How To Draw For Kids

Here is where you'll find every single one of our how to draw lessons! It's a massive drawing library! You'll find lessons for young and old kids. You'll find everything from how to draw cupcakes to how to draw sharks. So, what are you waiting for? Grab a marker and follow along with us.

How To Draw A Black Cat Folding Surprise

Hey art friends! Teryn and I are drawing a black cat folding surprise with a little mouse hiding inside. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Scratch paper to protect your table Personalization ideas: Try a different color for your cat, or tuck a pumpkin, a bat, or some candy inside the fold. You could add a spider […]

How To Draw A Cute Ghost Holding Balloons

Hey art friends! Hadley and I are drawing a cute ghost holding balloons, and this little ghost has enough to share with its friends. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Optional: a pencil to plan the overlapping balloons Personalization ideas: Give your ghost its own funny face and choose your favorite balloon colors. Add a Halloween background, […]

How To Draw A Big Mouth Scarecrow

Hey art friends! Teryn and I are drawing a big mouth scarecrow with a nesting crow hiding inside, and this folding surprise is one of my new favorites. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Scratch paper to protect your table White colored pencil for the crow’s wing details (optional) Personalization ideas: Make your scarecrow your own […]

How To Draw A Vampire Bat Holding A Pumpkin

Hey art friends! Teryn and I are drawing a vampire bat holding a pumpkin, and this little Halloween friend is ready for a night of adventure. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Pencil Eraser Personalization ideas: Give your pumpkin a different expression and pick new colors for the cape. Add a full moon, spooky trees, and more […]

Our NEW Drawing App for Kids! 🎨

Hey, art friends! Olivia and I are excited to show you our new drawing app! 🎨 Watch as we explore the drawing tools, choose colors, change the paper size, save drawings, and try a draw-along inside the app. Try the drawing app: artforkidshub.app Personalization ideas: Give your drawing a silly face, try a new color […]

How To Draw A Frankenstein Milkshake

Hey art friends! Olivia and I are learning how to draw a Frankenstein milkshake, a silly Halloween treat you can make your own. Art Supplies: Markers Paper White paint marker for optional highlights Colored pencils for optional finishing details Personalization ideas: Give your milkshake a funny face, change the flavor colors, or add your own […]

How To Draw A Vampire Pizza

Hey art friends! Follow along with me to draw a funny vampire pizza with sharp fangs and a cape. Art Supplies: Pencil and eraser Markers Paper White paint marker for highlights (optional) Colored pencils for shading (optional) Personalization ideas: Change the colors, choose different pizza toppings, or leave off the pepperoni for a cheese pizza. […]

How To Draw A Halloween Claw Machine

Hey art friends! Teryn and I are drawing a Halloween claw machine filled with spooky toys. Art Supplies: Markers Paper White paint marker for highlights (optional) Colored pencils for finishing details (optional) Personalization ideas: Fill your machine with your favorite Halloween toys, change the colors, or add more decorations. Try a different prize in the […]

How To Draw A Caramel Apple Monster

Hey art friends! Austin and I are drawing a caramel apple monster for Halloween. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Pencil and eraser White paint marker for highlights (optional) Colored pencils for finishing details (optional) Personalization ideas: Try a red apple, add extra eyes, or change your monster’s smile and fangs. Draw your own drippy caramel shapes […]

How To Draw Frankenstein Big Mouth

Hey art friends! Hadley and I are drawing Frankenstein with a big-mouth folding surprise for Halloween. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Scratch paper to protect your table Personalization ideas: Give Frankenstein your own colors, add extra forehead stitches, or draw bats and candy inside his big mouth. Keep your hidden surprises between the top and bottom […]

How To Draw A Halloween Pumpkin House

Hey art friends! Olivia and I are drawing a Halloween pumpkin house for some tiny mouse friends. Art Supplies: Black marker Paper Crayons Personalization ideas: Make your pumpkin house tall, round, or a little wonky, and choose your own door and window colors. Add more mice, flowers, grass, or a whole pumpkin patch around it. […]

How To Draw A Haunted School Bus

Hey art friends! I’m drawing a haunted school bus today, and you get to choose the spooky passengers riding along. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Pencil Eraser Personalization ideas: Give your bus a different color, add more slime, or draw bat wings on the sides. Fill the windows with your own spooky passengers, then send them […]

How To Draw A Skateboarding Skeleton

Hey art friends! Olivia and I are drawing a skateboarding skeleton, and this little skater is ready for Halloween. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Light gray marker for optional shading Personalization ideas: Change the colors of the shorts, shoes, and skateboard to make your skeleton your own. Add a spooky skate park in the background, and […]

How To Draw A Pumpkin Candy Bucket

Hey art friends! Austin and I are drawing a pumpkin candy bucket for trick-or-treating, and you get to fill yours with your favorite treats. Art Supplies: Markers Paper Pencil Eraser Personalization ideas: Fill your bucket with your favorite candy, and change the jack-o’-lantern face to match your style. Try different pumpkin colors or candy-wrapper patterns, […]

How To Draw Marshall From PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

This art lesson is sponsored by Paramount Pictures. Hey art friends! Olivia and I are drawing Marshall from PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie to celebrate National Fire Pup Day on October 1! Parents, this is a really fun way to spend a little creative time with your family. Art supplies: Crayons, including a black crayon […]

How To Draw A Haunted Monster Truck

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a haunted monster truck with a friendly ghost behind the wheel and jack-o’-lanterns riding in the back. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the truck color, change the flame colors, or add stripes and stickers on the doors. Fill the bed with candy, more ghosts, bats, or […]

How To Draw A Dinosaur Fossil

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a fossil. It’s a rock with a dinosaur footprint pressed right in, cracks and all. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Change the rock to tan, gray, or school colors. Swap the three-toed print for a different dino shape, add more cracks and pebbles, or write your name […]

How To Draw A Wheelbarrow

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a wheelbarrow. Once the cart is done, fill it with whatever you want. We put pumpkins and fall leaves in ours. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Change the tub to any color, wood brown, or school colors. Fill it with pumpkins, flowers, dirt, toys, snacks, or tools. […]

How To Draw A Funny Hay Bale

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a funny hay bale with a silly kawaii face. Art Supplies: Pencil Eraser Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Give it a different expression, add more leaves, a pumpkin friend, or a scarecrow beside it. For teachers and parents: This lesson is a great first-day-of-fall bulletin board, a harvest unit, […]

How To Draw A Parasaurolophus

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a Parasaurolophus, the dino with the long crest. This one stays simple for younger artists, and you get to pick the colors. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the teal for any dino colors, rainbow stripes, or school colors. Make the crest longer, shorter, or a new […]

How To Draw Saturn

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing Saturn. It’s a simple planet with a ring, and you get to pick the colors. Art Supplies: Pencil Eraser Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Keep Saturn golden or swap the planet and ring for any colors, rainbow rings, or school colors. Add extra stars, a tiny spaceship, or write […]

How To Draw A Claw Machine

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a claw machine packed with prizes. You get the glass case, the hanging claw, and whatever toys you want waiting at the bottom. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Fill the case with your favorite prizes, change the machine colors, or put your name on the top panel. […]

How To Draw A Traffic Cone – Drawing With Shapes

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a traffic cone and baby bird by combining simple shapes. We start with a pencil for a triangle, a rectangle, and two circles, then turn those into the whole drawing. Grab your pencil and markers and let’s draw! Art Supplies: Pencil Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Keep the same […]

How To Draw A Bean Sprout Folding Surprise

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a bean sprout folding surprise. You fold the paper, draw a tiny sprout, then open it up for a giant bean plant. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Change the pot color, give the face a different expression, and even label the different parts. Add extra beans, flowers, […]

How To Draw A Cartoon Ankylosaurus

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing an Ankylosaurus, the dino with the club tail. This one is simple and friendly, and you get to pick the colors. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the olive green for any dino colors, blue plates, or school colors. Change the club tail, add extra armor bumps, […]

How To Draw A Starship From SpaceX

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a starship. This is a tall two-stage rocket. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Keep it silver or paint the booster any color you like. Add extra fins, a little flag, or a planet and stars behind it. Draw it on the launch pad or flying, and you […]

How To Draw School Lunch

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing school lunch. It’s a perfect back-to-school lesson, and you get to pick every food. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the pizza for your real lunch, change the fruit, and pick a different dessert. Write your name on the tray or change the tray color. For teachers […]

How To Draw A Forklift

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a forklift, a really cool work vehicle. It’s a perfect Labor Day lesson, and you get to pick the colors. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the yellow body for any work color, school colors, or caution stripes. Change how high the forks sit, add a crate […]

How To Draw An Airplane

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing an airplane from the side. This is a cartoon plane with a propeller, and you get to pick the colors. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Swap the blue and white for airline colors or school colors. Change the tail to any pattern, add your name on the […]

How To Draw A Frog Life Cycle

Hey art friends! Today we’re drawing a frog life cycle, all four stages in one simple lesson. It’s a really fun science drawing you can hang in the classroom. Art Supplies: Markers Marker paper Personalization ideas: Change the greens to any colors you like, or make each stage a different shade. Add extra eggs, more […]