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Fingerprint doodles

Print a collection of random fingerprints onto a piece of paper. Using a thin black pen turn these fingerprints into animals, people, monsters… or anything you like!

 

Quick fire drawing. 

(This works best during a lunch time break)

Have two or more teams (they could be School houses/teams, or age group splits etc). For each team set up a large white board (or large paper) in the playground. The team members queue up and take it in turns to choose a word from the WORD LIST. When they have chosen a word, they draw a picture of it on the board... where ever they like. Speed is of the essence. When they are finished the next person choses a word and draws a picture of that. You will build up a collection of wonderful drawings all on the same board!

Set a time limit. Have the children come and draw ‘when they feel like it’. Don’t organise it too much let the children spur others on.

The winning team is the team that makes the most drawings (you can keep a count by crossing off ‘chosen words’), not the 'best' drawings.

 

Chalk Draw

One break time bring out a big box of chalks and let them draw on the playground. A lot of schools already do this but try and let them draw where they are not normally allowed to draw – make it special and exciting!

 

What’s going on in my Brain!

Using the SIDE ON VIEW OF HEAD fill the brain with drawing thoughts and ideas! You might be surprised with what they come up with!

 

Drawing in pairs

On a blank piece of paper two (or more) people draw a picture, working together. The catch is once the drawing implements have touched the paper, they can’t be taken off until the picture is finished. Lots of wonderful communication is needed for this one!

 

Shadow drawing

Place some interesting objects on a piece of white paper an place in strong lighting such as a spot light or in the sun (this is interesting as the sun/shadow will move). Then draw around the outline of the shadow to make some interesting shapes. These could be overlapped with other object’s shadows – perhaps in different colours. You could go big and draw round the shadows of people!

 

Postcard Gallery Swaps​

Every child that wants to take part is given a postcard (or similar). They are given a certain amount of time to draw something on the post card (it could be on a theme to give them a help – something like friendship, kindness, happiness is good.) They can write a cheerful message on the back. At the end of the time these are displayed in a ‘gallery’. The more splendid the gallery space is the better – it shows the children their work is valued. After a day in the gallery all the postcards are taken down and the children receive someone else’s postcard and cheerful greeting.

 

Freaky Faces​

Print off the PEOPLE WITHOUT HEADS picture. (You could also get fashion catalogues and cut out the people from them – without their heads!) Let the children draw on ‘freaky faces’ to replace the heads. They could be wonderful monsters, or top-class glamour models … that’s up to the artist to decide!

 

Can you draw the King singing with a banana?​

Give each children 3 small bits of paper each. Ask them on one piece to write the name of a famous person, imaginary or real. On another piece to write an -ing word (a verb). On the third write an object (noun). Collect all the bits of paper in three separate piles. Give each pile a shuffle and then hand them out (if a child has their original ideas get them to swap). Now they make up a sentence: Can you draw[famous person] [verb-ing] with [noun]? Now they draw it! 

 

Drawing charades

Have a pile of cards each with a word on it. The children take it in turns to come up to the board (or on piece of paper if paying with smaller group) and chose a card, draw what is written on it so the rest of the group can guess. You could have two teams with the same list of words and have it as a ‘drawing race’