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Awesome Drawing Ideas and Activities

Posted on June 6, 2017 8 Comments

If you have kids who love to draw, this list is for you. We started out with 20 drawing ideas, now there are more than 40 drawing activities for kids on this page for you to try!

Whether you have preschoolers or older kids, there is a fun drawing activity for kids of all ages on this huge list!

Loads of fun and easy drawing ideas and activities.

Drawing is one of the easiest and most accessible art activities for kids of all ages. It is a foundation activity for all other artistic activities, and it’s also a really easy way to get your kids involved in art. You don’t need to be a ‘good artist’ or have lots of fancy art materials to have a go at these easy kids drawing ideas.

Even if you have a child who doesn’t seem interested in drawing there are lots of drawing ideas on this list that might encourage even the most reluctant drawer!

And you can find even more great tips for encouraging a reluctant drawer here.

Child drawing with marker

Benefits of Drawing for Kids

Drawing is good fun, but it is also a great learning activity that covers a wide range of developmental areas.

When kids draw they are:

  • working fine motor skills
  • practicing pre-writing skills
  • practicing pre-reading skills
  • working on language development
  • problem solving
  • practicing observations skills
  • expressing their ideas
  • using their imagination
  • being creative
  • practicing logical thinking
  • And so much more!

Drawing is a great activity for integrated learning as you you can easy include a wide range of interests and learning topics into a drawing activity. Whatever your child is interested in, or whatever area your class is studying there is a drawing idea or activity that will enhance that topic.

Drawing is also a way for children to process their world, to represent and share their ideas and to explore new skills and information. Kids can use drawing as a way to destress, or just for fun!

If you are interested in learning about the developmental stages of drawing, or you have a young toddler who is just starting to be interested in drawing, check out this article will lots of information about the early stages of drawing, and lots of tips and ideas for toddler drawing.

There are so many fun and interesting drawing ideas and activities to try!

Drawing Activities for Kids

This list includes lots of creative drawing ideas for kids including easy drawing activities, printable drawing prompts, and fun drawing games.

Most of these drawing activities only need basic art materials and no special skills, so there is no excuse not to join in and trying one of these fun drawing activities with your kids!

Here are some of our favourite drawing ideas and activities.

frames drawing prompts with drawings
Picture Frame Drawing Prompts.
butterfly colouring and craft templates
Butterfly Drawing Prompts
secret message puzzle with markers
Make a Secret Message Puzzle

Make a face five ways, plus a free printable face template
Make a Face Drawing Prompt
spider web colouring page
Spider Web Design and Colour Page
magic potions writing and drawing printables
Magic Potions Drawing Printable

haunted house drawing pages and pencils on table
Haunted House Drawing Prompt.
three heart colouring pages and coloured markers
Hearts Design and Colour Printables
Make an easy rolled paper snail
Make a Paper Snail – free printable

My House drawing prompt - download this free printable and draw your house, with you in it!
My House Drawing (free printable)
fireworks drawing pages and markers
Fireworks Drawing Prompts
Three quick and easy drawing activities - try one of these when you need to keep your kid busy!
3 Quick and Easy Drawing Ideas

Object tracing
Object Tracing.
See-through Drawing - an easy art activity for kids
See Through Drawing.
Free printable drawing challenge cards - play this easy and fun drawing game.
Drawing Challenge Cards

Three simple hexbug drawbots
Three Easy Hexbug Drawbots
Easy craft stick people - a simple, low-mess creative activity for all ages
Craft Stick People.
Hopes and Dreams - a free printable drawing prompt to record your hopes, dreams and wishes for the new year
Hopes and Dreams Drawing Prompt (free printable)

Just Add Drawing! - Three ideas for adding drawing to an activity to encourage interest, creativity and pre-writing skills
Add Drawing to Other Activities
Pasta Drawing Prompts - a fun drawing challenge! Download our free printable drawing prompts if you don't have any pasta on hand
Pasta Drawing Challenge (free printable)
Make an envelope city!
Make an Envelope City!

Sea drawing prompts - Free printable
Sea Drawing Prompts
Word Drawing - an easy art and literacy activity for kids
Word Drawing
Make your own train track scenery!
Make your Train Track Scenery

Mapmaker Drawing Prompt - make your own maps with this free printable drawing prompt
Map Drawing Prompt (free printable)
Draw an expanding hug! This fun hug drawing would be great as a birthday card or for mothers day!
Draw an Expanding Hug
Monster drawing prompts - free printable
Monster Drawing Prompts (free printable)

An easy drawing activity - Simply changing the shape or size of the paper can encourage new creativity and imagination
Change the Drawing Paper
decorate a gingerbread cookie drawing printable
Decorate a Gingerbread Man Printable
gingerbread house drawing printable
Gingerbread House Drawing and Writing Pages.

Christmas Drawing and Listening Game - with a free printable Christmas tree drawing prompt
Christmas Drawing and Listening Game (free printable)
Setting up a drawing basket for lots of drawing and pre-writing fun!
Portable Drawing Basket
Road trip drawing prompts - free printable
Road Trip Drawing Prompts (free printable)

3D Drawings - a quick and easy art activity
3D Drawing
Robot Drawing Prompts - free printable
Robot Drawing Prompts (free printable)
printed pages of shape drawing prompts with pencils
2D Shape Drawing Prompts

Try a '30 minute challenge' when you need a break!
Collaborative Doodle Drawing
Drawing with measuring tools - using a ruler, protractor, compass and curve.
Drawing with Geometry Tools
Graph paper drawing - a simple activity where art and maths combine
Graph Paper Drawing

foil drawing
Drawing on Foil
Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again
Draw a Life-Sized You!
super easy kid-made bunting - with a free printable template
Kid-made Bunting

scanned drawing pages
Scanned Drawing Prompts
Printing with Markers and Water - an almost no mess art exploration!
Printing with Markers and Water
Draw Your Own Postcard - a frree printable postcard template
Draw your own postcard (free printable)

Playing with Maps - open-ended exploration for preschoolers from picklebums.com
Playing with Maps
Kids and Journaling - ideas for what to include, writing prompts and journaling supplies
Kids and Journaling
monster finger leg puppets
Finger Leg Puppets (free printable)

More than just paper dolls! How to make fun paper chain dolls plus 15 other ideas for simple paper cutout chains
Paper Dolls and More
what to do with a big box
Make a Town in a Big Box
We've been experimenting with laminating pastel drawings.
Laminated Pastel Drawings

melted crayon drawings
Melted Crayon Drawing.
chalk board block people
Chalk Board Blocks
easy art for kids framed portraits
Draw a Family Portrait

 

Do your kids love to draw?
What is your favourite art supply to draw with??

 

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  1. Jackie says

    I have been visiting this post every day since you published it. My daughter loves nothing more than drawing and it’s been fun to provide her with different invitations.

    I even found some chalkboard contact paper and thought I could use those on some blocks instead of paint (because we don’t have any).
    Thanks for your fab round-up.

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  2. Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky says

    I love these collections of ideas all in one place. Thanks :)

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  3. Nichole says

    Loving this list! I’ve been including lots of different drawing prompts the last couple of weeks at preschool which the kids are loving so this post is very timely :)

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  4. Hannah says

    Wow, heaps of great ideas here. I’m sure I’ll come back when I’m stuck for ideas :)

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  5. Kate Lloyd says

    What more could you want in creative ideas for drawing? Love this so much. My little girl is really getting into drawing so I can’t wait to try a few of these. Thanks Kate!

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  6. kalibosilulu says

    Like this very much. My little son is really getting into drawing so I can’t wait to try a few of these ideas.
    God bless you

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  7. Hsin Chen says

    I love these ideas, thank you for sharing them. I will definitely use them with my children.

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  8. Jen says

    Thank you so much for all of these great ideas. I will be using them with my students as early finisher projects that they can do in their sketchbooks!

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