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100 things for a child to draw

Every one of these is something nobody has drawn before, so your child cannot get it wrong and has nothing to copy. Read one out loud, hand over the paper, and see what turns up.

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  1. 1

    Pick one and say it out loud

    That is genuinely the whole instruction.

  2. 2

    They draw it on paper

    Any paper, any pen. No screen for them at any point.

  3. 3

    Keep it, or make a book

    Twelve drawings is a book. That part costs money; this page never does.

Things around the house

For the afternoon where nobody wants to go outside.

  • 1Draw what is behind the sofaNobody has looked in years.
  • 2Draw the chair as an animalWhich end is the head?
  • 3Draw what the fridge dreams aboutIt gets cold at night too.
  • 4Draw a house for something very smallSmall enough to lose.
  • 5Draw the sock that never comes backWhere did it go instead?
  • 6Draw a machine that does one useless thingDraw the button as well.
  • 7Draw your house if it could walkWhere would it go first?

People and animals

Everyone in these is invented, so nobody can be drawn wrong.

  • 8Draw someone with a very unusual hatWhat is living in it?
  • 9Draw an animal that has never been seenHow many legs did it get?
  • 10Draw a pet that is far too bigDraw where it sleeps.
  • 11Draw the person who fixes the moonWhat is in their toolbox?
  • 12Draw an animal wearing your shoesDo they fit?
  • 13Draw someone who is upside down on purposeThey have their reasons.
  • 14Draw a bird that cannot fly but has a planDraw the plan too.

Places that do not exist

Good for children who like drawing whole worlds instead of one thing.

  • 15Draw a town on the back of an animalWho lives on the tail?
  • 16Draw the shop that sells weatherWhat is on offer today?
  • 17Draw a door and what is behind itYou choose both.
  • 18Draw an island with one tree and one problemDraw the problem.
  • 19Draw the bottom of a very deep holeSomebody is down there.
  • 20Draw a bridge to somewhere sillyWhere does it land?
  • 21Draw a garden where the wrong things growDraw one you would eat.

Silly situations

These ones usually get the whole table drawing.

  • 22Draw what happens after the cake fallsDraw the faces.
  • 23Draw a race between two things that cannot raceWho is winning?
  • 24Draw somebody stuck in somethingHow did they manage it?
  • 25Draw the worst possible sandwichDraw who has to eat it.
  • 26Draw the moment before something spillsDo not draw the spill.
  • 27Draw two things swapping jobsNeither is good at it.
  • 28Draw the noise coming from upstairsYou have to draw a sound.

And six sets of twelve

These are the sets that turn into a book. A child who finishes one set has made something with a front cover and a last page.

Monsters

The twelve monsters living in your house

  • 1Draw the monster who eats socksIt only eats one of each pair.
  • 2Draw the monster that lives under the stairsIt has been there longer than you have.
  • 3Draw a monster with too many eyesHow many is too many?
  • 4Draw the smallest monster in the worldSmall enough to sit on this word.
  • 5Draw a monster who is scared of youWhat did you do?
  • 6Draw the monster who makes the bath go coldIt is not sorry.
  • 7Draw a monster made out of things in your kitchenCheck the drawer with the odd spoons.
  • 8Draw the monster that hides in the laundry basketIt smells like clean towels.
  • 9Draw a monster with a jobSomebody has to do it.
  • 10Draw the loudest monsterDraw the noise too.
  • 11Draw a monster's petWho walks who?
  • 12Draw the monster who lost somethingDraw the thing it lost as well.

Superheroes

Heroes with slightly disappointing powers

  • 1Draw the hero who can only fly 30cm off the groundJust high enough to be annoying.
  • 2Draw a hero whose power is being extremely tidyDraw the room afterwards.
  • 3Draw the costume before it was finishedWhich bit is missing?
  • 4Draw a hero with a very small sidekickHow small?
  • 5Draw the hero who is scared of heightsAwkward, given the cape.
  • 6Draw a villain who is not very good at itWhat did they try to steal?
  • 7Draw the secret headquartersHow do you get in?
  • 8Draw a hero whose cape keeps getting stuckStuck in what?
  • 9Draw the strongest hero in your houseThey might already live there.
  • 10Draw a hero on their day offWhat do they do all day?
  • 11Draw the hero's petDoes the pet have a power too?
  • 12Draw the front page the day they saved everyoneWrite the headline.

Space Zoo

Animals from planets nobody has visited

  • 1Draw the animal that lives on the moonIt has never seen rain.
  • 2Draw a creature that floats instead of walkingNo feet needed.
  • 3Draw the animal with the longest neck in spaceDraw where the neck ends.
  • 4Draw a space animal that glows in the darkWhich part glows?
  • 5Draw the zookeeperThey are not from Earth either.
  • 6Draw an animal made of rocksRocks from which planet?
  • 7Draw the animal that eats starsIt is always hungry.
  • 8Draw a space animal with wheelsWings were sold out.
  • 9Draw the noisiest animal in the zooIn space nobody can hear it, luckily.
  • 10Draw an animal that is also a spaceshipWhere is the door?
  • 11Draw the baby of the biggest animal hereDraw them next to each other.
  • 12Draw the animal that escapedDraw the empty cage too.

Robot City

A city where everything is a machine

  • 1Draw the robot that makes breakfastHow does it hold the toast?
  • 2Draw a robot with too many armsWhat is every arm doing?
  • 3Draw the robot that cleans the streetsWhere does the dirt go?
  • 4Draw a robot who is bad at its jobDraw the mess.
  • 5Draw the tallest building in Robot CityWho lives at the top?
  • 6Draw a robot petDoes it need batteries or food?
  • 7Draw the robot that fixes other robotsWho fixes this one?
  • 8Draw a robot made from a kitchen applianceLook at the toaster differently.
  • 9Draw the robot that delivers postRobots still get letters.
  • 10Draw a robot that is very oldDraw the dents.
  • 11Draw the mayor of Robot CityDo they have a hat?
  • 12Draw the robot that just woke upIt has been off for a hundred years.

Deep Sea

The part of the ocean with no light

  • 1Draw the fish that lives deepest of allNo sunlight has ever reached it.
  • 2Draw a sea creature with a light on its headWhat is it looking for?
  • 3Draw the biggest thing in the oceanDraw something small next to it.
  • 4Draw a creature with too many armsCount them afterwards.
  • 5Draw what is inside the shipwreckSomebody left in a hurry.
  • 6Draw a fish wearing somethingWhere did it get that?
  • 7Draw the crab in chargeEvery beach has one.
  • 8Draw a sea creature that is see-throughDraw what is inside it.
  • 9Draw the quietest animal down hereIt has never made a sound.
  • 10Draw a creature that looks like a rockUntil it moves.
  • 11Draw what lives inside the biggest shellKnock first.
  • 12Draw the thing at the very bottomNobody has drawn this before.

Dino Diner

A restaurant for dinosaurs

  • 1Draw the dinosaur who owns the dinerThey are always behind the counter.
  • 2Draw the biggest thing on the menuDraw the plate it needs.
  • 3Draw a dinosaur who is a fussy eaterWhat will they not touch?
  • 4Draw the dinosaur waiterHow many plates can they carry?
  • 5Draw what happens when a dinosaur sneezes indoorsDraw the aftermath.
  • 6Draw a very small dinosaur at a very big tableDo their feet reach?
  • 7Draw the dinosaur who never paysEveryone knows them.
  • 8Draw the birthday cake for a dinosaurHow many candles?
  • 9Draw the dinosaur chefDraw the hat.
  • 10Draw a dinosaur who came in from the rainDraw the puddle.
  • 11Draw the dinosaur washing upThose arms are short.
  • 12Draw the last customer of the nightThe lights are going off.

Questions

Do I have to sign up for anything?
No. The whole list is on this page. You can read it, print it, and never come back, and that is fine.
What age is this for?
Roughly 3 to 10. A three-year-old draws a shape with legs. A nine-year-old invents rules about what it eats and where it sleeps. Both are the right answer.
Do I need a printer?
No. Any blank paper works. Read the idea out loud and let them go. Printing only helps if you want a tidy box to draw inside so it fits the page.
What is the book part?
If your child fills in a set of twelve, you can photograph the drawings and we lay them out as a real book you can download and print. We clean the shadows off the paper and leave every line exactly as your child drew it.

Keep the drawings

Photograph twelve of them and we will lay them out as a book, in your child’s own lines, with nothing redrawn. Free right up until you want the file.

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