Below you will find some drawing prompt activity sheets. Completed drawings can also be used as creative writing prompts. Tap into the sensory needs that provoked the slime and fidget spinner crazes last school year by opening a sensory station. A sand or rice table can give younger students a tactile outlet that acts as a gateway to other art materials. 4. Provide a slew of “Finish the Picture” prompts.

Step-by-step drawing books are great because you can take them on the go for road trips or when your kids need something to occupy their time while they wait at their siblings’ soccer practices.Wallach, M. A., & Kogan, N. (1965). Modes of thinking in young children. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Torrance, E. (1972). Predictive Validity of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 6(4), 236-262.

Sometimes the simplest activities are what spark the most creativity. I hope your children enjoy using these printables. Kids of all ages enjoy easy art projects. Art Supplies Ask kids to recall a favorite project from your curriculum. Ask them to create step-by-step examples of that project (or the associated technique) for younger students. Provide them with a large piece of construction paper, poster board, or butcher paper to use as a project board to display the instructional aids they create. 16. Let students create work for real world clients.Online drawing games often have one player drawing while other participants guess the drawing, like the game Pictionary. Pinturillo and Drawaria.online are both online games where players take turns to draw and guess the words provided by the game. Play these drawing games with your friends for a good laugh! Drawing Puzzle Games Can you spark creative thinking in kids by having them finish a picture made from random lines? Absolutely! Weaving can be a time-consuming task, so why not use it as an early finisher activity? Introduce and practice the skills as a class, getting students started on the project. Then, pause the process and explain it will be an ongoing activity all year long. Students can return to the project time and time again throughout the year. Over time, they will develop a larger project, using those spare minutes of instructional time. You could also consider setting up a large loom students can work on collaboratively. 22. Encourage collaboration. Encourage recognition of famous paintings by cutting old posters or calendar images into puzzle pieces. My students love to time themselves as they race to complete the image. 31. Publish your students’ work to your classroom library. If you maintain a classroom “Word Wall” of art vocabulary, ask your students to illustrate that wall. Provide small papers (4″ x 4,” or whatever size works with your existing setup) and encourage them to make a visual representation of each word. After all, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Even better, give them their first graphic design experience with a client, by offering to produce Word Wall illustrations for another teacher in your building. 10. Allow your students some tech time.