I went looking through my notes app for a note I had written a while back and couldn’t find what I was looking for easily. I realized I had a backlog of bedtime stories Henry and I have created together. I enjoyed my first bedtime stories blog and felt like sharing some more with y’all.
We haven’t been super consistent as life has been busy the last few months, but I write them down when we do have time to create a story together.
If you read the first blog, you’ll remember that we aren’t going for quality substance or to win a prize for writing here. It’s simply a fun activity for my son and I. I want him to have something to look back on when he’s older to remember all the fun little moments we had together.
It’s also an interesting way to find out things he likes, things that are bothering him, or to get caught up with the friends he has at school.
There are definitely days we struggle to come up with a story; some days we don’t even try. However, sometimes we tag team them, bounce ideas off each other, and come up with some cute stuff.
I’m going to stick with ten again. Anymore than that seems excessive! I’ll probably keep this going until Henry doesn’t want to tell stories any more. Please enjoy stories 11-20!
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11. Story by Henry and Ariel
One day in dolphin cove the dolphin named Candy was getting ready for a big race. It was the final championship title race. The prize was a years worth of fish. She wanted to win so she could share the fish with her family and friends. She had been working very hard in all the races up to today. There were 14 other dolphin in the finals. Each dolphin had to swim to the island of chimpmunks and then swim back to dolphin cove. It was 20 miles away. The race started and candy took off at top speed. She was immediately in the lead. Suddenly a big submarine passed by, and she couldn’t see how to get around it. She turned around and saw that the other racers were about to catch up. Candy decided to swim as fast as she could to the surface and jump over the submarine. She thought she wasn’t going to make it, but she did with enough space to get passed the obstacle. The other dolphins decided to go the long way around and that gave her a huge lead. She made it to chipmunk island and squeaked a hello to the chipmunks. She raced back to dolphin cove and she was the winner! Candy’s family and friends cheered so loud. She loved the fish prize and won the race every year for the next 20 years. The end.
12. Story by Henry
Once upon a time there was a seahorse named Cami. He got invited to a party with his friend shark and all his other friends were there. There was a turtle named Shelly, a jellyfish named Electrocutie, a stingray called Finner, and a whale named Whaleburn. At the party, he had a lot of fun. There were 3 bully sharks there who were mean to them. They destroyed the party and wanted to eat everyone but the whale. They split in different directions, but Whaleburn came and whacked them out of the ocean and saved everyone. Cami ended up having fun again. Later, Shelly the turtle gave everyone a million million hundred dollars so everyone could buy whatever they wanted and candy. The end.
13. Story by Ariel (Henry asked for me to tell a story about a booger…)
There once was a little booger. He lived in the best nose around. Ever since he grew on the inside of the nose he wanted to be picked out by the mysteriours hand. All the other bigger boogers were chosen before him. He was sad because he never thought he would get picked like his friends. He wanted to know what kind of adventures were out there for little boogers like him. One day the nose suddenly had a big earthquake and he flew out of the nose. He was suddenly floating around the world. He was so excited to explore. The end.
14. Story by Henry (Henry really struggled with a kid bullying him in Kindergarten, he still talks about this kid and how mean he was to Henry. Pretty sure that’s what inspired this story.)
Once upon a time there was a kid cake named Sprinkles. He had a lot of fun at school. It was a cake school. Then a bully named Crush Cake bullied everybody and he took everybodies sprinkles off. Crush was in the same class as Sprinkles. Sprinkles was playing by himself and staying far away from Crush because Crush is rude. Whenever it was lunch time crush took Sprinkles’ lunch and he had to have school lunch. Sprinkles wanted to stop crush. He couldn’t because his parents came to pick him up. The next day he figured out a way to stop him. Crush ran to him and bullied him. They fought and Crush was down. Sprinkles saved the school and got an award. He’s in first grade now. The end.
15. Story by Henry and Ariel
Olly the octopus was out swimming and searching for seashells. She found a really cute purple shell and put it in her bag. When she looked up again Cruncher the shark swam by. The odd thing was that he was spinning in circles as if he had no control of his body. Olly heard Cruncher saying something but it was hard to hear over the sound of all the bubbles being made from crunchers spins. Olly swam closer and yelled “do you need help? Cruncher managed to yell back “zappy the magician jellyfish put a spell on me and I can’t stop spinning.” Olly continued following Cruncher and asked if there was anything she could do to reverse the spell. Cruncher said he would need to be caught in a cage and taken back to Zappy. Olly searched for a cage big enough for Cruncher and managed to convince Splasher the whale to carry it while she directed her to where cruncher was. Olly and Splasher took Cruncher back to Zappy.. Zappy congratulated Cruncher on passing the test. Zappy told them all that it was about friendship and Cruncher needed to realize he had good friends to help out in times of trouble. The end.
16. Story by Henry
At avengers tower Ironman, Hulk, Falcon and Captain America were there. This weird superhero showed up and had claws on his hand, and his name was Wolverine. They wanted to see if he was a bad guy, but he kept running away. So they kept chasing him and chasing him and chasing him but he kept getting away. They fought Wolverine but he was too tough. They asked if he was a bad guy but he said no. He said he was on a mission. He needed to battle all the bad guys in the universe. All the Avengers superheroes came to battle and fought the bad guys. They were beating them but they got back up. They were too tough for no reason. Wolverine analyzed why they were so tough. They figured out how to beat them. They all worked together and beat them. Wolverine left to go back to his lair and lived happily ever after. The end.
17. Story by Henry (WTF, Henry? Haha!)
Five little ducks were in the pond with their mom. They went over a mountain. One duck was lost. A second one was lost. They didn’t know where they went. They went over a hill again. Two ducks went missing. One more duck went missing. Mom cried. The end.
18. Story by Ariel
Once upon a time there was a prince named Henry. Henry was the nicest prince in all the lands. Henry was always kind to the people that came to see him. Animals also loved visiting him. One day he was out in the swimming pool when a deer came up and started to drink out of the pool. Henry warned him to stop drinking because it wasn’t safe for deer. The deer looked up and said thank you and ran away. Henry was shocked. He had never heard an animal talk before. He thought maybe he was hearing things. Suddenly a bird flys by and he could hear him singing a song. He got out of the pool and went walking. He saw a squirrel and the squirrel yelled at him “look where you’re walking, you almost ran over me.” Henry immediately apologized and the squirrel told him it was okay. Henry walked around for a while and all kinds of animals kept talking to him. He went to find his mom, the queen. She told him a family secret that all the family could talk to animals and he was finally old enough to gain that magical gift. The end.
19. Story by Henry
There once was a turtle named Sunny. He likes relaxing in the water. He likes lying there like a soft lily pad. He likes hanging out with his friends. He likes the feeling of sun on his shell. He went out to play with his friends. They talked about stuff that happened at school. Their teachers name is Ms. Blossom. They talked about how yummy the food was at school. Tomorrow they’re going to have pumpkin pie, oranges, strawberries ice cream, salad, gold fish, peanut butter and jelly, a cheese stick, apples and bananas. He went back to sleep and he woke up for school and they had lunch. He was so excited to eat his food. He wanted to eat fast because it’s so yummy, but he ate it slowly. He went to class with Ms. Blossom. There was a new student named Kylin, and he was so friendly. They talked about some stuff. They became friends. They went out to recess and had fun. It was snack time and they had a snack. Then it was math time. Then there was another snack time. Then they went home. The end.
20. Story by Henry and Ariel
There once was a dinosaur who lived by a volcano. Every day the volcano would shoot out a little smoke, rocks, and a little lava. The dinosaur named Braton loved watching the volcano. He thought it was so cool. One day the volcano didn’t erupt. The next day it didn’t erupt either. After a whole week he was starting to feel sad. He thought the volcano erupting was so fascinating. He decided to take a closer look. His friends saw him getting closer to the volcano and warned him to stay away. He didn’t listen and went closer anyways. When he got to the top he looked inside and saw that the volcano was empty. He sat there and said how sad he was. He then heard a voice. He asked who was there. The voice said it was the volcano. The volcano told him he didn’t think anyone liked his shows so he stopped performing. He said he always thought people were scared of him. The little Dino told him how cool his shows were and thanked him for doing that every day. The volcano was so happy and said he would keep doing the shows. The end.
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I hope at least one story brought a smile to your face! I highly recommend doing this activity with your kiddo before bed! Henry and I call it “Cuddle Time.” We cuddle in bed, tell stories, thumb wrestle, talk about whatever it is that comes to mind, and goof off a little so he feels happy right before he falls asleep.
Parenting is a wild adventure! Do whatever it is that works for you and your kiddos! You’re doing great!
Ariel Pierce 