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Travel Tales! Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

July 22, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

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It’s already back to school season. Can you believe it?

Personally, I’ve had a wonderful summer break and I am not in any way ready to get back to class. I have a pretty strong hunch my kids feel the same way.

But, like it or not, summer is coming to an end. So, I thought it would be a little easier to get back to ELA with this easy creative writing activity about summer vacation!

Simple Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

We usually take a vacation each summer. This year, we went camping for the first time. And we didn’t die!

My kids had a lot to say about that trip, but I also wanted to encourage them all to write about it, including my younger learners. 

This simple vacation-themed creative writing prompt is great, because it’s a bite-sized lesson. So if you have reluctant writers, they won’t be intimidated by it at all.

Read on to see how to get your copy for free! And, for more fun with ELA, don’t miss my Donut Colors Sentence Writing Activity!

Help students write about places they have visited or want to visit with this simple vacation creative writing activity!

Travel Tales! Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

To use this vacation creative writing activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Cardstock
  • Pencils
  • Child-safe scissors (optional)
  • Colored pencils (optional)

Vacation Story Writing Prompt

This activity includes five pages of prompts: four with different colors and a line art version. 

Summer Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

I found it best to print it on cardstock, because I wanted kids to be able to cut out their finished writing and hang it up on the wall.

Vacation Creative Writing Activity

If you use the line art version, kids can color in the suitcase themselves!

Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Early Writers

Students can use this activity to describe their actual vacations or to write about places they’d like to go. And, since it’s evergreen, you can use it any time there’s a school break, including, fall, winter, and spring. 

Scroll down to get your copy of our Vacation Creative Writing Activity!

Take a look at these other ways to learn with ELA!

Help early writers practice naming colors and writing complete sentences with this donut colors sentence writing activity! Perfect for literacy centers!

Teach children how to identify basic nouns, verbs, and adjectives with this winter-themed parts of speech sorting activity! Perfect for ELA over the winter!

Pick up these printable punctuation flashcards to help kids memorize common punctuation marks in ELA!

Follow my Language Arts for Kids board on Pinterest for more ideas!

Help students break into creative writing with this simple vacation creative writing activity! Perfect for telling about summer break or places they want to visit!

To get your free copy of Travel Tales! Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids, click the image or the text below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store!

Vacation Creative Writing Activity for Kids

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