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Home » Activities » Printable Summer Vacation Journal

Printable Summer Vacation Journal

11 May, 2016 by Keri 3 Comments

Summer vacation is for relaxing, having fun, and making memories. That doesn’t mean you can’t sneak in a little writing practice at the same time. This printable summer vacation journal is a cute way for kids to explore writing and keep track of special summer experiences.

printed summer vacation journal pages stacked together with stickers, pens, and postcards

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There’s some statistic that says kids lose a big chunk of what they’ve learned over summer vacation. I don’t know whether that’s really true {every kid is different, right?}, but I do think that it doesn’t hurt to practice a few things over the summer, like writing and creative thinking.

I made this summer vacation journal with that in mind. It has space for writing on every page, plus most of the pages also have room to paste a photo or draw an illustration.

Good for:

  • handwriting
  • drawing
  • storytelling
  • memories

Summer vacation journal

This printable summer vacation journal includes eight pages of writing prompts, plus a cover page. Elementary kids {and maybe older ones too} will enjoy writing about what they did on special days. Print extra pages and use it all summer long or just write about a special vacation trip.

There are some pages for writing about a special day or trip.

two printed summer vacation journal pages: one with a fillable list of summer vacation activities and the other with "today I..." and lines

I included some writing prompts to encourage creative writing – like planning a dream vacation. Some have boxes to draw pictures or attach photos and postcards.

two printed pages: one with a dream vacation prompt and one with a funny story prompt
close up of a funny story prompt with a photo box

And I also created a page that’s completely blank so you can use it however you want. Lastly, there is a page of circles that can be printed on label or sticker paper.

printed page with blank lines and empty boxes and a set of round stickers for a summer vacation journal

Printable journal

I designed this to fit on regular 8.5×11-inch paper, but it prints pretty large so it would be easy to scale it down to fit 2 or 4 pages to a sheet of paper. You can also print extra copies of specific pages by adjusting the page range on your printer.

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Whether you’re taking a big trip or spending the lazy days of summer at home, I think this is a fun way to keep the kids busy and document the fun. I’m also hoping that it will spark some creativity on days when my kids inevitably tell me that they are bored.

If you found this post helpful, you might also like:

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  • Printable Summer Postcard
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Comments

  1. Jamie says

    27 May, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Thank you! The Summer Vacation Journal is exactly what I was looking for. I printed four to a page for an adorable mini journal for our summer trip.

    Reply
    • Keri says

      29 May, 2018 at 8:10 am

      So glad you like it! Have a good trip!

      Reply

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