If you’re looking for mermaid writing prompts, you’ve landed in the right place.
These prompts reduce writer’s block, improve writing skills, instill a love for writing plus encourage students to explore their imaginations.
So pencil into your writer’s workshop sessions this week a handful of these delightful mermaid writing prompts.
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Mermaid Writing Prompts
1. How do you think mermaids would adapt if oceans no longer existed?
2. If you were a mermaid, what gift requests would be on your Christmas list and why?
3. Do you think mermaids really exist? Why or why not?
4. Write 10 words related to mermaids. Then compose a poem that includes the words.
5. As the sun sets, the mermaid transforms into an underwater superhero who…
6. One day while at the beach, you see a mermaid waving at you. Write what happens next.
7. Write about what it might be like if you had a mermaid as a pet or sibling.
8. If you could breathe underwater like a mermaid, what adventures would you explore under the sea?
9. Write a new chapter for your favorite book or new scene from your favorite movie/show. The only thing is that now the main character is a mermaid.
10. Compare and contrast a mermaid’s life to a human’s life.
11. If mermaids had their own field day, in what types of activities would they participate?
12. Write five facts and five opinions about mermaids.
13. List all the words (2-letter, 3-letter, 4-letter, 5-letter, and 6-letter) that you can using the letters from the word mermaid.
14. Write a short story about waking up one morning with a mermaid tail.
15. Draft a short story about Miriam the Mermaid who becomes fully human at midnight.
16. Compose a short story about a mermaid who gets captured by a fisherman.
17. Create any story about a mermaid. Your writing piece can be informative, comedy, poetry, mystery, fantasy, tall tale, or persuasive.
18. Write a short story about a mermaid who is the ruler of an underwater volcano.
19. Create a story about getting lost at sea and being rescued by a mermaid.
20. You will travel underwater to spend 24 hours with a mermaid. Write a short story about the adventures and challenges you encounter.
21. Write a story about a mermaid who lives in an underwater rainbow.
22. Create a short story about a mermaid who lives in the Bermuda Triangle.
23. Compose a story about a mermaid who goes to live with humans for 24 hours. What adventures and challenges will she face?
24. Write a story about a baby mermaid.
25. Describe a mermaid to someone who has never seen one.
26. Imagine that you’re on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Using the 5 senses, describe what you see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. What is your ship like, how does the ocean look, etc.
27. Sketch a mermaid. Then write at least 2 paragraphs describing your drawing.
28. How does responding to mermaid writing prompts improve writing skills?
29. Describe an underwater mermaid city.
30. Write a combination of similes and metaphors to describe a mermaid.
31. M.E.R.M.A.I.D – Create an acrostic poem using the word mermaid.
32. Write a story about a mermaid who befriends a seahorse.
33. Create a legend that explains the existence of mermaids.
34. Share a short biography about a mermaid’s life.
35. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a mermaid spending 24 hours on land.
36. Are mermaids real? Why do you hold this opinion?
37. Pretend that you are a mermaid. Share a fun memory about living in the sea.
38. Describe what you think it would be like to have a fish fin instead of legs.
39. Write a letter persuading your parents to let you dress as a mermaid for a costume parade.
40. Pretend that you are a mermaid. Write a letter convincing humans to stop polluting the ocean.
41. Create a grocery list for a mermaid.
42. Imagine that you are a mermaid. Describe a typical day for you.
43. Write a story about a mermaid who fights off predators using her powerful tail.
44. Come up with a social media hashtag for mermaids. What ideas and adventures will the hashtag be known for?
Now you have a treasure-trove of mermaid writing prompts to use for various writing activities.