--- title: Funny writing ideas to get your class smiling! description: Looking for a mood boost for you and your class? Here are our favourite funny writing ideas to get you and your class smiling image: https://blog.pobble.com/hubfs/Blog%20template%20(1)-1.png --- [![https://pobble.com/](https://blog.pobble.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pobble%20logo%20RGB-2.png?width=200&height=129&name=Pobble%20logo%20RGB-2.png "https://pobble.com/")](https://blog.pobble.com/) - Find out more - [Inspire your young writers](https://pobble.com) [![Visit Pobble](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7873029/38eefce5-7a91-4ffd-8e80-09971b925176.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7873029/38eefce5-7a91-4ffd-8e80-09971b925176) # The Pobble blog - [Teaching and Learning](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [Funny writing ideas to get your class smiling!](https://blog.pobble.com/funny-writing-ideas-to-get-your-class-smiling) - by: Anna from Pobble - On: 15, Mar 2021 - [Free resources (19)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/free-resources) - [Guest blogs (28)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/guest-blogs) - [Moderation (15)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/moderation) - [Parents (9)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/parents) - [Pobble Power (35)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/pobble-power) - [Teaching and Learning (124)](https://blog.pobble.com/tag/teaching-and-learning) All - Share - - - - [Subscribe for latest updates](http://#) Looking for a mood boost for you and your class? It starts with a smile and before you know it you've got guaranteed giggles! Smiling or laughing activates and relieves your stress response. Engaging in a bit of witty writing can be a great way to get you smiling, plus adding a bit of humour to your lessons encourages those reluctant writers to pick up their pencils and create a comic masterpiece! Here are our favourite funny writing ideas to get you and your class smiling: Nonsense poems Poetry is a great source of humour, plus children love to use rhyme! Ask your class to write their own funny poem. [Charles Thomson's 'I've never seen'](https://app.pobble.com/works/ive-never-seen-1) is a fun start for inspiration or '[On the Ning Nang Nong'](https://app.pobble.com/works/on-the-ning-nang-nong) by Spike Milligan. Search [poetry on Pobble](https://app.pobble.com/search/poetry) for lots more examples!  Acting up We all love a good comedy sketch and writing their own gives children a fantastic opportunity to get creative and show their sense of humour. Can they write a play script? They could then act it out, a great excuse for some drama! [See some examples.](https://app.pobble.com/search/funny) Laughable limericks [Limericks](https://app.pobble.com/works/2b7f7521) always get a laugh and you can write them about absolutely anything. Plus, because they're short and simple to write it's a great opportunity for a quick writing session! [ There are loads of laughable limerick examples here.](https://app.pobble.com/search/limerick) Ridiculous recipes What kind of revolting and ridiculously funny recipes can your class come up with? [A Pongy pizza,](https://app.pobble.com/works/lorenzos-revolting-recipe-5049) a [dirty donut](https://app.pobble.com/works/38f4e026) or perhaps a [carnivore cake](https://app.pobble.com/works/99097555)?  You'll find lots more examples of ridiculous recipes on Pobble, simply [search the Writing Bank](https://app.pobble.com/search/Revolting%20Recipe) for 'recipes'. Alternative explanations What if things didn't work the way we think they do? Here's a [fantastically funny example](https://app.pobble.com/works/42579ecc)... A toaster that's actually powered by underground dragons and gnomes! What else can your class come up with? A great opportunity to explore explanation texts! Silly stories An image can spark the imagination. Give your pupils a weird and wacky image and let their pencils run loose, can they write their own funny story based on that image? [Here's a fun example](https://app.pobble.com/works/toms-dancing-horse) about a dancing horse!  Don't forget, [Pobble 365](https://my.pobble.com/forever-free) offers a free, unique, engaging image every day of the year!  Droll diaries  Can your pupils retell a funny moment in their lives in the form of a diary entry? If they can't think of a moment to write about they could write in character about a scene in a funny book. [This diary entry is a great example](https://app.pobble.com/works/stinky-sick-spewer-personal-diary-entry-chloe) and really makes the reader laugh. Comic characters  Whether it's The Mad Hatter, Mr Twit or Captain Underpants, we all have a favourite comic character, can your class create their own? There are lots of [excellent and amusing examples](https://app.pobble.com/search/characters) on Pobble. 💡💡💡 Still looking for more ideas? 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