April journal prompts: one for every day

How to use these April journal prompts

April is a month of new growth, so these prompts lean toward hope and small changes. Answer one a day, or save the themed sets for the right moment: the Easter prompts for Holy Week, the rainy day prompts for a wet afternoon. Easter can fall in late March or in April, so use that set whenever it lands this year.

30 April journal prompts: one for each day

Each number matches the date in April. Prompt 22 lands on Earth Day.

Days 1 to 7

1. It is April Fools' Day. Write about the best prank or funniest mix-up you have ever been part of.Write
2. What is something you believed as a kid that turned out to be totally wrong?Write
3. Describe the trees outside your window. Are they budding yet?Write
4. What do you want to bloom in your life by summer?Write
5. Write about someone who saw potential in you before you saw it yourself.Write
6. What is a small daily joy you would miss if it disappeared?Write
7. If your mood today were weather, what would the forecast be?Write

Days 8 to 14

1. What is one thing you have been waiting on? How are you spending the wait?Write
2. Listen to the rain, or remember the last time you did. What does it make you feel?Write
3. What is a promise you made to yourself this year that you are keeping?Write
4. Write about your favorite outfit for spring weather.Write
5. Who would you like to have a long walk and talk with this month?Write
6. What chore do you secretly enjoy, and why?Write
7. Describe a fresh start you watched happen in someone else's life.Write

Days 15 to 21

1. You are halfway through April. What has felt hopeful this month?Write
2. What hobby would you pick up if you had one free hour every day?Write
3. Write about a garden you remember, yours or someone else's.Write
4. What do you want to say more often to the people you love?Write
5. What is something you are learning to accept?Write
6. Describe your perfect spring morning from the moment you wake up.Write
7. What simple thing could you do this week to waste less?Write

Days 22 to 28

1. It is Earth Day. Write about the place in nature you love most and why you want it protected.Write
2. What is one change you have made that you once thought was impossible?Write
3. Write about a time a stranger was kind to you.Write
4. What smell, song or taste brings back a happy spring memory?Write
5. Which of your plans for this year needs a second try?Write
6. What is one thing you would tell someone going through a hard season right now?Write
7. List ten things that are blooming in your life, in the garden or not.Write

Days 29 and 30

1. What did April teach you about patience?Write
2. Write a short thank you to April. What are you taking into May?Write

Easter journal prompts

For Holy Week and Easter Sunday. For more faith writing, see our Christian journal prompts and Bible journal prompts.

1. What does Easter mean to you this year, compared with when you were a child?Write
2. Write about a time something you thought was over came back to life.Write
3. Read the Easter story slowly. Which person in it do you relate to most, and why?Write
4. What are you hoping God will make new in your life this spring?Write
5. Describe an Easter tradition from your family: the food, the clothes, the people.Write
6. What does hope mean to you on a hard day?Write
7. Write a short prayer or note of thanks for new beginnings.Write
8. Who could you invite to your table this Easter?Write
9. What would you like to lay down and leave behind this Easter?Write
10. What is one way you can share the joy of Easter with someone who is lonely?Write

Earth Day and nature journal prompts

1. Pick one tree near your home. Describe it closely, from the bark to the top branches.Write
2. What is one natural place from your childhood that has changed since you were young?Write
3. Which animal do you feel most connected to, and why?Write
4. What is a small eco-friendly habit you could keep for a whole month?Write
5. Write about the best hike, beach day or park visit you can remember.Write
6. What would your town look like if every empty lot became a garden?Write
7. How do you feel after spending time outdoors? Where do you notice it in your body?Write
8. Write a letter to the earth from your future grandchild.Write
9. What is one plant you would like to grow, and where would you put it?Write
10. What did the adults in your life teach you about caring for nature?Write

Rainy day and poetry journal ideas for April

April is National Poetry Month in the US. Try writing a few lines of your own. Nobody is grading them.

1. Write a poem of exactly five lines about the weather today.Write
2. List every word you can think of for rain, then use three in a sentence about your week.Write
3. What do you like to do when you are stuck inside on a wet day?Write
4. Write about getting caught in a downpour. Were you annoyed, or did you laugh?Write
5. Choose a favorite poem or song and write about why it stays with you.Write
6. Describe the smell after a spring rain to someone who has never smelled it.Write
7. Write a short poem to someone you love, without using the word love.Write
8. What thoughts keep coming back to you on gray days?Write
9. Write a haiku, three lines of five, seven and five syllables, about something on your desk.Write
10. If a puddle could talk, what story would it tell about your street?Write
11. What is your favorite rainy day meal, and who do you share it with?Write
12. Write about a storm that passed, in the sky or in your life.Write

More April journal ideas

• Press a flower between the pages of a paper journal, or describe one in detail in your online diary.
• Keep a weather and bloom log for the month.
• Copy one line from a favorite poem each day and write a sentence about it.
• Make an Easter memory page with notes from the day and who was there.
• Track your mood next to the weather in a mood journal and see if they match.
• Doodle what you see on a walk. Our art journal ideas have more ways to start.

Tips for journaling in April

• Rain is writing weather. Keep the diary open on wet afternoons.
• Move the Easter set if you need to. If Easter falls in March this year, use those prompts in March.
• Try one poem a week. Short or silly is fine.
• Keep going in May. When April ends, continue with May journal prompts.

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