61+ ‘Rainbow’ Writing Prompts
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Rainbow Across my Window
Let your imagination soar as you create a St. Patrick’s Day inspired rainbow craft. What does this spectrum of colors signify for you?
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Our Rainbow World
Beginning with the phrase “Today I saw something red,” have the child describe various items they’ve spotted in different colors throughout the day or week.
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Rainbow of Emotions
Choose an emotion and give it a color. Write a story where the chosen emotion is a character represented by that color.
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Chasing Rainbows
Imagine you’re a little explorer set out to find the end of a rainbow. Describe your adventure.
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The Rainbow in My Room
Describe an instance when you created a rainbow in your own room using a prism and daylight, and how understanding the physics of it transformed the magical spectacle into something even more fascinating.
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Chasing the End of the Rainbow
Write a fictional account of someone trying to physically reach the end of a rainbow.
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Reflections on the Spectrum
Write about observing a rainbow for the first time, and your reaction to realizing the science behind this natural phenomenon.
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Pastel Palette of Memories
Reflect on an Easter memory that profoundly impacted you, focusing on how the pastel colors around you contributed to the moment.
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Golden Lessons
Describe your journey to find the Pot of Gold at the end of a rainbow and the lessons you learn along the way.
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The Lore of the Golden Wealth
Write a fictional tale that explores the origin story of the Pot of Gold in Irish folklore.
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Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow
Write a story where finding the legendary ‘pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’ changes a character’s life.
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Rainbow Connection
Craft a toast exploring the connections between the themes of rainbows, luck, and joy on St. Patrick’s Day.
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Chasing Rainbows
Write a story about a magical St.Patrick’s day journey to find the end of the rainbow.
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Pot of Gold Quest
Craft a narrative about a journey to the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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The Emotion Color Palette
Assign colors to your different feelings and write about why you think each emotion matches that color.
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Rekindling Wonder and Awe
Write about a memory of an event or phenomenon that deeply fascinated you as a child.
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Life Through Rainbow Coloured Glasses
Write a first-person narrative of someone who sees the world only in the colors of a rainbow.
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The Elusive 8th Colour
Imagine discovering an 8th color in the rainbow. Describe how it appears and how its discovery impacts the world.
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Pot of Gold at a Rainbow’s End
Write a short story about a character discovering a mythical pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
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The Great Slide Adventure
Create a make-believe story about an adventure down the biggest slide in the park.
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End of the Rainbow
Imagine if a rainbow was an intergalactic highway. Write about your journey across different colors.
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Leprechaun’s Landscape
Create a poem from the perspective of a leprechaun surveying the Irish landscapes.
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Leprechaun’s Gold
Imagine you find a leprechaun’s pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, write about what you would do with it.
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“Baking a Rainbow”
Write a story about baking a rainbow in the oven. What ingredients would you need? What would it taste like?
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Leprechaun’s Gold
Imagine you’ve found the end of a rainbow and come across a leprechaun’s pot of gold. What happens next?
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Rainbow after the Rain
Write a story about the completion of something difficult and the joy that followed.
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Rainbow Challenge
Each day of the week, you wake up to find a different color has disappeared from the world. Chronicle your funny adventures dealing with these changes.
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Travel through the Rainbow
Imagine you went through a rainbow and describe the world on the other side.
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The Great Friendship Bake-off
Pretend that the strength of your friendship with another person can be symbolized in a type of dessert. What dessert would represent your friendship and why?
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Dreamland Designs
Write about your ideal playground, describing all the fun and exciting elements in it.
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Rainbow Feast
Draw and write about a magical feast where each type of food is a different color of the rainbow and describe how they taste.
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The Legend of the Rainbow Unicorn
Create and narrate a folk tale about a colorful unicorn who has the power to create rainbows.
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Journey through a Rainbow
Describe a colorful journey through a rainbow, detailing what you’d find at each color.
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Journey to The Magic Tree
Create a story where you climb a magical tree that leads you to an enchanted land.
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The Magic Paintbrush
Write a story where you have a magic paintbrush that can bring your drawings to life.
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Rainbow Day
Imagination needed! Describe what you think a day would look like if everything was rainbow-colored.
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Rainbow Narratives
Choose seven characters, each representing a color of the rainbow, and create a narrative where they must work together to solve a common problem.
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Rainbow Adventure
Imagine a day in a world where everything is of the same color, what color would you choose and why?
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Easter Rainbow
Visualize an array of Easter blossoms arranged in the colors of a rainbow. Describe each color and its corresponding flower in detail.
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Create Them
Invent your own animal species. Describe its appearance, habitat, diet, and unique abilities.
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Pot of Gold Quest
Describe your journey as a leprechaun to locate the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Rainbow Food Festival
Describe a food festival where the items are colored like the rainbow. Spell everything correctly.
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The Rainbow After
Pick a past negative emotion and write about the growth or positive change it triggered.
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The Rain and The Rainbow
Jot down hurtful experiences and how they have contributed to your personal development.
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Rainy days and Rainbows
List 5-10 “rainy days,” or challenging moments from your past, and then select one to detail a “rainbow” or positive result from it.
