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Drawing ideas for kids
84 ideas from drawingdice.com/drawing-ideas/for-kids
Here are 84 drawing ideas for kids: easy animals, silly ideas, make-believe worlds, things from their own life and ideas for every season. Each one is simple enough to start right away and open enough to make their own. Print the list, or let the dice pick one.
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84 ideas. Updated October 2026.
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Easy animals
- A cat made of circles
- A dog wagging its tail
- A fish with stripes and spots
- A ladybug with seven spots
- A bunny with very long ears
- A bird sitting in its nest
- An elephant spraying water from its trunk
- A lion with a big fluffy mane
- A frog jumping off a lily pad
- A snake that's very, very long
- A bee buzzing around a flower
- A pig rolling in the mud
- An owl sitting on the moon
- A giraffe eating from a tall tree
- A crab on the beach
- A penguin on an iceberg
Silly ideas
- A dog driving a bus
- A cat in a party hat
- An elephant on a tiny bike
- A banana going to school
- A cow jumping over the moon
- A fish riding a bicycle
- A pizza with a face, eating pizza
- A monkey wearing your clothes
- A dinosaur brushing its teeth
- A shoe that's also a car
- A snowman wearing sunglasses
- A bear in pajamas
- A pig flying with a bunch of balloons
- A giraffe with a very long scarf
- A hot dog walking a dog
- An octopus playing the drums
Make-believe
- Your own castle
- A friendly monster
- A dragon that's afraid of the dark
- A rocket on its way to a candy planet
- A unicorn with rainbow hair
- A magic treehouse
- A robot friend
- A fairy who lives in a flower
- A mermaid's home under the sea
- A pirate ship full of animals
- You as a superhero
- A secret door in your bedroom wall
- An island made of ice cream
- A wizard with a very long beard
Draw your world
- Your family
- Your house and your street
- Your favorite toy
- Your best friend
- Your pet, or the pet you wish you had
- What you had for breakfast
- Your favorite place to play
- Your school
- You doing your favorite thing
- What you can see from your window
- Your favorite food with a face
- Your bedroom
- What you want to be when you grow up
- The best day ever
Every season
- A snowman and a snow cat
- Jumping in a pile of autumn leaves
- A garden full of spring flowers
- A day at the beach with a sandcastle
- A rainy day with rain boots and puddles
- A pumpkin with a funny face
- A kite on a windy day
- Your birthday party
- A picnic in the park
- Building a snow fort with friends
- An ice cream truck on a hot day
- A rainbow after the rain
Ten-minute challenges
- Draw an animal using only triangles
- Draw a monster with three eyes and six legs
- Draw a house for a mouse
- Turn a squiggle into something
- Draw a grown-up you know as a superhero
- Draw a new animal that's half cat, half fish
- Draw what lives at the bottom of the sea
- Draw a car from the future
- Draw your own flag
- Draw a map of a treasure island
- Draw a robot that helps with chores
- Draw the biggest sandwich in the world
Still can't choose? Let the dice pick one of these 84 ideas, or roll a random drawing prompt.
A few tips
Start with shapes they know
Circles, squares and triangles are enough to draw almost anything here. A cat is two circles and two triangles.
Let it be silly
There's no wrong answer. A purple dog or a cat with six legs is part of the fun.
Ask questions
What's it doing? Where does it live? What's its name? Questions turn one drawing into a story, and the next drawing into a scene.
Keep it short
Ten minutes is plenty. Stopping while it's still fun makes them want to draw again tomorrow.
Questions
and honest answers
What should kids draw?
Things they love and know: animals, their family, their toys, their favorite food, and anything silly, like a dog driving a bus. Make-believe ideas such as their own castle or a friendly monster work well too.
What are easy drawing ideas for kids?
A cat made of circles, a fish with stripes, a ladybug, a house, a sun, a rainbow, a rocket or their own hand traced and decorated. The easy animals section on this page is a good start.
How do I help a child who says they can't draw?
Show them that a drawing is made of shapes: draw a circle together and ask what it could be. Praise the idea, not the result, and draw alongside them.
Can teachers use these ideas in class?
Yes. Print the list as a checklist, let the dice pick an idea for the whole class, or use classroom mode on drawingdice.com/classroom to put a prompt on the projector with a timer.