Drawing Ideas for Kids

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A Great FREE TOOL for REMOTE Learning online! Draw amazing things without a stylus, graphics tablet or skill through the power of Artificial Intelligence thats kind of dumb! Dumb AI but fun for awesome art projects! This is a great drawing idea for kids! It is a great digital drawing tool for school projects! It can be great to help students draw diagrams for science, math, Social Studies and more. It is great for teachers to use in synchronous learning either remotely or in person. It works great for Google Slide presentations or other Google related products.

This post blends over 15 years of teaching experience, 20 years of cartooning and 10 years of classroom research about how drawing can help you to double, triple or even quadruple your studying speed. Although this blog is usually devoted to helping kids draw silly cartoons, in this post I would like to show how silly drawings can help kids get better grades in school and have more fun doing it!  If you are a parent who dreads trying to get your child to study or you are a student who hates to study.  You may have been searching for a drawing idea, but today you might discover what I wished I had discovered thirty years ago. How to Use DRAWING to GET BETTER GRADES and IMPROVE TEST Scores! The research is in!  If you are looking to learn things, the best website for studying is right here, but it is not going to be dull or boring!  It is researched-based, and it works. What is it?  Drawing!  That's right drawing.  Did you know you can turn your...

Being at home without art supplies can make it difficult for students to do cool art projects.  But, there is an answer! If your students are on Google , there are millions of drawing ideas for kids using just Google Slides .   That's right, ANYONE CAN DRAW LIKE A  PRO with Google Slides.   Cool Things to Draw with Google Slides... Lesson 1 : The Shape Tool Lesson 2: Grouping Shapes in Google Slides Google slides is great for drawing.  It has more features and power than Google Drawing.  In my opinion, you should avoid using Google Drawing and go right to Google Slides.  In Lesson 2, we you'll learn how to group shapes using Google Slides.  It is an important step if you are looking to draw some cool easy things with Google slides.   

If you are looking for cool drawing ideas that spark creativity, one of the best activities is the Creativity Project Classroom Framework activity. The Creativity Project classroom protocol is a structure that teaching strategy that can be used in the classroom to help students flex their creative muscles.  Creativity is a skill that improves with practice.  The Creativity project protocol is an engaging way to motivate students to be creative. This project is one of the best ways to get students drawing and writing.  If you are looking for great drawing ideas for kids, this activity is amazing for generating ideas and energy!  It will also help teachers to get a good sense of what motivates students and helps teachers to build rapport with students. The project works at any grade, and once students learn the protocol it can be used over and over throughout the school year to bring creativity into all subjects. The great thing about the Creativity Project cl...

This is a quick video of Chris Van Allsburg creator of The Polar Express, Jumanji, and other amazing books for children.  In the video, he gives a really cool easy drawing idea that connects to Jumanji.  The idea would be great for a project using the book in art class or the regular classroom. This is super cool!  Dav Pilkey draws Dog Man and explains it is the first character he created! Quentin Blake illustrated many of Roald Dahl's books.  He is one of my favorite illustrators.   His drawings are alive and carefree.  He has a very sketchy drawing style that is amazing.   This video is old but it is a good idea for a drawing activity if you are regular classroom teacher.  It is a great artist to watch because he doesn't worry about making mistakes or erasing.     He draws and tells a story on a huge piece of paper.  There are many ways students could do this digitally now, but I love the idea of just using p...

This is a really easy drawing activity that can be done different ways to create new and interesting designs.