Drawing for Kids
These free printable Drawing for Kids activities are perfect for exploring creativity while building important early learning skills with your kids this year.
I’m convinced that directed drawing is valuable for early learners. You can combine these how to draw activities with any theme, lesson, or topic. It’s a great way to help your kids learn important skills, build confidence, and get creative while learning in the classroom or at home.
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These drawing for kids activity printables can help your kids feel empowered as they learn to draw with structured creative activities.
Below you’ll find some free printable directed drawing pages that are perfect for exploring creativity and building early learning skills with your kids this year.
Keep scrolling to learn more about the benefits of directed drawing and score your very own printable drawing activities today.
Drawing for Kids
These drawing prompts are meant to encourage creative thinking, problem-solving, and fine motor skills which are important for little kids.
A lot of the ideas involve imaginative thinking, so be sure to encourage your little kids to be as creative as possible.
Preschoolers and kindergartners can dictate their story to you while older kiddos can write their own.
These drawing for kids printables also work well for copywork. Write the story your little kids dictate to you on the printable, then let them use their very own special composition notebook to draw the picture, create a scene, and then copy their story.
Spring Drawing for Kids Worksheets
Free Printable Spring Directed Drawing
These Free Printable Spring Directed Drawing worksheets are an adorable and perfect way to welcome warmer weather. Explore bugs and birds while learning how to write and draw with these free printable kindergarten worksheets.
In just five simple steps, your little learners can draw a beehive, a bird, or even a bird nest. These printables are a great way to encourage creative thinking, problem-solving, and even nature study.
Use them as a fun way to prompt your little learners to explore the outdoors and write about what they observe in the process. These spring drawing for kids printables would pair perfectly with this Free Printable Spring Nature Journaling for Kids.
Read more about nature in the spring with these wonderful read alouds.
- The Honeybee* by Kirsten Hall
- Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring* by Kenard Pak
- A Nest Is Noisy* by Dianna Hutts Aston
Summer Drawing for Kids Worksheets
Free Printable Summer Directed Drawing
Sailboats, ice cream, and seashells make this free Summer directed drawing printable pack the perfect way to explore fun summer themes with your kids. Students can build confidence in their own creativity and artistic abilities as they learn to draw these adorable Summer themed images.
After a few of these directed drawing printables, your early learners will be ready to tackle their own creative drawing projects with newly discovered confidence in their ability to create art.
For more creative Summer themed art activities check out my Free Printable Summer Tracing Preschool Worksheets.
To learn more about sailboats, ice cream, and seashells with your kids this Summer, check out these fun read aloud stories.
- The Little Sailboat* by Lois Lenski
- 7 Days till Ice Cream: Coding* by Bernardo Feliciano
- What Lives in a Shell?* by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Fall Drawing for Kids Worksheets
Free Printable Fall Directed Drawing
Owls, pumpkins, and foxes are all included in this adorable Fall directed drawing activity pack for free. It’s a great way to practice important skills like following multi-step directions with your preschool and kindergarten learners this Fall.
While drawing their own cute Fall critters and pumpkins your kids will be learning to follow directions more closely and pay attention to details.
Learn more about the creatures in this Fall directed drawing activity pack with these picture books.
- Owl Babies* by Martin Waddell
- The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night* by Peter Spier
For more fun Fall art exploration with your kids check out my Free Printable Fall Photo Challenge.
Winter Drawing for Kids Worksheets
Free Printable Winter Directed Drawing
These free printable directed drawing pages have adorable cold weather themes perfect for exploring creativity in the classroom or at home during the winter months. You can explore snowflakes, penguins, and pine trees as your kids learn to create their own with the steps in these free printable drawing pages.
Continue learning about snowflakes by creating your own paper snowflakes together. Then, learn more about this special weather phenomenon with The Story of Snow* by Jon Nelson. Then, you can watch the live Penguin Cam from the San Diego Zoo and practice walking like a penguin around your living room.
Want more Winter themed learning fun?
Check out these Sights and Sounds of Winter STEAM Activities with your kids this season. Then, share your favorite drawing activities with me in the comments. I can’t wait to read about your directed drawing adventures!
Keep in mind that all preschoolers and kindergartners do things in their own time and on their own terms. What one is ready for, another might not be. Please use your best mama judgement when planning activities for your little kids.
I hope you enjoy using this free printable drawing for kids worksheets with your little kids as much as I enjoyed creating it with mine.
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