Story Cubes Game: How To Play + FREE Story Cube Template

Story Cubes are one of the most valuable story-telling tools for writers of all ages. Similar to writing prompts, they inspire writers to come up with cool story ideas. And since they are in the shape of dice, you never know what idea combination you’ll get when rolling them! In this post, we will show you how to make story cubes, along with free templates. And to top it off, we’ll even teach you how to play the story cube game, along with 8 fun activities to play!

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Yes – You did it! You created your very own DIY story cubes creating some basic materials around the house. Now the fun can really begin. If you need more help, take a look at our video tutorial on how to create your own story cubes:

Story Cubes Template

Download our free cool story cube templates now! This story cube template pack includes not one or two, but NINE free story cube templates! By downloading this pack, you’ll get various story cubes including character cubes, setting cubes and even random object cubes – That’s so much fun!

This PDF story cubes pack should include the following story cube templates:

• Blank Story Cube template
• 2 Character cube templates
• A settings story cube
• 2 Random Objects cubes
• A magical elements cube
• Scary monsters cube
• And a Wacky transports cube

How to Play Story Cubes: 8 Fun Story Cube Games

Using story cubes to inspire your next story or just for fun can be really exciting. When you first create your story cubes, you might just want to freestyle. Roll them around and see if you can come up with short story ideas using on the elements shown on the cubes. After a while, this might get a little repetitive, maybe even boring. If you do find yourself wondering, ‘how to use story cubes’, then here are 10 fun story cube activities you have to try out:

1. 1. Basic Storytelling: Using at least three cubes, throw each one. Now tell a short story using the three face-up sides of the cubes.
   2. Advanced Story-telling: Challenge yourself to tell a story using all the sides of one story cube.
   3. Six-Word Stories: Write or tell a six-word story using one side of the cube. If you really want a challenge, try adding two story cube images into one, six-word story.
   4. Collaborative story-telling: This game is very similar to the Finish the Story game! In a group of at least 5 players, tell a story collaboratively. For this activity, each player rolls a random story cube. The first player starts the story off using the image faced up on their cube. Then the next player picks a story cube and rolls that out. They then continue the story from the previous player using the image on their dice. Carry on until the story is complete or until all players have had two to three goes each.
   5. Build Friendships: Story cubes are great way to get to know each other. Working in pairs, each player rolls out the story cube. Whatever the story cube lands on, the player must either tell a personal story relating to that image or provide an interesting fact about the image.
   6. Idea Generation: Roll out three story cubes. Whatever images are faced up, use all these to come up with at least 3 different story ideas.
   7. Character Cubes: Roll out a character story cube. Now you must write a short description to describe this character.
   8. Role-playing activity: For this activity, you need two players. Each player has their own character cube. They both roll their cubes and whatever character is facing upwards, they will need to pretend to talk like their character to each other. This is great for developing dialogue, communication skills and as a script-writing activity. You might even be interested in creating your own paper finger puppets!

   

   There are so many fun ways to use story cubes. And you don’t even have to use them for storytelling! Instead, you can use them for getting poetry ideas or ideas for comic strips, even for letter writing or poster creating! You have the freedom to use story cubes in any way you want!

   Online Story Cube Game

   Finally, if you don’t have the time to create your own story cubes, don’t worry! We recently released the Ideas Wizard App, which has a really cool built-in story cube app. You can generate thousands of ideas with a range of fun story cubes, as well as use many other generators offline on your mobile device:

   

   The Ideas Wizard app can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

   You might also be interested in our free online idea generator to provide you with a range of writing ideas! Our story idea generator is free to use and can help you come up with thousands of fun and wacky story ideas like this one:

   

   To start using our online story cubes, all you need to do is sign-up and play !

   That’s all for today’s fun writing activity! Join us next time for more inspiration and writing fun for kids!

   

   

   Marty the wizard is the master of Imagine Forest. When he's not reading a ton of books or writing some of his own tales, he loves to be surrounded by the magical creatures that live in Imagine Forest. While living in his tree house he has devoted his time to helping children around the world with their writing skills and creativity.