Fill in the Blank Story Generator: 40 Stories to Read Aloud

Give a noun, an animal and a silly sound without seeing the story, then read one of 40 original stories aloud with your words in it.

19 words needed. What you type stays in this browser.

Example, filled in with our words

My Pet's Secret Life

Everyone thinks my pet hamster, Mister Whiskers, sleeps all day. Everyone is wrong.

The second we leave for the supermarket, Mister Whiskers puts on an enormous hat and starts juggling. By nine o'clock the house is full of 12 neighborhood pigeons, all of them eating spaghetti and shouting "yee-haw."

At noon Mister Whiskers goes to work as a dentist. The customers say the service is polite but the office smells like pickles.

In the afternoon there is a nap on my pillow, a snack, and a lesson in how to yodel loudly.

When we get home, everything is fluffy and quiet again. The only clue is a bright pink feather on the floor and a kazoo where my big toe expects a slipper.

Fill in the Blank Story Generator: 40 Stories to Read Aloud: how it works

This fill in the blank story generator asks your group for words one at a time, a noun here, a silly sound there, then drops them into a story nobody has seen. All 40 stories are original and listed below, with 14 to 20 blanks each. It works for Mad Libs-style word games at a party, in a classroom or on a long car ride.

Run a story from one phone

Choose a title under Story and press the Start button, which says how many words that story needs. The story drops out of sight and the page asks for one word at a time: an adjective, an animal, a body part. Read each request aloud, type the first answer shouted and press Next word. Every request carries a hint, and Pick for me fills in a word when the room goes quiet. After the last word, press Show my story and open Read-aloud view for large type.

The one rule, and some house rules

Like any fill in the blank word game, this one has a single fixed rule: whoever gives the words must not see the story first. After that, go round the circle so each player gives one word in turn, or let the youngest answer every animal and food. Ban repeats, so nobody says banana twice. With two teams, play one story twice and let applause pick the winning version. Back fixes a typo, and Start over throws the words away.

Printed sheets and what the phone remembers

Print puts the finished story on paper. Print with blanks prints two pages, a numbered list of words to collect and then the story with a numbered line for each word, so a classroom or a car can play with no phone at all. The words you type stay in this browser, and the page offers your last story when you come back. All 40 titles are listed below with the kinds of words each one asks for. The stories stay hidden so nobody reads ahead.

Tips

  • Ask for the words before anyone hears the title. A Letter to Santa tells players what to aim for, and the surprise is the point.
  • Push for specific words. Lukewarm beats hot, and a startled flamingo beats a bird. Answers can run to 40 characters, so short phrases fit.
  • For a class, press Print with blanks and give each pair both pages: one student collects the words, the other keeps the story face down.
  • Give the reading to the player with the straightest face, and have them pause before each borrowed word.
  • Match the story to the party: Advice for the New Parents at a baby shower, A Toast to the Happy Couple at a rehearsal dinner, Office Memo at a team lunch.

Questions and answers

How many players do you need, and how long does a story take?

Two: one to ask for words and one to give them. There is no upper limit, since a whole class or a dinner table can call out answers to one reader. Allow about five minutes a story, counting the reading, so six stories fill half an hour.

Is this the same as Mad Libs?

No. This is an independent tool with 40 stories written for this site. It is not the official game, none of its stories come from the published books, and it is not affiliated with the publisher. It follows the same old party idea: one player collects words without showing the story, then reads the result aloud.

What ages is it for?

Every request comes with a hint, such as "a describing word, like sticky or enormous", so players of seven and up can give most words. Younger ones do well with animals, foods and silly sounds. All 40 stories are clean enough to read to a grandparent. The office memo and the wedding toast are written with adults in mind.

Are there Halloween and Christmas stories?

Yes. For a Halloween fill in the blank story, choose The Haunted House on Our Street, My Trick-or-Treat Report or A Friendly Witch's Soup Recipe. For a Christmas fill in the blank story, choose A Letter to Santa, The Night the Reindeer Got Loose or Our Family Holiday Newsletter. Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day and New Year have one story each.

Can we play a fill in the blank story online with friends somewhere else?

Yes. On a video call, keep the page on your own screen while you collect words, so nobody reads ahead, then read the result aloud. Afterwards press Share and post the link. The link itself carries the story and everyone's words, so send it only to people you want to read it. Nothing else you type leaves this browser.

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All 40 stories

The kinds of words the game asks for

  • Adjective a describing word, like sticky or enormous. More examples: wobbly, sparkly, grumpy.
  • Name a first name; a made-up one is fine. More examples: Sir Reginald, Professor Plum, Doctor Noodle.
  • Silly Sound a noise to shout, like boing or splat. More examples: kerplunk, whoosh, honk.
  • Number any number, like 7 or 3,000. More examples: 3,000, 12, 99.
  • Adverb how something is done, like slowly or loudly. More examples: politely, nervously, proudly.
  • Noun a thing, like sock or volcano. More examples: trampoline, spoon, wheelbarrow.
  • Plural Noun more than one thing, like spoons or elbows. More examples: umbrellas, marbles, pigeons.
  • Food something to eat, like porridge. More examples: pickles, custard, cheese.
  • Body Part like elbow or left ear. More examples: big toe, nose, knee.
  • Job work somebody does, like plumber. More examples: astronaut, lion tamer, librarian.
  • Past-Tense Verb an action that already happened, like jumped. More examples: wobbled, yodelled, galloped.
  • Animal any creature, like a walrus. More examples: flamingo, hedgehog, llama.
  • Verb Ending in -Ing an action that is going on, like hopping. More examples: juggling, giggling, skipping.
  • Verb an action, like wobble or sneeze. More examples: juggle, tiptoe, yodel.
  • Place somewhere to be, like the library. More examples: a car park, the dentist, a bouncy castle.

How these stories were written: All 40 stories, their titles and their sample words were written for this site by the editors in 2026. None was copied or adapted from the published fill-in-the-blank books, from a worksheet or from another website. Every story was read aloud with its sample words and screened as clean for a family room: nothing sexual, no alcohol or drugs, no bullying, no real people. Three stories are for Halloween, three for Christmas, and one each for Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day and New Year. The way a round runs (one reader asks for words without showing the story, then reads it aloud) follows Wikipedia's article on the game, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs, checked 2026-09-18. Licence: own work