Ways to use this list
- Daily sketch: one spin, ten minutes of drawing.
- Art class warm-up: everyone draws the same prompt and compares.
- Drawing games: two players, one prompt, one minute.
- Kids at home: a screen-free activity for rainy days.
- Early finishers in grades K–3: keep scrap paper by the board, and a student who finishes early presses Easy, spins and draws until the others catch up.
- Sketchbook habit: press Challenge once a week for a longer drawing, and Easy or Medium on the other days.
Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.
The full list (32 entries)
- A sleepy sun – easy: a circle with closed, curved eyes and a big yawn; droopy rays all round
- A bird wearing a hat – easy: an egg shape for the body, a smaller circle for the head, then choose the hat
- A flower with sunglasses – easy: a circle for the face, petals around it, then the glasses
- A pizza planet – easy: a big circle with a ring around it; the toppings become craters
- Your favourite food with a face – easy: draw the food large and decide what mood it is in
- A friendly ghost – easy: one wobbly upside-down U, two big eyes and a small smile
- A tiny door in a tree – easy: the trunk and roots first, then a little arched door between them
- A cat sleeping in a box – easy: a square box, then a curled-up cat shaped like a bean
- A rainy day in a jar – easy: a jar outline, one cloud inside and raindrops collecting at the bottom
- An owl reading a book – easy: two big circles for eyes make it an owl; the book sits in its wings
- A whale in the sky – easy: a long, rounded whale with clouds around it instead of waves
- A snowman on holiday – easy: three circles, then sunglasses, a beach towel and a little puddle
- A cat astronaut – medium: a round helmet first, with the cat's face inside it
- A house inside a teacup – medium: draw the cup, then build the house up out of the tea
- A dragon eating noodles – medium: a long S-shaped neck leaves room for one very long noodle
- A robot gardener – medium: boxes for the body, then garden tools for hands
- A monster under the bed who is scared – medium: the bed first, then two worried eyes peeking out of the dark
- A bicycle for an elephant – medium: two huge wheels and a frame thick enough to take the weight
- Your shoes as a car – medium: draw one shoe from the side, then add wheels, windows and lights
- A superhero pet – medium: your pet's shape in a heroic pose, with a cape flying behind
- An ice cream volcano – medium: a cone-shaped mountain with scoops on top and sauce running down as lava
- A secret map – medium: plan the paths first, then add an X, a compass and a few clues
- A dinosaur at school – medium: one squeezed behind a small desk is funnier than one standing outside
- Your self-portrait as an animal – medium: keep your own hair or glasses and swap the rest for an animal
- Your dream treehouse – challenge: sketch the branches lightly first so every room has something to rest on
- A city on clouds – challenge: big buildings at the front, smaller ones further back for depth
- An underwater castle – challenge: bubbles, seaweed and light from above show that it is under water
- Your town in 100 years – challenge: start with one building you know, then change everything around it
- A castle made of books – challenge: stacks of book spines make the towers; draw each book as a thin box
- A mushroom village – challenge: mushrooms of different heights, with doors, windows and paths between them
- A lighthouse at night – challenge: colour the sky dark and leave the beam of light as bare paper
- A train made of candy – challenge: one carriage at a time, each made from a different sweet
Questions people ask
Are the drawing ideas easy?
Twelve are easy, built from circles and other simple shapes: press Easy for those. The Medium and Challenge buttons add more detail, depth and busier scenes, so the same page works for a five-year-old and an art student.
How do I draw something I have never seen, like a cat astronaut?
Break it into parts you have seen: a cat's face, a round helmet and a puffy suit. Look at a photo of each part if it helps, draw the biggest shape lightly first and add details last. The tip beside each idea in the list gives you a first shape.
How can I make a drawing idea harder?
Change the rules, not the idea: draw it from above, in one line without lifting the pencil, with your other hand, or in only three colours. A two-minute limit turns it into a game; a whole hour turns it into a finished picture.
Can I combine two ideas?
Yes. Set Winners to 2 and draw both in one picture. "A whale in the sky" with "A bird wearing a hat" gives you a flying whale with a bird in a hat on its back.
Can I share my drawing prompt?
Press 🔗 Share to send a link with this list, or 🖼️ Save card to share the winning prompt as a picture.