Creative Writing Challenge - Bob Bilby

Based on the Bluey episode 'Bob Bilby', write a diary from the perspective of Bob Bilby about all the adventures he's had with Bingo's classmates over the last few weekends. Maybe you could write about how he saw an Australian rules football match on TV with Jasper W, or you could write about Bentley taking him for a fun day out to the beach for ice cream and sandcastles, or maybe Sadie taught Bob Bilby how to ballet dance. Anything you want, make it from Bob Bilby's diary!

At Home Writing Challenge - Nick Jr Summer Storytime

Summer isn't around the corner just yet, but with these Nick Jr-inspired writing prompts, bring the Summer in, even when it's cold and snowy outside. Just don't include Peppa Pig, though, 'cause she gets on my nerves.

• The Top Wing crew go to the cinema to see a new film about their hero.
• Ryder takes the Paw Patrol pups to the beach to play with their beach ball.
• Marshall plays in the park and finds some buried treasure.
• Blaze and Crusher try to compete against each other playing a video game.
• Sunny and Doodle bake a cream cake to send to their ill friend.
• Butterbean and the fairies take a walk in the woods.
• Chase is playing in the garden when he finds a secret hole leading to somewhere exciting.
• Paddington goes on a play date with Jonathan and Judy's friends.
• Brody and Penny compete against each other in a board game.
• Doodle reads a magical book which transports her into the story itself.
• The Paw Patrol pups follow a group of kids as they take a bike ride.
• Shimmer and Shine make a magical surprise for their friends in the Glittering Mountains.
• The Top Wing crew take a day off to go to their favourite amusement park.
• Rusty Rivets goes to a museum, but Botasaur wants to find a friend in the dinosaur section.
• Butterbean goes on holiday to Italy and takes in all the sights on a tour of the city.
• Paddington tries to take some silly photos of the Browns to send to Aunt Lucy.
• Rubble goes to the library and tries to find a book he likes best of all.
• Sunny and Doodle meet Shimmer and Shine, who help them with a spot of gardening.
• Nella and Trinket visit the royal fair.
• The Paw Patrol pups complete a giant jigsaw.
• The Top Wing crew go bowling, while Brody tries to find the perfect tub of popcorn.
• Nella and Trinket go camping in the forest, but have to fight off a dragon scaring the campers with the help of the Lion Guard.
• Butterbean and her fairy friends pick some fruits for their fruit smoothie recipe.
• Paddington builds a den to hang out in.
• Rusty and Botasaur go to the arcade, but Botasaur can't decide which game to play first.
• Chase and Rubble go to a sports club and engage in a workout fit for a pup.
• Shimmer and Shine play dress up with a new friend.
• Nella flies a kite, but gets carried away by the wind.
• Doodle runs away to a playgroup, where he plays with all the other children here.
• The Paw Patrol pups put on a stage play based on one of their rescues at the local theatre. Choose whatever Paw Patrol episode you choose for this prompt!
• Rusty Rivets goes hunting for bugs in the long grass.
• Swift attempts DIY, trying to build a shelf to put all his important stuff on.
• Blaze attempts pavement art, but how can he when he's a monster truck?
• Paddington goes to a youth club and attempts to get to know all the people who come here.
• Shimmer and Shine go roller-skating.
• Nella and Trinket go bird-watching, hoping to find an Eight-Speckled Warbler.
• Chase and Skye go on an unexpected treasure hunt at the seaside.
• Paddington attends the Glastonbury Music Festival and accidentally becomes a highlight on stage.
• Rusty and Botasaur go stargazing, until one of the Constellations needs their help.
• Sunny and Doodle plant a tree. Doodle wants to plant a dog biscuit tree!
• Sunny and Doodle treat a scraggly customer to special treatment at their salon.
• Marshall and Chase stow away on a sailboat.
• Shimmer and Shine teach a friend some magic tricks.
• Paddington goes with the Browns to watch a Punch & Judy show, then stages his own at home.

At-Home Writing Challenge - Your First Time Seeing Tracy Beaker

Write about the first time you saw Tracy Beaker or Tracy Beaker Returns on CBBC, to help get you excited for My Mum Tracy Beaker coming to the channel this Friday. Maybe you could write either a real memory, or you can retell the very first time you saw Tracy Beaker as if she and the other kids and carers in the Dumping Ground are real people, and Arthur is her best friend. Having read the book, you haven't known that there was a TV series. Maybe you want to write about the time you saw the premiere, and were blown away when Tracy yelled and there was an animated sequence to accompany it of the Dumping Ground blowing to smithereens because of her! Whatever you want, make your first time seeing Tracy Beaker your way.

At Home Writing Challenge - Charades

Write the Bluey episode 'Charades' from the point of view of either Bluey, Bingo, Muffin, Socks or Nana. What did they like about going to Nana's? Did they like the ice blocks, the charades game or Muffin doing ballet? As Bluey or Bingo, can you write a letter to Muffin asking her what to do to control her tantrums? Kids can be such a handful!

At Home Writing Challenge - The Best Books For Little Kids - Change It!

Changing stories the Sybil way can be excellent fun, especially when it comes to childrens' books like these. Now you can change them, Sybil style!

• Write your own version of The Belly Button Book themed around I.B.F.Fs, as I try to examine the bellybuttons of everyone at my school, including Bluey's own. This may sound gross, but it's worth a try.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of Walking Through The Jungle, about Furaha exploring a rainforest in Africa. You can also write an I.B.F.Fs version featuring Luke, Resus and Cleo and I exploring the rainforest where the lions live.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of We're Going On A Bear Hunt, featuring Alkaharif and Alarramal, Furaha's older brother and sister, leading the cubs on a quest to find the treasure that has been stolen by the wise bear.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of The Bear Snores On, about Nothing having a Winter sleep and me and my siblings and friends trying to wake her.
• Write a version of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See themed around Baloo from The Jungle Book.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of One Of Each about Dog, Pug and Love Monster attempting to share.
• Write a version of Big Red Barn starring Sesame Street characters.
• Luke, Resus and Cleo have their own versions of Good Night Moon. Write down what their versions of the story may sound like.
• Write a version of Moo Baa La La La featuring CBBC and CBeebies characters and the noises they make.
• Write a version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar featuring Cookie Monster.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of Mama's Right Here featuring Jetfire assuring Furaha how much he loves her.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of Oh The Places You'll Go, with Lord Mufasa telling Furaha through rhyme about the places she's been, from Cybertron to Silver Hills to Station Square to the Digital World to Ponyville to beyond.
• Rewrite Llama Llama Red Pyjama as if it were an episode of the Llama Llama series on Netflix.
• Write a version of The Monster At The End Of This Book, with Daffy Duck in place of Grover.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie describing what happens when you give Furaha a piece of chocolate cake.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of Alexander & The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day about Luke having a bad day and finding reassurance in me.
• Write a version of Loved You Forever about either Luke, Resus and Cleo reassuring me they'll love me forever, or Kiburi and Ua telling Furaha they'll always love her no matter what happens to her.

At Home Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs Storytime - 9 Fun Father & Baby Outing Ideas

These writing prompts are inspired by some fun father and daughter outings and will, this time, not focus on fathers and daughters spending time together, but rather me and my I.B.F.F friends!

• Dog and Pug go to a local sporting event and, as if by accident, Pug gets dragged into the game. How does he help his favourite team win?
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I visit Uncle Stripe's house and play with Muffin and Socks in the pool.
• Dog organizes a storytime session at the bookshop filled with songs and puppets, and talks directly to you, as if you were one of the children at the storytime session. Write from Dog's perspective as he talks to the reader and reads him/her a story.
• Simon, Gaspard and their grandma and grandpa take me to the antique store to look at old treasures, and Simon and I play at being treasure hunters.
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I try out a day of sharing each others' hobbies.
• I accompany Resus and Luella to a bird sanctuary, and the birds here make Resus depressed because as a vampire, he can't fly. Luella and I must comfort him and tell him vampires aren't like birds.
• Bluey, Bingo and Bandit go grocery shopping, and, flashing back to when they played their game of 'Kids' there, Bandit prays another incident like this wouldn't happen....
• I play in the park with Bluey and Chloe, and each of us has a go on the swing.

At Home Creative Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs Storytime: 6 End Of Summer Activities To Do With Your Little One

Inspired by this list of fun activities to do during Summer with little ones, try these I.B.F.Fs writing prompts not just for Summer, but for every occasion. From a swim in the lake to a picnic dinner outside, there's never a dull moment, because every Summer is full of fun with the I.B.F.Fs!

• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I go for a swim in the lake, and enjoy the cool water, splashing each other and lying on top of the water, looking up at the leaves above.
• When our parents order pizza takeaway, we decide to have it outside since it is a lovely Summer evening. Next door, Bluey and her family are having a barbecue, and my siblings and I decide to imitate them.
• My family and I go to the farmer's market, and we meet up with Simon and his family. We try to see if honey and cheese taste well together, and wonder where our local produce comes from examining the food sold there.
• I go round to play with Bluey, Bingo and their cousins at Nana's house, and I learn how to make ice blocks for me and my friends to enjoy on such a hot day.
• My siblings and I spend the morning together at the park, and relax in the long grass, wondering to one another about how dew is formed.

At Home Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs Storytime: 5 Ways To Savour Summer's End With Your Family

Inspired by this list of things to do during the end of Summer, these creative writing prompts will help you to write some joyful stories about the I.B.F.Fs as my siblings Luke, Resus and Cleo and I spend time together and explore our world with the help of our friends Bluey, Bingo, Dog, Pug, Nothing, Hover, Feather, Simon, Gaspard and Love Monster.

• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I cool off and relax at an outdoor swimming pool with our cousin Six...but it proves to be really hot weather!
• My family and I go with Bluey and her family and Simon and his family to the fair, and among the many rides we enjoy, Bingo finds a new friend for Floppy - a cream-coloured stuffed toy rabbit named Popcorn.
• My family invite the neighbours round for a BBQ, with meat on the grill, watermelon, corn on the cob, and ice cream. I play a game of jungle crocodiles with Muffin, Simon and Bluey and my siblings.
• My siblings and I are allowed to stay up for an extra hour and play outside, but we use this time just to chillax.

At Home Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs Baby Race Storytime: 5 Fun Games To Play With Your 1 Year Old

Inspired by this article on this range of fun games to play with 1-year-old babies, write some poems about Bluey and her friends exploring the world as babies through simple, playful games, inspired by the Bluey episode 'Baby Race'. These prompts will lead the way as you do:

• Baby Lucky enjoys playing with his blocks, but his dad pretends to be a big hairy monster to knock them down, which makes him laugh!
• Baby Coco enjoys playing with wooden puzzles.
• Chloe's mum plays a game of 'Where's The Baby' with baby Chloe.
• Baby Muffin looks at lift-the-flap books with Aunt Trixie.
• Baby Rusty and his mum have a living room dance party as Rusty's mum sings to him.

At Home Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs: Storytime: 5 Fun Family Winter Activities

Inspired by this list of winter activities, try these fun Winter writing prompts starring the I.B.F.Fs - perfect for when you're stuck inside and never have to go to school today.

• Luke, Resus, Cleo, Dig, Lulu, Uncle Stripe, Aunt Trixie, Muffin and Socks and I go to the aquarium and imagine becoming mermaids, swimming about with all the fish underwater.
• Whilst swimming in the pool with my siblings, I watch Simon take a swim class with his friends. From there, I imagine doing a synchronised swimming routine with my friends.
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I go to an indoor waterpark and have a fun time there.
• Dog and Pug host an annual storytime session at the bookshop, and Pug tries to improvise by making puppets with Love Monster...but he's not very good at making puppets! What does he use instead?
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I create a siblinghood friendship mural to hang on our wall using simple art supplies.

At-Home Creative Writing Challenge - Daddy Dropoff/Good Morning

Write your own version of the Teletubbies 'Good Morning' song themed around the Bluey episode 'Daddy Dropoff' about Bluey and Bingo preparing for their morning with Dad's help and then greeting their friends at school and kindy. Remember to make it a conversation between Bluey, Bingo, their parents and their friends!

At Home Writing Challenge - Grannies

Inspired by this interview activity to do with your grandparents, try these writing prompts about Nana during her youth, before Bluey, Bingo and their cousins came into their life, inspired by the Bluey episode 'Grannies'. There's more to a grandperson than just flossing, you know!

• Describe the day Nana was born. What did her parents decide to call her? Was there drama on the big day? What was the weather like?
• Did Nana have any brothers or sisters? If so, what games did they play together? Did they go to school together?
• Describe Nana's favourite game from when she was a child.
• Write about how Nana helped do chores growing up. Was she given some reward, i.e. pocket money, for either cleaning the dishes or tidying her room after she finished playing?
• Did they have any electricity or equipment we use today when Nana was a child?
• Describe Nana's childhood home. Did she share a room with a brother when she was young? Describe the sounds, sights and smells of this particular childhood home.
• What happens when Nana got into trouble? Was she sent to the naughty corner for five minutes?
• Describe Nana's days at school via a diary entry from a normal day in her life. What was her favourite subject? What did they have to eat for school dinners each day? What games did she play in the playground? Did she have any friends?
• What was Nana's favourite sport?
• Write about Nana's childhood ambitions over what she wants to be when she grows up.
• Write about what's special about Nana's childhood home that she might never forget. Was it family that makes it special, or what she is grateful for, or the precious times she and her relatives spend together?
• What was Nana's favourite thing for dinner? Describe how Nana would come home to it delicious smell, and how it tasted every time.
• What did Nana spend her pocket money on had she been given it for completing her chores?
• What were the Summer holidays like in Nana's childhood home? Did she partake in a barbecue her family, or go to the beach, or something like that?
• Write in the style of a diary entry about Nana's favourite childhood memory, one which she can tell to Bluey and her sisters and cousin today.
• Write about Nana's first job, and how she got it.
• Where did Nana meet Bluey's grandpa, Bob? Describe how they met, ala Bandit and Chili's origin story in 'The Show'.
• Write a poem from Bob to Nana telling about what he loves about her.
• Write about Bob and Nana's wedding day. How has the day been made really special?
• Write about Bandit's childhood, or Chili's childhood. Did Chili go swimming with Grandad in the lake like it was explained in 'Grandad'? Describe Bandit's humor and how it used to win over a large crowd when he was in high school.
• Write about the things Bandit and Chilli did with Grandad, Nana and Bob as a family. Did they go fishing together, or did they have a barbecue on the beach? Write down anything you want about what they did as a family.
• Write about when Bluey was born. Was it a day Chili had been waiting for? Had she been longing for a child for quite sometime? What was the weather like? You can even write Bandit's reaction to Bluey's birth, but it's mainly Nana you should write about.
• Write about what Nana wished she had known when she was Bluey's age.
• Write a conversation between Nana and Bluey about the most important thing she needs to know about being a child inside. Make it as heartwarming and as lovely as possible.

At Home Writing Challenge - I.B.F.Fs Storytime: 10 Ideas For Daddy Daughter Dates With A Toddler

Inspired by these ideas of a dad's day out with a toddler, use these fun prompts to write down I.B.F.Fs stories inspired by such fun days out, and maybe they could get a young child living near you loving to try new things!

• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I take a look round a pet store and witness the tale of a cat and a dog who try to end an all-out war between each others' species. How do we get involved in the story though?
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I go with Uncle Stripe, Aunt Trixie, Muffin and Socks to the library, and Uncle Stripe prays an incident like from when Bluey and Bingo played their library game won't happen...but each of us finds a book that we like, leading Luke and Resus to get distracted from their comics.
• The family and I have lunch out at a restaurant, and here, I meet Simon, Gaspard and Snickers. We get to play in the restaurant's playplace with my siblings, pretending the restaurant is a fierce, almighty jungle filled with dangerous creatures only we can tame.
• Luke, Resus, Cleo, Coco, Indy, Honey and I play at being pirates in the park.
• My siblings and I have a quiet morning in the park, feeding the ducks...but more and more people keep wanting to join us!
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I join Bluey and Bingo on a trip to the toy store to get something for Mackenzie's birthday, but someone is making the toys talk. With help of Alfie, we attempt to uncover the person behind the talking toys. Who might it be? Might it be Hover, up to her wisecracking ways yet again?
• Luke, Resus, Cleo and I relax at the local pool, and spend a moment of tranquility there. Write about how we experience relaxation and stress relief in the water.
• Bluey challenges me to a bike race in the park. My siblings and her friends cheer us on. Do we find cunning tricks to see who wins the race first? How do we find the solution to winning the race?
• Bluey, Mackenzie, Snickers, Rusty, Chloe, Nothing, Hover, Dog, Pug and my siblings work together on an art project that we are sure to put up in the local museum. What responsibility do each of us have with the art project?
• Dog, Pug, Bluey, Bingo, my siblings and I visit a garage sale and play hide and seek there, hiding under the table, while Dog and Pug check out the barbecue going on near the sale. Might they be hosting a garden party on that day?

At Home Writing Challenge - 10 Fun Books To Read To Baby - Change It!

Check out this Huggies selection of wonderful illustrated books to read to your baby if you have a brother or sister, but sometimes reading them for far too long can leave you BORED TO DEATH!! Why not give these books an exceptionally fun Me, You, And... or I.B.F.Fs twist? That always works for me, I always like to change the stories of fairy tales like Goldilocks & The Three Bears all the time, and now I'm passing the craft onto you with these exceptionally good clean writing prompts.

• Do a Bluey 'Baby Race'-inspired version of 'Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes', as sung by Chilli to baby Bluey. How might other parents in Bluey's world sing the rhyme to their babies, be it with babies Coco, Snickers, Judo or maybe even Rusty or Mackenzie?
• Write a poem based on Tana Hoban's Black On White, about how silhouettes cover the shadows of life and how we are glad to have life's shadow guiding us all the way through even the most difficult situations.
• Write a version of Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy about Furaha and her animal friends back in Africa.
• Write a Me, You, And...version of 'Global Babies' told from Furaha and her brothers and sisters' perspective of all the children of the world they help heal, and no matter how different we are be it animal or human, we are all universal beings.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of 'Who Flies, Cat The Cat' about me, Nothing, Hover and Resus discovering all the winged animal friends in the rainforest the lions in the pride live in.
• Write a Me, You, And Digimon Data Squad or I.B.F.Fs version of Peekaboo Bedtime about either Lanka and Agumon or Bingo and Gaspard getting ready for bed and discovering different bedtime rituals, all while preparing for bed with help of their peers themselves.
• Write English versions of all the rhymes of Pio Peep: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Maybe you could add a Disney character where the main character should be in one of the rhymes, or give a Me, You, And...take on one of the rhymes if it were about a brave lion.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of 'Where Is Baby's Bellybutton?' about me giving Mr. Crudley a bath and trying to do the disgusting job of cleaning out his bellybutton.
• Write a vibrant poem based on Color Zoo about what shapes need to be made to create the animals that dwell in our beautiful world.
• Write an I.B.F.Fs version of 'Baby Animal Farm' about me, Bluey, Chloe, Mackenzie, Honey and Bingo heading off to visit the farm near where Simon's grandma and grandpa live and look at all the animals there. Add your own silly little quotes to us, or make up your own funky movements and put them into the story, so we could be dancing all the way!