Spooky Mad Lib

For a quick and easy family activity around Halloween time, just gather the kids together for a mad lib ghost story. Probably more giggles than spooks! For extra fun, do it around a blazing fireplace and serve cider and doughnuts. Enjoy!


Ghost Story Mad Lib Word List
Fill in the blanks below with the words and parts of speech noted beside each blank.

_______________(01) room or building (eg. barn, attic)
_______________(02) adjective
_______________(03) adjective
_______________(04) something that gives off an odor
_______________(05) adjective
_______________(06) adjective
_______________(07) thing (singular noun)
_______________(08) thing (singular noun)
_______________(09) adjective
_______________(10) present tense verb
_______________(11) past tense verb
_______________(12) number
_______________(13) body part
_______________(14) past tense (-ed) verb
_______________(15) adverb
_______________(16) present tense verb
_______________(17) adjective
_______________(18) thing (singular noun)
_______________(19) thing (singular noun)
_______________(20) present tense verb
_______________(21) -ing verb
_______________(22) present tense verb
_______________(23) past tense verb
_______________(24) past tense verb
_______________(25) present tense verb
_______________(26) name of someone you know
_______________(27) -ing verb
_______________(28) past tense verb
_______________(29) past tense verb
_______________(30) past tense verb
_______________(31) past tense verb
_______________(32) body part
_______________(33) -ing verb
_______________(34) adjective
_______________(35) -ing verb
_______________(36) adverb
_______________(37) name of someone you know
_______________(38) -ing verb
_______________(39) things (plural noun)
_______________(40) thing (singular noun)





Ghost Story Mad Lib Story
Transfer your word list answers to the corresponding numbers in the story below.
We weren’t allowed to go in the _______________(01) and we really didn’t want to—it was _______________(02) and _______________(03) and smelled like (a) ______________(04). The steps leading down into the ___________(01) were ___________(05) and there was a _______________(06) _______________(07) next to the _______________(08). It felt _______________(09) and we wanted to
_______________(10). We ____________(11) toward the ____________(01), ____________(12) steps at a time till our _______________s(13) _______________(14) _______________(15) and we were too scared to _______________(16).
There was always a _______________(17) _______________(18) coming up from below the _______________(19) and we weren’t brave enough to _______________(20) it. One day there was a _______________(21) sound. It was coming from the _______________(01). We wanted to know what was making the sound, but we were afraid we might _____________(22). We ______________(23) and _____________(24), but each time the fear would _____________(25) over us, and we would back away, terrified. Finally, _______________(26) decided to face the fear and go down to the _______________(01). When we didn't hear _______________(27) we became encouraged and followed behind, praying we would not be _______________(28) by whatever it was that _______________(29) and _______________(30) down there. When we made it to the very bottom, we _______________(31), _______________s(32) wrapped tightly around
each other, barely _______________(33). Then, we saw it. It was _____________(34) and it was ____________(35) _______________(36). We moved closer, we couldn’t breathe ...
It was _____________(37) _____________(38) the ______________(39)
in the _______________(40).
THE END