Spin the wheel Superpower wheel
A random power and what you do with it
The 40 powers on this wheel go from the famous ones, like flying, invisibility and super strength, to odd and funny ones such as instant cooking, magnet hands or bouncing like a ball. The odd ones often lead to the best stories, because nobody has a ready answer for them.
None of the entries name a comic book character, so there are no names to look up and nothing a child needs to have seen. Students invent the hero themselves: the name, the costume, the weakness and the first problem they solve.
Teachers use the wheel for creative writing, for a quick would-you-use-it debate, and for drawing lessons. Spin once per student, and the class has a whole team of heroes with different powers who have to work together.
What's on this wheel
- Flying
- Invisibility
- Super strength
- Time travel
- Teleportation
- Reading minds
- Talking to animals
- Super speed
- Breathing underwater
- Shape-shifting
- Freezing time
- Healing others
- Controlling the weather
- Walking through walls
- X-ray vision
- Shrinking to ant size
- Growing to giant size
- Never needing sleep
- Speaking every language
- Making plants grow
- Controlling fire
- Controlling water
- Super hearing
- Copying any skill
- Moving things by thought
- Night vision
- Stretchy body
- Making force fields
- Seeing the future
- Perfect memory
- Duplicating yourself
- Glowing in the dark
- Bouncing like a ball
- Instant cooking
- Talking to plants
- Super jumping
- Turning to stone
- Magnet hands
- Controlling dreams
- Rewinding 10 seconds
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Writing and drawing with the superpower wheel
- Press Spin to get a power, or spin twice if a hero may have two.
- Answer three questions about it: what is your hero name, what is the one weakness, and what would you use the power for at school or at home?
- Write a short story or draw the hero, then share it with the group. Spin again for a villain with a power of their own.
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Superpower wheel questions
Is this good for kids?
Yes. All the powers are harmless and there is nothing scary or violent on the list. Children from about five up enjoy it, and teenagers like the debates about which power is actually useful.
What is a good writing prompt to go with it?
Try: you wake up with this power and nobody believes you. Or: your power only works for one hour a day, which hour do you pick? Both work for a ten-minute quick write.
Can I add powers from my favorite hero?
Of course. Open Entries and type any power on a new line. The wheel keeps your version in this browser, so it is there the next time you open the page.
Can a group spin the wheel together online?
Use Share to send a link with your list. Everyone opens the same wheel and spins on their own screen, which is handy for a video lesson or a class on tablets.
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