This is a fun thing to do when you are bored with a group of friends or even on a road trip.  Take any story, for instance write down a simple story about your last camping trip, what you did for Halloween last year or even use a nursery rhyme or fable:

_____________________ and the Three Bears

(Name)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named ____________.  She went for a

                                                                           (Name from above) 

walk in the ________. 

                     (Place)

Pretty soon, she came upon a __________.  She knocked

                                                       (Noun)

and, when no one answered, she walked right in.   At the _____________ in the

                                                                                                   (Noun)   

____________, there were  _____________ bowls of ______________.

        (Noun)                                 (Number)                             (Food)

________________ was ________________.  She tasted the

(Same name)                          (Adjective)                                           

_______________ from the first bowl. 

(Same food as above)

"This ________________ is too _________________!" she

            (Same food)                               (Adjective)

exclaimed.  So, she tasted the _________________ from the

                                                 (Same food)                                            

 second bowl.  "This ___________ is too _______," she

                                  (same food)            (Adjective)

said.  So, she tasted the last bowl of ________________. 

                                                                (same food)                                     

"Ahhh, this ______________ is just right,"

                      (Same food)

she said _____________ and she _______________ it all up.

                 (Adjective)                     (Verb, past tense)

After she'd ___________the three bears' breakfasts she

                   (same verb)               

decided she was feeling a little ________. 

                                                  (Adjective)         

She walked into the living room where she saw _____________ chairs.

                                                                                 (Number)  

 _______________ sat in the first chair to rest her ________________.   

 (Same name as above)                                               (body part)

"This chair is too _______________!" she exclaimed.

                                      (Adjective)

So she ______________ in the second chair.  "This chair is

              (Verb)                                                                                          

too _______________!"  she whined. So she tried the last and ____________

       (Adjective)                                                                              (Adjective)

chair. "Ahhh, this chair is just right," she sighed. 

But just as she settled down into the chair to rest, it broke into__________pieces!

          (Number)                                                                                                           

________________ was very _______________ by this time,

(same name as before)                (Adjective)

so she went upstairs to the ___________. 

                                                    (Noun)

She _______________ in the first bed, but it was too hard.

                (Verb)

Then she lay in the second bed, but it was too ____________________. Then she

                                                                                (Adjective)

lay down in the third bed and it was just right. 

___________________     __________________ asleep.
(Same name as before)             (Verb)

As she was sleeping, the ___________ bears came home. 

                                              (Number)

"Someone's been ______________my _______________,"

                             (verb ending in -ing)  (Same food as before)

growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been _____________ my ________________,"

                                   (Verb)                (Same food as before)

said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been eating my ____________________ and

                                                (same food as before)

they ate it all up!" cried the Baby bear.

"Someone's been ____________ in my _____________,"

                                (Verb)                                   (Noun)

growled the Papa bear.

"Someone's been ______________in my _______________,"

                                  (Verb)                              (Noun)

said the Mama bear.

"Someone's been sitting in my ______________ and they've

                                                        (Noun)

broken it all to pieces," cried the Baby bear.
They decided to ________________ around some more and

                                 (Verb)                                                                                           

 when they got upstairs to the __________,

                                                      (Noun)

Papa bear growled, "Someone's been _________________ in my bed,"

                                                            (Verb ending in –ing)

 "Someone's been ________________________ in my bed,

                                       (Verb ending in –ing)

too" said the Mama bear

"Someone's been _____________________ in my bed and

                                       (Verb ending in –ing)

she's still there!" exclaimed Baby bear.   Just then, _______________ woke up

                                                                                  (Name from above)

and saw the three bears.  She _____________, "Help!"  And she jumped up and

                                                        (Verb)

ran out of the room.  ________________ ran down the stairs,

                                   (Name from above)

opened the door, and ran away into the ___________________.  And she never

                                                                               (Place)

returned to the home of the three bears.

THE END

Making up your own Mad Libs is cheap, easy and fun and it turns any sad, frustrating or annoying story into something funny and interesting.