How to Make Your Own Mad Libs for Kids

Copy a paragraph from a kid's book or magazine onto a piece of paper using a pencil.

Remove a part of speech -- such as a noun, adjective or verb -- from the first or second sentence by erasing the word and drawing a line in place of the word.

Write beneath the line of your erased word the part of speech that the erased word represented. For example, if you erased a noun, write the word "Noun" beneath the line.

Repeat the process of removing 10 or more words throughout your paragraph by erasing the word, drawing a line where the missing word was and writing what part of speech the word represented under the line. You should remove a variety of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that are key descriptors in the story.

Read to kids the part of speech written under the first blank line in your paragraph and ask them to brainstorm a word to fill in the space. For example, if the blank space needs an adjective, ask kids to think of and collectively agree on an adjective to add into the story.

Write down the word that the kids think of above the first blank line.

Read to kids the parts of speech needed to fill in the rest of the blank spaces and write the words that they brainstorm in the appropriate blank spaces. As you ask for and fill in words, do not reveal or hint at the premise of the story to the kids.

Read the entire paragraph aloud to the kids once you have completely filled in the blanks. Kids will listen to how their words make silly and humorous sentences.