The “What Should I Draw?” Jar list of ideas!

(Copy and Print out this list, then cut into strips for a jar, box or bin! Or just read one that you like and draw it!)

Draw an alien doing its hair in the mirror

Draw the sky filled with 29 flying tacos!! …Did you say tacos???

Draw a roller-skating mustache with striped socks on!

Draw a chocolate birthday cake with candles blowing out it’s own smaller cake with candles.

Draw a cookie falling into a glass of milk

Draw a giant banana and a cracker running through sprinklers on the lawn laughing!

Draw a monkey brushing his teeth! Draw it BIG on the page!!

Trace your hand on the page. Now draw a cool ring on each finger!

Draw a Fuzzy monster with one large eye, 2 teeth, and 6 claws on each of his hands and feet!

Draw a donut falling into a mug of coffee with his arms up in the air!

Draw a combination of a dog, a rabbit and a walrus. Write this funky weird animal’s name underneath your drawing!

Draw a cat wearing a top hat dancing with a chipmunk wearing a vest

Draw yourself with a mustache

Draw a flying dragon in the night sky with stars and a moon

Draw a flying dragon, in a sky with a rainbow, that’s filled with flying apple pies. What?

Draw a giant robot with laser eyes

Draw 12 random shapes (triangles, octagons, hearts, circles etc.) and color them in using just primary colors in a pattern of color (hint primary colors are 3 colors)

Using a ruler, draw 12 random lines from one side of the page to the other, on a page in your sketchbook, crossing over a line each time. Color in the shapes the lines created. Challenge yourself to fill in the entire page without letting one color repeat. How many colors can you find?

Draw a clown waking on a tightrope holding an umbrella

Draw a dog flying in a rocket, in the night sky

Draw 2 aliens having a hula hooping competition!

Draw a banana talking on the phone

Draw a fork and a knife holding hands running down a grassy hill laughing!

Draw a made up superhero BIG on the page. Give him or her a cool name!

Draw a happy, smiling cupcake with colorful sprinkles on it, as big as the page!

Do a BLIND drawing of a person! Draw a persons face LARGE on the paper. Draw WITHOUT looking at your drawing as you draw!! (Don’t forget the eyebrows, eyelashes, ears and nose!!) Then look at your drawing and color in!

Draw a made up animal with rabbit’s ears, a pigs face, a bird’s body, with giraffe’s legs and a monkey’s tail!  Draw it LARGE on your paper and then color in with crayons! Then name your new crazy animal!

Draw a Bird Man (you figure it out!)

Draw a dinosaur riding a tricycle bike with a bell on it, ringing the bell!

Draw a monster having a birthday party! Who’s invited?!

Draw a maze as big a your page! Then let a friend try it out!

Scientists discovered a new kind of animal! It has 3 big eyes, a furry body with large black spots, 6 legs, paws with large claws, a unicorn, and 2 tails! Draw it and name this new creature!

Draw a rainbow eating a shooting star

Draw yourself as a superhero! What kind of outfit would you wear? What would be your special superpowers? What would your superhero name be? Draw it!

Draw a cupcake flying a kite

Draw a monkey riding a hot air balloon blowing bubbles with his bubblegum!

Pretend you could design a new bedroom that could have anything you wanted in it! What would it include?

Draw a picture of a bird riding in a hot air balloon waving to other birds with clouds in the sky

Draw a dog waving his paw while riding in a hot air balloon in the sky

Draw a sea of fish shaped like a giant fish in blue water

Draw yourself with a funky hairdo and color in the hair with lots of different colors

Draw a penguin lying down in a beach chair at the beach with sunglasses on and a beach umbrella

Draw a monkey sipping lemonade while swinging in a hammock between two palm trees

Draw an alien taking a selfie!

Draw a car that fly’s

Draw a taco flying a kite

Create a blind drawing- draw without looking at your paper while looking at an object in the art room. Don’t peek!

Draw a house that you would love to live in someday

If you could draw a new kind of animal, what would it look like? Draw it! Draw a seal balancing a ball on its nose

Draw a dinosaur riding a bike with a bell and a basket in the front

Draw five squares in all different sizes, 1 large circle, 3 small circles and 1 medium circle, 5 rectangles that overlap each other, then color in the shapes with bright colors

Draw a unicorn under a rainbow

Draw a lion jumping through a flaming hoop at a circus

Draw your version of a monster (maybe it’s a nice monster!)

Draw a fish about to eat another fish that’s about to eat even another fish

(The fish have to get smaller and smaller)

Draw a bird head with a dog’s body

Draw an ice cream sundae with all the fixings

Draw a made up machine that makes cheeseburgers

Draw a robot eating a hotdog

Draw a hotdog eating a robot

Draw a rabbit with a top hat on wearing a vest standing on two legs

Draw a giant eyeball with legs and arms

Draw a beach scene with a dolphin jumping out of the water and sea creatures on the sand (crabs, starfish etc)

Draw 6 different facial expressions (for example, happy, sad, angry, surprised, excited, tired, anxious, worried (drawing a person’s head only)

Draw a happy monster eating an ice cream cone

Draw a bone running away from a dog

Draw you and your family sitting on a hill having a picnic

Draw a butterfly with colorful patterns in its wings

Draw a face with four eyes, 2 noses, and 1 mouth with crazy hair

Draw an alien with 3 big eyes, a pig nose, a large mouth with fangs, large ears, 4 arms, and six legs and feet.

Draw 6 hungry ants on each other’s shoulders trying to reach a sandwich on a table

Draw a flying monkey wearing sunglasses

Draw a cat’s head with a person’s body

Draw your favorite thing to eat!

Draw a cat standing like a person wearing a hat and has a mustache

Draw a dog wearing a hat, painting a picture

Draw two pandas playing chess

Draw two dogs playing tennis

Draw a sky filled with flying cheeseburgers with wings

Draw a hand held mirror and a hairbrush shaking hands

Draw a dog wearing clothes holding a balloon

Draw a spider drinking a cup of tea

Draw a sky filled with flying hotdogs

Draw a banana and a bunch of grapes walking hand in hand into the sunset

Draw a robot blowing bubbles

Draw a monster blowing bubbles

Draw a hotdog blowing bubbles

Draw a rocket flying through space with stars and planets in the background

Draw a dog with a mustache

Draw a made up animal with a lion head, a pufferfish body, and the bottom portion of a rabbit

Draw a crayon with legs and arms and a face

Draw an alien skipping rope

Draw without looking at your paper. Once you put your pencil to paper draw without lifting your pencil. Draw random lines that cross over one another for at least 8 seconds. Look at your paper and Color in each shape with different colors.

Draw a banana talking on the phone

Draw an alien riding a roller coaster

Draw a mermaid underwater

Draw 5 things that make you happy

Draw a unicorn flying in a rocket around the moon

Draw a cheeseburger eating a cheeseburger

Pretend you are a fashion designer. Draw and design 2 different dresses. (1 short and 1 long)

Draw a starfish dancing with another starfish by the ocean

Pretend you are an architect. Design a new style house. What shape would it be? What shapes are the windows? What material is the house made out of? Be creative!

Pretend you are a fashion designer and you need to design 2 new shirts for a company. What would they look like? What colors? What style collar? Do they have sleeves, or are they sleeveless? Pockets? Zippers? Draw them and be creative!!

Draw a person wearing a fancy dress and high heels ready for a fancy party!

Create an abstract picture – draw 2 rectangles that overlap, 4 circles, 3 squares, 3 triangles and 1 half circle somewhere on your paper. Then color in the shapes.

Draw yourself as a superhero! What kind of outfit would you wear? What would be your special superpowers? What would your superhero name be? Draw it!

Draw a cupcake flying a kite

Design your new bedroom that could have anything you wanted in it! What would it include?

Draw a picture of a bird riding in a hot air balloon passing other birds with clouds in the sky

Draw a monkey waving while riding in a hot air balloon in the sky

Draw a taco flying a kite

Draw five squares all different sizes, 1 large circle, 3 small circles and 1 medium circle, 5 rectangles that overlap other shapes then color in the shapes with bright colors

Draw a bird head with a dog’s body

Draw a giant eyeball with legs and arms

Draw a butterfly with colorful patterns in its wings

Draw a face with four eyes, 2 noses, and 1 mouth with crazy hair

Draw a flying monkey wearing sunglasses

Draw a cat wearing clothes

Draw a dog acting like a human wearing a beret and painting a picture

Draw two pandas playing chess

Draw two dogs playing tennis

Draw a sky filled with flying cheeseburgers with wings

Draw a hand held mirror and a hairbrush shaking hands

Draw a dog wearing clothes holding a balloon

Draw a spider drinking a cup of tea

Draw a robot blowing bubbles

Draw a monster blowing bubbles

Draw a hotdog blowing bubbles

Draw a rocket flying through space with stars and planets in the background

Draw a dog with a mustache

Draw an alien riding a roller coaster

Draw a mermaid underwater

Draw 5 things that make u happy

Draw a unicorn flying in a rocket around the moon

Draw a cheeseburger eating a cheeseburger

Pretend you are an architect. Design

a futuristic style house. What shape would it be? What shapes are the windows? What material is the house made out of? Be creative!

Draw a taco flying a kite

Create a blind drawing- draw without looking at your paper while looking at an object in the art room. Don’t peek!

Draw a hotdog blowing bubbles

Draw a rocket flying through space with stars and planets in the background

Draw 5 things that make u happy

Draw a starfish dancing with another starfish by the ocean

Draw a happy robot roller-skating down a steep hill saying “wheeeeeeeeee!”

Draw a dog wearing sunglasses giving two thumbs up

Draw a bone running away from a dog looking worried

Draw cake having its own birthday blowing out candles on a smaller cake

Draw a robot blowing bubbles!

Draw a dog wearing a monocle and a mustache and a plaid vest  

Draw your name in cursive in the middle of the page then draw lines a little further outside around your name following the curves and repeat until it fills up the entire page. Then color in each stripe with colored pencils.

Draw a giant robot with laser eyes

Draw 2 aliens having a hula hooping competition!

Draw a fork and a knife holding hands running down a grassy hill laughing!

Draw a made up superhero BIG on the page. Give him or her a cool name! Then color in with crayons!

Draw a Bird Man (you figure it out!)

Draw a maze as big a your page! Then let a friend try it out!

Draw a hairbrush and a mirror having tea

Draw a window big on your page and then draw a picture of the outdoors inside the window frame showing your favorite season.

Draw a teacup dancing with a spoon smiling and laughing 

Draw a robot making a grilled cheese sandwich 

Draw a snowman sledding saying wheeeee! Down a hill 

Draw a momma bag of popcorn and a kid bag of popcorn sitting on the couch eating popcorn while watching a movie 

Draw a French fry roller-skating wearing knee highs and sunglasses down a hill 

Draw a dog having a birthday party

Draw a porcupine holding a balloon 

Draw 2 cats’ playing cards 

Draw a monkey putting on red lipstick 

Draw a panda skateboarding 

Draw a potato and a carrot relaxing in a bowl of hot vegetable soup like it’s a hot tub 

Draw an alien riding a shooting star in outer space 

Draw a mountain burping and the sounds echoing all around 

Draw a flying robot with a jet pack 

Draw a penguin sitting on an iceberg in the ocean 

Trace your hand, then draw 8 random wavy lines that overlap inside the hand. Color in the shapes the lines created with lots of bright colors!