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Superhero drawing ideas for kids

Children who copy superheroes off a screen draw the same three characters. Children asked to invent a hero who can only fly thirty centimetres draw something nobody has ever seen.

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

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How idea one looks once it is a page.

The twelve superheroes ideas

Heroes with slightly disappointing powers. Read them out loud, or print the sheets and let your child pick.

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

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 hero catalogue, and hand you a print-ready PDF.

Start the Superheroes booklet

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

Real drawing
One real superheroes drawing, after cleanup.
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The same booklet, read as a comic instead.

Questions about these ideas

Can my child draw their favourite superhero instead?
At home, of course. It is their paper. The ideas deliberately ask for invented heroes because that is where the drawings stop being copies and start being theirs.
Is this only for older children?
No. A four-year-old draws a circle with a cape and it works perfectly. The written headline on page twelve is the only part that needs a grown-up, and it is optional.
What if my child wants a hero with every power?
Then that is the entry. The ideas are questions, not rules, and no page is ever marked wrong.

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