“What did you do on the holidays?” 5 creative writing examples by young writers!

Last week we shared five prompts from our Workshop Leaders to get kids thinking creatively about a classic teacher’s question. Here are some of the responses from our workshops, which you can use as examples to help some young writers you know! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Describing a Memory
by Zhilong

As I opened the door of our new house, I was engulfed with a new smell. My first idea was to go and explore this new house. I ran down the corridors and went to the alfresco and opened the door of the glass dome pool. I felt the sun on my hot skin as if I was being cooked like bacon in a big burger. Then suddenly without knowing, as if my body had its own brain, I jumped in the pool, the water splashing, the cold feeling of the water cooling me down as I came above the surface. I breathed the fresh air of relief, then sat in one of the sun chairs and dried off.

One-Upping!
by Karen

“Students, now we are going to tell your classmates about your holidays!” Miss Henry said with joy.
“Ooo! Ooo!” Jack called out, “Can I share first?”
“Yes Jack, you may. But next time please don’t call out,” Miss Henry answered.
“Oh sorry, yes I won’t next time,” Jack said.
“You may start now, Jack,” Miss Henry announced.
“Ok so first, I went to the park and with my friends made a human pyramid.”
“Well I made a human pyramid too,” another student called out, “but with 10 people!” 
“Well I did that and I touched a bird.”
“I did that too, but even better. I ate lunch up there!”
“Wowwwwwwwww!” the class said in shock with their mouths wide open.
“Don’t wow at that, wow at this. I was so high I touched a plane!”
“Wowwww, that’s amazing!” the class said.
“Well, I was doing backflips and tricks at the very top.”
“Oh wow, that’s amazing, I did 100 backflips non-stop up there.”
“Guess what?”
“What?”
“I was cooking my dinner at the top.”
“Well, I didn’t know you could cook, you're only nine.”
“There are a lot of things you don’t know about me,” Jack said with a grin on his face.

Holiday on Mars
by Shriejan

Dear Mike,

Let me just say that your holiday was so cool especially since you live on Mars. I want to share what I did for my holiday, my favourite part was going to the park and playing soccer with my friends, or as you would say, "kick the ball". My team won 5-3 and I scored 3 goals, also known as 'kickthree'. I also played my favourite game, FIFA 20, which is BALL 20. 
I loved my holidays and I did a lot of amazing stuff. I really hope that one day I can live on Mars with you, and we could do the amazing stuff together. 
One more thing I did was play the game you sent me through space mail. Let me say that this was kinda like ‘Fortnite’. Anyway, the game was great and I didn’t even need to go through the instructions, maybe I can send you ‘Fortnite’ through space mail next time we chat?
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From your friend, 
Michael   

Ordinary to Extraordinary
by Edilyn

I stared up into space while subconsciously fanning myself with a soft-cover copy of Harry Potter. I squeezed my eyes shut and imagined I was at school. The continual buzz of classmates’ chatter, the exhilaration when my friends chase me, the cool ice in my hand as I walk up to the playground from the school canteen. 
I opened my eyes and found myself sitting in my bedroom, scorching from the heat. Groaning, I went to grab a fan from the storage room. 
Suddenly I noticed a movement from outside. An orange hide brushed against the window. My feet took me to the window. A loud roar almost blew me backwards. 
A gigantic lion stood in the middle of the street, roaring. I heard screams of people in their houses. My eyes gleamed with mischief as I ran outside. 
Whoa, I thought. That lion was huge. I went inside and got a remote-control drone. 
Buzz, it went, as I steered it outside. The lion saw the grey drone and swiped at it. I steered it right. Left. Skilfully steering it away from harm’s way, I sat in the shade of my porch. The lion evidently got annoyed.

What I Wish I Did in the Holidays
by Amelia

If I could have done anything on the short holidays it would definitely be to visit a sunny beach. Why? I want to because first, I haven’t visited a beach for ages. Second, I love playing in the water and building sandcastles. And third, simply to get out of my prison house.
The beach is one of my favourite places to visit. The friendly, but sometimes violent, waves are delightful and perfect to play with on beautiful days. They are soft and gentle, not hard and rocky. Even though the grains of soft sand are rocky and disgusting, it is gentle and doesn’t try to harm you. Also, it is the perfect material to make a sandcastle.
Therefore, the beach is certainly the place I would visit. And that is not a lie.