If your students ever complain about not knowing WHAT to draw, give them some of these drawing starters. They can get their imagination jump–started by designing a mural, drawing monsters, coloring creatively, and much more.

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Creative Coloring

Color Together: Color side-by-side with a friend, it is a nice way of hanging out with someone. Make your own coloring patterns.

Paper Bracelets: Color some cool paper bracelets.

Crazy Quilt: Color a quilt pattern.

Circle Patterns: Color a pattern.

Loops and Zigzags: Color a pattern.

Cool Paper Glasses: Color and wear some cool glasses.

Paper People: Color paper people and their paper clothes.

 

Drawing Starters

Design a Mural: Show what a mural would look like if you designed it.

Mixed up Monster: With a partner, make a mixed-up monster. Neither of you will know what the whole thing will look like until you're done.

Make a Creature: Mix up body parts to make a crazy creature, then make a baby scrapbook for your little monster.

Finish the Picture: We give you part of the drawing, you finish it your way.

The Other Half: Can you make an exact copy of the other half?

Dot Designs: Draw on a grid.

When a Glue Bottle is Not: Turn ordinary items into funny drawings.

Your Signature: Practice fancy ways of signing your name.

Bubble Letters: Learn how to make bubble letters.

Fun with Initials: Turn your own initials into cool designs.

Make a Drawing From a Shape: Start with a shape, end with a cool drawing.

Drawing by Numbers: Start with a number, end with a cool drawing.

Nose Masks: Make masks that stick to your nose.

Draw Outside the Box: This is a good drawing activity. Draw outside the edges of a photo or a magazine clipping.