Silly Bedtime Stories for Kids
These are the stories where the rules stop working. A dragon who breathes soap bubbles instead of fire, a clock that runs backward so dessert comes first, a penguin who decides the South Pole is far too hot. Ten short, ridiculous stories of about four minutes each, for kids around 3 to 8.
Hubert is a ghost who is scared of the dark, so he haunts houses in glowing green pajamas with a...
Oliver the Moon is supposed to go to bed at sunrise, but he’d rather play video games with Leo. Then...
Clarabelle the cow wants to be an ice ballerina, so she puts each hoof in a milk bucket and heads...
Tick-Tock the old clock gets bored and starts running backward, so the whole town has ice cream for...
Barnaby wants to roast marshmallows for his knight friends, but every roar comes out as a cloud of...
Gigi is a giraffe who is scared of heights, so she ties pink knee pads on and eats with the turtles...
Pip the penguin finds the South Pole too hot, so he sails north and moves into a family’s...
Eli finds a tiny purple scarf and decides it makes him invisible. He hides behind a single daisy...
Sammy is the only squirrel with no acorns, just a mountain of mismatched socks. Then the forest...
Barnaby the Bear expects a storm, but a pink cloud rains giant marshmallows. A short, sweet bedtime...
Good ones to start with
- Barnaby the Bubble Dragon and the Marshmallow Disaster: every roar comes out as lavender bubbles.
- Tick-Tock and the Upside-Down Day: the clock runs backward, so the day starts with dessert.
- Hubert the Ghost and the Glow-in-the-Dark Pajamas: a ghost who is afraid of the dark. Nice for kids who are too.
- Oliver the Moon and the All-Night Video Game Marathon: what happens when the Moon refuses to go to bed.
- Barnaby and the Magical Marshmallow Rain: the shortest one, about three minutes.
Funny or silly?
Our funny stories start from an ordinary situation that goes wrong, like a guard dog distracted by a butterfly. The silly ones start from something impossible, like a cloud that rains marshmallows. Both work at bedtime; younger children often enjoy the pure nonsense of the silly ones most.
More bedtime stories
Ten more laughs in the funny bedtime stories, or something quieter from the calm bedtime stories.