Things to draw when you're bored

Quick ideas, 2 minutes each

1. A cloud that looks like an animal
2. A cactus wearing a tiny hat
3. Your pencil, life size
4. A snail racing a turtle
5. A pizza slice with a face
6. A balloon tied to a rock
7. A paper airplane mid-flight
8. A cup of tea with a storm inside
9. A sock that lost its pair
10. A mushroom with a front door
11. An eye, as detailed as you can in two minutes
12. A star with legs, running away
13. A tiny ghost holding a candle
14. A lightbulb having an idea
15. A cat shaped like a loaf of bread
16. A smiling sun wearing sunglasses
17. A ladybug under a leaf umbrella
18. A key and the lock it opens
19. A sleepy moon in a nightcap
20. A rubber duck in a bathtub

Funny and weird

1. A cat running a lemonade stand
2. A dog trying to hide behind a lamppost
3. A penguin on vacation in the desert
4. A vegetable band giving a concert
5. A shark that's scared of a goldfish
6. A snowman at the beach
7. A frog in a suit, late for work
8. A dinosaur trying to fit in a small car
9. A pigeon stealing a whole sandwich
10. A raccoon caught raiding the fridge
11. A sloth winning a race
12. A giraffe in a turtleneck sweater
13. A potato that wants to be a french fry
14. A hamster driving a tiny car
15. An octopus doing eight chores at once
16. A cow bouncing on a trampoline
17. A bear trying yoga
18. Two socks arguing in a drawer
19. A chicken waiting at a crosswalk
20. A toaster launching toast like a rocket

Cute

1. A bunny sitting in a teacup
2. A hedgehog carrying a strawberry
3. A sleepy kitten in a sock
4. A baby elephant splashing in a puddle
5. A fox curled up in fallen leaves
6. A whale with a tiny island on its back
7. A corgi in a yellow raincoat
8. A bear hugging a jar of honey
9. A duckling following a toy boat
10. A cloud raining candy
11. A strawberry with a smile
12. A panda eating a bowl of noodles
13. An otter holding a shell
14. A tiny dragon asleep on a coin
15. A frog sheltering under a mushroom
16. A penguin in a knitted scarf
17. An avocado and its pit, best friends
18. A koala hugging a tree trunk

Cool

1. A dragon wrapped around a skyscraper
2. A wolf howling at a cracked moon
3. A city floating on clouds
4. A skateboarder flying over a crowd
5. A robot watering plants on Mars
6. A treehouse city joined by rope bridges
7. A ship sailing on a sea of stars
8. A lightning storm over the desert
9. A knight in armor made of leaves
10. A giant whale swimming through the sky
11. A lighthouse in a storm
12. A sword stuck in a glowing stone
13. A train crossing a bridge over a canyon
14. An astronaut floating next to a ringed planet
15. A phoenix rising from a campfire
16. A castle on a cliff at sunset
17. A tiger made of flames
18. A samurai standing in falling cherry blossoms

Things around you right now

1. Your shoes, just as they are
2. The view from the nearest window
3. Your hand holding a pencil
4. Your bag with everything spilling out
5. The plant closest to you
6. A mug, from three different angles
7. Your keys lying on a table
8. The inside of your fridge
9. Your bed, unmade
10. The corner of the room you're in
11. A pair of headphones
12. Your favorite cereal box
13. A chair and its shadow
14. The last thing you ate
15. Your phone lying face down
16. A stack of books on a shelf
17. Your toothbrush in its cup
18. A crumpled piece of paper

From your imagination

1. Your dream bedroom
2. A creature that lives in your closet
3. A map of an island nobody has found yet
4. What your pet does when you're out
5. A mouse's house inside a wall
6. Your town a hundred years from now
7. A monster that's scared of kids
8. A new animal made from two animals
9. The inside of a giant's pocket
10. A shop that sells bottled weather
11. A door in a tree trunk, and what's behind it
12. A vehicle for a family of ants
13. Your own superhero and their sidekick
14. A treasure chest and everything inside
15. A dragon's bedroom
16. A secret garden on a rooftop
17. A robot's first day at school
18. A planet where everything is made of candy

Things to draw in class

1. A border of tiny doodles around the page
2. Your eraser as a character
3. A pattern of cubes that look 3D
4. Your initials in bubble letters
5. A maze that fills the margin
6. A tiny city along the bottom of the page
7. Your pencil case and everything in it
8. The clock on the classroom wall
9. A paper airplane and its flight path
10. A chain of linked shapes down the margin
11. A flower made of spirals
12. A snail made of a single spiral
13. Your name as a city skyline
14. A grid where every square has a different pattern
15. A tiny comic strip in three boxes
16. A doodle that grows from a single dot

Challenges to shake things up

1. Draw your hand with your other hand
2. Draw a cat without lifting your pencil
3. Draw a bicycle from memory, then check
4. Draw your breakfast as a monster
5. Draw the same tree in three styles
6. Draw a face using only circles
7. Draw something upside down from a photo
8. Draw an object using only dots
9. Draw a whole scene in three colors
10. Draw a house as an ant would see it
11. Draw yourself as an animal
12. Draw your shoe as a building
13. Draw the sound of rain
14. Draw a whole scene on a sticky note
15. Draw a pet from memory, then from a photo
16. Draw the view from your window at night

With a friend

1. Take turns adding one line to the same drawing
2. Draw each other in one minute
3. Fold a paper in three and draw a creature together without peeking
4. Both draw the same idea, then compare
5. Draw a character your friend describes, without looking at anything
6. Make a comic where you each draw every other box
7. Swap drawings halfway and finish each other's
8. Play Pictionary with the ideas on this page