Creative Writing for Kids

Still trying to find ways to have fun during the summer?

How about activities that expand the imagination, like creating make-believe worlds worthy to be found in stories?

Author Carmen White has ideas that would spark your child’s cleverness. You can find them on her website.

One fun activity she lists is designing a house with eleven rooms. You may only have one of each room (i.e. one bedroom, one kitchen, etc.). Otherwise, you can imagine anything you want. If I were to design my own house, it would look like this:

1 bedroom

1 kitchen

1 dining room

1 bathroom

1 living room

1 laundry room (Yes, I do need clean clothes.)

1 tool room/cleaning supply room (I’d have cleaning ladies and maintenance people to help me maintain my eleven rooms, so they would appreciate a room like this.)

1 office (I would decorate it so as to inspire me to sit down and write.)

1 room with an indoor racing track (I would take up running again, and my dogs may run with me, too.)

1 supply room for dog supplies (If you look at the next room listed, you’ll see why.)

1 room for my dogs (I would have all sorts of sensory activities, chew toys, and games for them so they’d never get bored.) The following video would be something like it (and maybe I’d add a fountain and dog-friendly plants for them to gnaw on):

Here’s the link to more of Carmen White’s creative prompts, including an out-of-this-world pet, a biography of a bug, and a zany plant. Enjoy!

How about a room of aquariums, all containing fish that float over lava?