Rumpelstiltskin Change the Story | Creative Writing & Story Planning Pack

Help children innovate this well-loved tale to create an original story of their own. This illustrated Rumpelstiltskin creative writing pack uses four simple story parts: a problem or big wish, a magical deal, payment is due, and a secret name.

Children change the characters, wish, magical helper and promise, then connect their ideas into a new fairy tale.

What is included?

• A 12-page printable PDF

• The familiar story in four parts, with “What could you change?” questions

• Three connected sets of story ideas and space for children’s own ideas

• An idea-gathering page

• A four-part story planner

• A completed changed-story example: Lila and the Rainbow Cakes

• A planner with sentence starters

• Drawing and story-writing pages

• A pupil checklist and teacher guidance

Suggested ages: 5–9, with support matched to each child. Younger children can talk, draw and dictate their story to an adult. More confident writers can plan and write independently, adding details, dialogue or a twist.

Printing: A4. The planning pages are landscape; the remaining pages are portrait. Black-and-white pupil pages are easy to print.

Which product should I choose?

Choose this Change the Story pack to invent and write a new fairy tale. For retelling the familiar story in children’s own words, choose the Rumpelstiltskin Sequence and Write pack. For reading cards and a mini-book activity, choose Read and Sequence. For reading texts and questions, choose the Reading Comprehension pack. These companion packs are sold separately.

Digital download only; no physical product will be sent. Licensed for one teacher or individual to use with their own pupils or for personal home learning.