity and original thinking.
Builds Storytelling Skills: By developing backstories and character traits, students enhance essential aspects of storytelling, including plot development and character motivation.
Enhances Writing and Language Skills: Describing their characters allows students to broaden their vocabulary and enhance their descriptive writing skills.
Provides a Foundation for Further Activities: These characters can be utilised for extended projects, such as writing complete stories, creating illustrations, or acting out scenes. This approach allows for cross-disciplinary learning opportunities.

Let's the writing begin!

Classroom Resources

Simple steps to start:

Research and find out more about the origins of the fantasy genre of literature. Here's an interesting video about how to building a fantasy fictional world: