Calling All Monsters!
Have fun creating a monster character with this activity sheet. Fill in the blanks and you’ll have the beginning of a brand new character and a poem as well. I’ve written one for Malcolm from my book FROM THE GRAVE to show you how it’s done. Although I did rhyme mine, you don’t need to do that unless you’d like to give it a try. Scary on!
Monster Character Poem
(Monster’s FIRST name)
Is
(Four adjectives that describe the creature)
Sibling of
(or Son or Daughter of)
Lover of
Three foods or things your monster loves
Who feels
(Three feelings your monster has and when they are felt)
Who gives
(Three things the creature gives—good or bad)
Who fears
(Three things your monster fears)
Who would like to see
Who lives
(The town or a brief description of the setting where your monster lives)
(Monster’s LAST name)
Here’s my example to help you get started–
MONSTER CHARACTER POEM 1: Malcolm McNastee
by Cynthia Reeg
(based on her middle-grade MONSTER OR DIE fantasies,
Malcolm
Is the
Orange, warty, leather-clad, tail-scrunching
Son of Roary and Wanda.
He’s a lover of Sludge Noodles & Gravy and Crud Crum Pie.
He feels warm and fuzzy when his little sister Nelly hugs him tight,
He feels totally trollish when he growls with all his might,
He feels monstrously content when he sits on Cemetery Hill in the deep, dark night!
Malcolm gives loud burps when celebrating tasty treats.
He gives scowls to most everyone he meets
And indigestion to all he greets!
He fears nothing—except himself sometimes—
And poetry that badly rhymes.
He’d like to see NO more Exxillium sun
Or misfit Fiendful Fiends fun
Or Shadowlands excursions!
He lives in Monster City, Uggarland’s capital with a skeleton tree view.
As you can see, Malcolm is a McNastee—through and through!