Halloween Mad Lib- A Spooky Fill-in Halloween Story

Sneak a little grammar into your kid’s Halloween fun this year with a fill-in-the-blank story! Free printable with the Answer Key!

Girl playing a fill-in-the-blank story puzzle

From the time the kids were teeny, we played Hats, Cats, and Pumpkin Grid Games, ABC Leaf Hunt, GHOST Bingo!, or Halloween Word Search. Anything to ring in this spooky holiday with a bit of sneaky learning.

But as they get a little older, they’ve grown out of those kinda little-guy-ish games. They love the Halloween Printable Games we play at Halloween Class parties, but I also wanted something fun for them to do here at home.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes the Halloween movies are just way too scary for kids… most of the time they’re too scary for me too! So instead of creating nightmares go a different direction and play some spooky, but not terrifying Halloween games like this word search.

(That you’re sneaking in a little grammar can be our little secret.)

Halloween Mad Lib — Spooky Fill-In Story for Halloween Fun:

It may be best to start with a quickie refresher about the story fill-in concept and parts of speech before you hand this to your kids. Otherwise, you may find yourself yelling from the kitchen:

What? Oh, come on! You don’t know what a noun is? You’re killing me. A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. You know nouns!

Halloween mad-lib fill in the blank printable

Just kidding. I’m sure your kids will all remember the basic parts of speech.

Older girl working the Halloween Mad-lib worksheet

A Quick Grammar Refresher… Just in Case

Noun: person, place, thing or idea (ex: box, cat, spider, love)
Plural noun: more than one noun (ex: books, animals, bags, treats)
Verb: expresses an action or state of being (ex: run, jump, fly)
Past tense verb: action that occurred in the past (ex: ran, jumped, flew)
Adjective: a describing word (ex: spooky, tricky, green, six)
Exclamation: a sudden remark expressing a thought (ex: Hey, watch out! Happy birthday! Gimme a hug!)

When your kids figure out the funny part of Mad Libs they’re going to start getting wild and silly with their choices. At certain ages, I can almost guarantee a little potty humor will sneak in, so be warned.

Not sure how to write this Halloween Story? Don’t worry. I got you.

First, fill out the information in the box. You choose a word for each part of speech specified. Remember, what makes Mad Libs — or these kind of story fill-ins — so funny is that the words are totally and completely random! And choosing the words without looking at the story first makes it really, really hilarious!
Then, read the story out loud with your words in the blanks! Be ready for some serious laughs!

Close-up of the Halloween Mad-Lib worksheet

The cool thing about this kind of activity is that every, single time you do it, it can be a totally different story. (A great reason to laminate, right?)

So what are you waiting for?

Print a few of these out. Leave them on the table for your kiddos this weekend to get them in the Halloween spirit! (And, of course, get them talking a little bit about our beautiful–and complicated!–English language, too!)

This is also great for that extra 10 minutes at the beginning or end of a party that is always hard to fill!