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Space drawing ideas for kids

Space is the one subject where a child's drawing cannot be checked against reality, which makes it the easiest place to be inventive. Twelve enclosures, twelve animals nobody has met.

See all 12 ideasMake this into a book

Free, no account needed. The ideas are the whole list, not a sample.

SPECIESNo. 01NameHOME PLANET1

How idea one looks once it is a page.

The twelve space zoo ideas

Animals from planets nobody has visited. Read them out loud, or print the sheets and let your child pick.

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

Then it becomes a book

Photograph each finished drawing. We clean the shadow and the kitchen-light yellow off the paper without touching a single line your child drew, lay the twelve entries out as a species catalogue, and hand you a print-ready PDF.

Start the Space Zoo booklet

Printing, drawing, uploading and layout are all free. You pay only if you want the finished file.

Real drawing
One real space zoo drawing, after cleanup.
Draw the animal that eats stars7
The same booklet, read as a comic instead.

Questions about these ideas

Does my child need to know anything about space?
Not a thing. These ideas are about invented animals, not planets or facts. Nothing here can be got wrong.
Can we do them out of order?
Yes. Pages can be filled in any order, and you can upload them as they get finished.
What if a page never gets drawn?
The booklet still assembles. Empty pages come out as blank entries in the theme's style, which some families keep on purpose to fill in later.

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