This is a list of things to consider when makeing an imaginary friend. Of course there are zillions of other aspects of their character to mull over, so you can add to the list in the comments section if you have an idea. Happy imaginary friendships.

Basic -

Name: Remember they can have more than one name. you might want to switch names around until you find one that suits.

Age: Were they born today, or have the been running around the world and you have just met them? Maybe they are 100’s or years old but in a Child’s body?

Gender: Are they a boy, or a girl. Or maybe they don’t have a gender. Maybe they are an alien or they switch from boy to girl?

Species: Are they Human, Animal, monster, tree spirit, a fairy, a toy, a dragon, a pet, your shadow etc?

Favourite quote: This is a nice little way to sum up your friend, if they have a favorite quote. Make it up or find one on one of the many quote archives online.

Power relationships: Are you classed as their parent? Or playmate? Or both? Dose your parental status give you authority over your friend? Will you punish them? Or are they able to control you? Or are you both equal and democratic?

Appearance –

Skin colour: Black, olive, pale, blue, easily sun burnt, lots of freckles?

Hair: Do they have hair? Is it short, dose it reach their knees? Is it purple? Is it made of wool or sticks?

Height: Do they come up to your hip or your head or higher? Can they fit in your pocket? Can they change their height? Do they move like a dream and are just fluid, like a shadow. Maybe they shape shift?

Weight/gravity: Some friends might be light like a feather. Others might be very heavy and thus slow. Or are they might be a normal weight.

Clothes: is your friend naked or dose it wear clothing? Dose it change its clothes or keep the same ones on all the time? What do the clothes look like? What material are they made out of?

Limbs: dose your friend have arms and legs? How many? Do they have other limbs like wings, antenna, stalk eyes, a tail (bushy, curly, long?)

Markings: do they have a birthmark? Where? Do they have any tattoos? Do they have any piercing or scars on their body? How/why did they get them?

Eyes: how many eyes do they have? What colour are they? What can they eyes do? Can they see through objects?

Voice: Do they speak English? Do they have a high-pitched or low-pitched voice? Do they speak fast or slow? Do they have certain words they use a lot?

Personality –

Adjectives: What adjectives would you use to sum them up? Zippy, silly, dumb, cute, green, forgetful.

Habits: do they have any habits? Do they bite their nails? Do they collect shiny things?

Phobia: Do they have any deep fears? Are they afraid of they sky falling? Are they terrified of girls? Or pointy things?

Best qualities: are they brave, kind, good at hugs, encouraging, outgoing, funny?

Worst qualities: Are they selfish, mean, short tempered, pessimistic?

Energy level: where would you rate their energy from 1 – 10. 1 being asleep, 10 being sprinting in a race, 5 is about normal like you or me.

Self-esteem: Dose your friend have really great self esteem? Are they full of themselves or do they think their noise is too big?

Interests/opinions –

Music: What music do they listen to/play/dislike? Pianos or bird song?

Books: Do they read? What do they like? Do they like books to get a “taste” of the prose?

Favourite food: Pizza, frogs legs, bugs or warm coke?

Favourite colour: and why is it their favourite? Can they see ultraviolet colours?

Favourite animal: A dead and endangered species, a pet, a made up animal.

Romance: is your friend romantically inclined? Do they understand love? Do they like it? Do they fall in love with boys or girls or tree’s, or do they want to marry a kangaroo?

Spirituality: Do they belive in God? Do they worship tea-spoons or belong to the cult of rainbow priests who bring colour to the world.

History- 

Home: where do they live? In your sock draw? In a tree in the forest? In a burrow under the ground? If they where just born you might have to make a house for them

Parents: Do they have parents. Or where they raised by a badger? Are they an orphan? Where they raised by aunts?

Siblings: Do they have any siblings? How do they feel about them? Do they want to come and play too?

Origin: where do they come from? A foreign country, a flower, or where the born right now, right here?

Culture: Do they eat with their hands, do they believe in chivalry, what culture do they subscribe to? Are they very English or more aborigional?

Education: what sort of education have they had? Have they been to school, have they been taught by a wizard? Have they never learned anything in their life? Then do you have to explain things to them? Are they a genius who has already graduated from university. Do they study astronomy or maths or poetry or the art of grass cutting?

Enemies: Do they have any enemies? Perhaps an arch nemesis that they battle with? Perhaps they have a strong hatred for the bathtub? Do they battle with the dog while you are at school?

More –

Money: dose your friend have any money? Are they poor or rich? Do they believe in money or do they think it is evil? Do they come from a land where they trade in pebbles instead?

Disability: Dose your friend have any disabilities? Maybe they have a broken wing that needs to mend? Maybe they are allergic to the colour green? Do they have all their limbs? Can they speak and hear and smell?

Goals: what dose your friend want to achieve with their life? Do they want to travel, help the poor, become rich or famous, become a gardener, or can’t they think further than where their next piece of chocolate is coming from?

Secrets: do they have any secrets they don’t want anyone to know about?

Happiness: What makes them happy? Chocolate, adventures, sleeping, alphabetizing books?