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Drawing Myself

Posted on January 18, 2017 5 Comments

It is easy to forget that just because I’ve done an activity a hundred times while teaching, or the kids have already done it when they were younger, or I think it’s not so ‘new and exciting’ doesn’t mean that my kids see it that way.

It is often the activities we’ve done over and over that our kids enjoy the most. This simple life sized ‘drawing myself’ activity is one of those things I felt we’d done to death, but the kids reminded me how much they still love it.

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

I used to do this activity every year when I was teaching preschool, and I did it with my girls when they were little, and then my boys when they were preschool aged. All my kids have had a go at this at least once before and I thought we might be done with it, but as soon as I mentioned it they were keen to do it again.

The simple idea of drawing a life sized picture of yourself never gets old.

To do the ‘drawing myself’ activity you’ll need:

  • A large sheet of paper, big enough for your child to lie down on.
  • A marker, pencil or crayon to draw the outline.
  • Markers, crayons, oil pastels, pencils, paints etc to decorate and fill in details
  • Scissors

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

We used a roll of Ikea paper and taped two long pieces together to make a piece of paper big enough to fit my boys.

You’ll need to clear a big space and tape the paper to the floor to stop it slipping around. Then have your child lie down on the paper and draw around their body to make an outline.

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

There will be lots of giggles and wiggles both while you are drawing around them and after when they get up and see themselves drawn onto the paper.

Now it’s time to decorate!

We chose oil pastels to fill in details and paint to cover large areas. The boys chose paint colours to go with the ideas they had for their clothing, and got to work creating.

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

I asked my boys to think about what they wanted the paper version of themselves to look like. What sort of hair would they have? What sort of clothes would they wear? What expression would they have on their faces? This was a great way to extend my older kids. For younger kids you could suggest they create the clothing and hairy style they are wearing, or just let them decorate themselves however they like.

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

Once you are done decorating, let the paint dry and then cut out a life sized drawing of yourself!

My boys loved doing this easy art activity again, even my nine year who has done this activity several times before. More often than not kids love revisiting an activity they have lived in the past, and as they get older they often have new ideas and skills they want to try out. So don’t ditch an idea or an activity just because you’ve done it before. Things don’t have to be brand new to be fun!

Drawing Myself - an easy art activity the kids will do over and over again

Are there any activities that your kids love to do over and over again?

We first shared this drawing myself activity back in 2012 (that’s why you’ll see comments from way back then), and since we had loads of fun doing it again just recently we thought it was time to update and share this post again.

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  1. Kirsten says

    So true, thanks for the reminder!!! xx

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    • Ashlynn says

      This helps a lot I use it for my boys and he likes doing it!

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  2. Cathie J says

    I love this activity. I used it yearly in the classroom. The children loved it and it was fun to see how each child was so creative. THanks for the post. come visit me at toddlersthroughpreschool.com

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  3. [email protected] says

    my kids did this at kinder and they were posted all over the room, they looked wonderful!

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  4. Ness @ One Perfect Day says

    I remember doing this myself in primary school (all those decades ago!!) and I loved it. You are so right, we might have done something a thousand times, or seen it over and over in the blogosphere or on Pinterest so we see it as old and “done”. I constantly remind myself that this is all new to R. We often do the same things over and over at R’s request. We must have done our raised salt painting 10 times now.

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