Doodle ideas

Tiny doodles for the margins

1. A row of tiny stars
2. A swirl that turns into a snail
3. Little lightning bolts
4. A chain of linked hearts
5. A tiny planet with a ring
6. Arrows pointing in every direction
7. A flower made of five dots
8. A trail of footprints
9. A miniature potted plant
10. A tiny lighthouse
11. A crescent moon and three stars
12. Empty speech bubbles
13. A tiny cloud raining hearts
14. A paperclip chain
15. A stack of three tiny boxes
16. A fishbowl with one fish
17. A sparkle burst
18. A little banner with your name in it
19. A smiley face in sunglasses
20. A tiny hot air balloon floating up the margin

Patterns that fill a page

1. Scales, like a fish or a dragon
2. Overlapping circles
3. Waves stacked on waves
4. A honeycomb of hexagons
5. Stripes that bend around a shape
6. Dots that get bigger toward the middle
7. A brick wall
8. Zigzags inside zigzags
9. A vine with a different leaf every time
10. Triangles inside triangles
11. A checkerboard that warps like it's melting
12. Rain made of dashes
13. Spirals in every corner
14. Shingles on a roof
15. A weave like a basket
16. A row of feathers
17. Puzzle pieces fitting together
18. Scribbled clouds that fill the gaps

Cute doodles

1. A cat face peeking over the edge of the page
2. A bunny made from two circles
3. A tiny whale and its splash
4. A smiling mushroom
5. A little dinosaur holding a flower
6. A bee with a heart-shaped flight path
7. A cloud wearing a rainbow scarf
8. A little avocado waving
9. A frog face
10. A star with a sleepy face
11. A tiny ghost saying boo
12. A heart with a bandage
13. A slice of cake with a candle
14. A penguin waddling
15. A cactus giving a careful hug
16. A paper boat with a duck captain
17. A smiling planet
18. A moon and a star playing catch

Doodles to draw in class

1. Your pencil with a face
2. A storm cloud with a tiny umbrella under it
3. A melting clock
4. A paper airplane looping the loop
5. A tiny classroom of stick figures
6. A doodled border around your name
7. Your ruler as a skyscraper
8. A backpack with legs walking away
9. A sticky note with a monster on it
10. A book with wings
11. A lightbulb with a bright idea
12. An eraser shaped like a whale
13. A chain of paperclip people
14. A pencil sharpener as a castle
15. A globe with a face
16. A school bus full of animals

Doodles with a little story

1. A seed growing into a tree in four frames
2. A snail on a long journey across the page
3. An ant carrying a crumb home
4. A balloon floating away from a hand
5. A rocket's dotted trip to the moon
6. A cat chasing a ball of yarn
7. A paper boat sailing down a gutter
8. A bird building a nest, twig by twig
9. A snowman melting in three steps
10. A cookie getting eaten, bite by bite
11. Sunrise to sunset across the top of the page
12. A worm peeking out of an apple
13. A fish jumping from one bowl into another
14. Footprints that turn into a dance
15. A kite stuck in a tree
16. A tiny explorer climbing your handwriting

Seasonal doodles

1. Falling leaves landing in a pile
2. A tiny pumpkin patch
3. Snowflakes, no two alike
4. A pair of mittens on a string
5. Spring flowers popping up from the bottom of the page
6. A beach umbrella and a bucket
7. Raindrops and a puddle with ripples
8. A kite with a long ribbon tail
9. A bunch of birthday balloons
10. Fireworks bursting
11. A mug of cocoa with curls of steam
12. A heart-shaped balloon for Valentine's Day
13. An acorn and an oak leaf
14. An ice cream melting in the sun
15. A little scarecrow
16. A sled on a snowy hill

Doodle challenges

1. Turn a scribble into an animal
2. Doodle for five minutes without lifting your pen
3. Fill a whole page with circles, each one different
4. Turn every letter of your name into a creature
5. Doodle with your eyes closed, then add a face
6. Turn a coffee ring into a drawing
7. Draw the same cat ten different ways
8. Doodle a map of your day
9. Doodle using only triangles
10. Draw a pattern that tells a story
11. Turn a number into an animal
12. Doodle a monster from three random shapes
13. Fill a sticky note edge to edge
14. Doodle what you can hear right now