Your Kids Need This Activity Book with Unique Drawing Prompts (+ Free Printable Activity!)
Uncover the joy of drawing prompts for kids with our activity book!
As a Montessori teacher, I’ve seen the positive impact drawing prompts have on kids. These simple yet captivating exercises not only inspire artistic expression but also nurture vital skills like problem-solving and critical thinking, all while making learning enjoyable for kids.
Join us in this blog as we delve deeper into how our carefully crafted activity book, Draw Doodle Scribble Think Create, came to be and why it is an essential tool for nurturing creativity in your elementary learners.
How Draw Doodle Scribble Think Create Came to Be
In our many chats about product development, Karen, the artistic powerhouse behind That’s So Montessori, once revealed her cherished go-to present for her nieces and nephews during their formative years – a specially crafted DIY activity book.
She took a blank sketchbook and filled it with funny characters and exciting prompts. Her nieces and nephews loved it!
So when Karen came to me with the idea of designing a fun activity book for kids with intriguing prompts filled with expressive and creative images I was 100% in.
And here’s why.
It brought me back to when my stepdaughter, Taylor, was in elementary school. She loved activity books that included drawing or writing prompts. She would sit with them for hours – reading, thinking, drawing, creating, and colouring all over the pages.
I loved watching Taylor expand her creativity and use her imagination. It was fun to do the prompts with her, too.
She’s a university graduate now, and I can see how those books helped her become a more creative, outside-of-the-box kind of thinker.
By engaging with create this book prompts, she not only enhanced her creativity but also develop crucial language skills, which made learning both enjoyable and meaningful.
Montessori Teacher + Graphic Designer Make an Activity Book
And so we did it, Karen and I made an activity book of drawing prompts filled with really fun and slightly wacky guidelines for kids to follow.
You see, drawing and colouring are both great activities for children because they help to develop creativity and problem-solving skills. And what better way to encourage creativity and problem-solving than with unique drawing prompts?
Watch this quick video to get a sneak peek of what’s inside:
If the kids in your life are full of ideas, love to try new things, and enjoy creating in any way shape, or form, then The Draw Doodle Scribble Think Create Activity Book is exactly what they need!
It’s the perfect activity book for the young creative kids in your life, and even the ones who don’t think they are creative at all. This book is for everyone!
Drawing prompts are great for kids who maybe don’t feel very creative. Unique prompts are fun and get children thinking before they put pencil to paper.
At this point, I bet you’re wondering WHY your kids need our activity book with unique drawing prompts. Well, we’re here to answer that!
Why Your Kids Need This Book with Drawing Prompts
Our Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create Activity Book is a great way for kids to have quiet, independent fun while they explore their creative side through drawing.
If you know us at all, you know that we like to bring fun to learning! And that’s exactly what we did with this product. We created an activity book that is enjoyable to engage with and that will leave a lasting impression on the user.
This activity book for kids is filled with intriguing and even weird drawing prompts.
Each drawing prompt is followed by a few extra pages to practice, giving children lots of room to draw, doodle, scribble, think, and of course, create.
Some pages have a light background to draw over, some have a dot grid to help with line work, and some have frames to keep ideas within. Hey, there are even blank pages dispersed throughout the book for the spontaneous act of creativity to occur.
Encourage kids to draw right in this activity book, on loose-leaf paper, or in a designated sketchbook and try these prompts in many different ways.
⭐ Want to learn more about what drawing prompts are and how they are beneficial to the second-plane child, also known as the elementary-aged student?
Then keep on reading!
We know that the kids in your life will LOVE THIS BOOK!
It’s the Perfect Activity Book for Kids
As mentioned earlier, this activity book was created by my partner Karen – a grpahic designer, illustrator, and all-around creative human – and me, a quirky Montessori elementary teacher.
It’s Montessori-aligned.
We made sure to include prompts that are aligned with the Montessori method and provide children with inspiration to create, let go, and step outside of their comfort zone.
And while this activity book is Montessori-aligned, it is really meant for any and all students.
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It builds important skills.
Children will enhance their hand-eye coordination and independent thinking all while exploring their creativity.
It’s beautifully put together.
As a designer, Karen made sure to include captivating images, thought-provoking prompts, and a little bit of guidance through instructions that are more like suggestions, so even kids who don’t draw can follow along, build their skills, and gain creative confidence.
It’s educational.
As a teacher I had to make sure that it’s an educational experience! Drawing prompts for kids surprisingly serve as an excellent vocabulary development activity. Children engage in a bit of reading during the artistic process, enhancing their language skills.
It’s a delightful and feel-good activity for kids.
The activities in this book make children feel good. A study at Drexel University found that colouring, doodling, and drawing all showed significant blood flow in the brain’s prefrontal cortex, which is the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded.
It’s fun for everyone!
This engaging and entertaining activity book was designed with elementary and middle-school-aged children in mind but is really for anyone, of any age and skill, looking to draw, doodle, scribble, think, and create!
We even have a copy of the book that we use ourselves!
⬇️⬇️⬇️ Watch as Karen, our resident artist, draws a few characters inspired by our ‘Draw Wings On Things’ prompt from Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create.
Fun and Unique Drawing Prompts
There are so many fun and unique drawing prompts in this activity book that your kids will never get bored. They will bring fruit to life using simple shapes, create rad robots, and as you have seen, even give animals that don’t fly wings.
The drawing prompts within our activity book will stimulate the brain, inspire imagination, and develop fine motor skills.
With over ten prompts to explore, hours of learning and creating are awaiting. Keep your kids busy, entertained, and having fun while they explore their creative side.
3 Examples of the Unique Drawing Prompts in this Book
The prompts in this book are exciting, interesting, and bizarre – just what the elementary-aged child in the second plane of development is looking for!
Here are a few examples of the unique drawing prompts you’ll find inside the pages of Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create:
➊ Draw and write with your non-dominant hand.
It can be beneficial for kids to practice drawing with their non-dominant hand. This can help to improve hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
When a child is drawing with their non-dominant hand, they are forced to slow down and take their time. This can be a great exercise in patience!
They are also creating new pathways in the brain. When the opposite hand is used to create, neural connections in the brain are strengthened, and even new connections form. The brain is a muscle after all so this is similar to how physical exercise improves your body’s functioning and grows muscles.
Plus, writing with the wrong hand just feels really weird and challenging, which can be a lot of fun for elementary-aged kids. They may surprise themselves with what they’re able to create when they’re not relying on their natural tendencies.
➋ Create your very own dream board.
Creating a dream board is a great way for kids to think about, and then visualize their goals and dreams. It can also help them to stay focused and motivated as they work towards achieving those dreams.
When kids make a dream board, they are essentially creating a roadmap for their future. Think of it as a visual reminder of what they find important, what they aspire to achieve, what they are inspired by, and what they want out of life.
A dream board can help them to stay on track and not lose sight of what they want to achieve in life. Plus they’re a blast to create!
The best part is that dream boards are completely customizable! Kids can put whatever they want on their board, as long as it inspires them and motivates them to keep moving forward in life.
Some ideas for what to put on a dream board include pictures of people they look up to, things they want to own, quotes that inspire them, pictures of what makes them smile, images of places they want to visit, or drawings of things they want to create.
Having a dream board is a great way for kids to stay positive and optimistic about the future. It helps them to remember that anything is possible if they work hard enough and stay focused on their goals.
Dream boards are believed to have a positive impact on the adults that use them. They are known to attain their goals easier and quicker, possibly because they are clear about what they want.
In Psychology Today they wrote:
“Although vision boarding is a commonly used tool, there is not a lot of research on its effectiveness. Initial research suggests it can help us more easily reach our goals. This may be due to how vision boards help us gain self-awareness and self-reflect on what is important to us.
Vision boards may also help us imagine what a positive future could look like for us. Imagining a positive future is a helpful way to increase positive emotions and optimism. And positive emotions often create opportunities and increase the chances of success.”
Even at a young age, elementary children too can benefit from exercises in positivity and optimism.
My upper elementary students love collecting pieces for their dream boards. I often use their dream boards as a platform to dive into lessons on goal setting. When they can see their goals, even if it’s in a 2D poster form, they are likely to continue to move closer to achieving them.
When students are given the chance to create something during the learning process, be it big or small, the amount of learning that unfolds is exponential.
There are several blank pages after this prompt for children to creatively express the things they want in life. The options really are endless for their dreams.
➌ Write your name in as many different ways as possible.
When it comes to writing your name, there are no rules! You can write it however you want, in any style you like.
And the great thing about this activity in creative penmanship is that it can help children improve their handwriting skills.
The more practice kids get writing their name in different ways, the better their handwriting will become. This is because they will be working on improving their dexterity, coordination, and speed. All of these skills are necessary for good handwriting.
Plus, when kids get creative with how they write their name, it can be a lot of fun! They may choose to write their name in a different language, with bubble letters, upside down, or they might even create a special signature or two for themselves. What a great way for them to express their individuality.
It can also inspire them to try different mediums while writing their name (think markers, pens, crayons, paint, etc), explore letters as shapes, and be playful with something that they have a connection to – their own name!
So have kids try out all sorts of different ways to write their names! It’s an activity that will capture their attention and something that they will take pride in.
💡 Teacher Tip: Add art to your Parts of Speech lesson plans and follow up work with a repetitive word writing activity like this.
Have students choose a noun that relates to them and have them write it over and over in different ways along with their name. What a great way to emphasize the difference between common and proper nouns.
Those are just 3 of the fabulous prompts within the pages of this awesome activity book. But wait, this book is so much more!
★ BONUS: This activity book doubles as a colouring book!
We have intentionally left the characters and images within this entertaining activity book in black and white so that kids can splash their own colourful flair on the pages.
Perfect if they’re in the mood to colour, if they need time to think about a prompt, test their markers, or if they’re looking for a soothing way to spend some time.
Colouring is known to develop fine motor skills, encourage patience and relaxation, help with concentration, and promote creativity.
This activity book goes beyond just fun activities! Children are learning and developing with each page.
How to Use This Activity Book
The unique drawing prompts inside our activity book are enticing and exciting for young creative minds. If your children are looking for some drawing inspiration, they’ll benefit from getting their hands on this activity book.
There’s a little something for everyone in there!
Kids can just flip to any page, read the prompt, think about it for a bit, and then start drawing.
There are no rules or restrictions – it even says so right at the beginning!
Tips For Letting Their Creativity Flow
Whether it’s in the middle of the page, in one corner of the page, whether it’s big or small, neat or messy, encourage kids to just get started and see where their pencil and imagination will take them.
Here are some tips to keep in mind when using this activity book with drawing prompts for kids.
1️⃣ Let drawing prompts be a starting point for their imaginations to take over.
Children should start by looking at the drawing prompt and any images on the page and then try to recreate them in their own style.
A helpful Montessori-aligned method to drawing is to have children trace the images provided with the prompts with their fingers first to get a feel for it. Then they can close their eyes and use their fingers to try and trace it from memory. The brain and hand work together to begin the creation of art!
Doing the same thing with a pencil has the same results, the brain and the hand at work together again. Now, when it’s time for young artists to draw something of their own, they’re able to put their own spin on a previously learned drawing.
Tracing paper is a great way to let a child trace over and over again to get those repetitions in.
Karen used to trace animals from the National Geographic magazine so she could learn their shapes and then eventually she was able to draw them on her own.
She believes ‘practice makes improvement’ and she was able to gain confidence and skill by doing something over and over until it felt natural, and then she could add her own twist to it.
2️⃣ Draw in black and white or in colour using pencils, pens, markers, or crayons.
Let them make their own creative choices and watch as they follow through with them. That’s so Montessori!
Providing children with unrestricted drawing opportunities will support their natural curiosity and will enhance their creativity.
Let them explore freely (yet responsibly!) with crayons, watercolors, pens, and even markers to express their emotions. Having access to a few art tools will give children a sense of ownership in choosing what they are creating.
There are no wrong answers when it comes to art, so remind children to just be creative and have fun!
3️⃣ Get creative with mixed media and add collages or paint to your drawings.
Drawing with different materials is a lot of fun. Sure, children can use pencils, crayons, and markers to draw, but they can also add other things to their drawings.
For instance, they could bedazzle a drawing with sparkles using glitter glue. They could also cut out images from magazines or old greeting cards to create a mixed-media masterpiece. Beautiful!
And it’s important to note here that the activities within the pages of this book do not necessarily have to be completed on the pages of this book, even though they can be. Yes, you heard that right, art can be created and completed on a surface outside of the pages in this book. But how?
While there are more than enough pages inside this activity book for kids to explore endlessly, it’s also fun to create on different surfaces, bigger surfaces, and more showy surfaces. Try a Bristol board, cardboard, whiteboard, or even an old picture frame.
There are so many possibilities, and the only limit is their imagination. So let them be creative and have fun!
4️⃣ Have frames ready to display their art for everyone to enjoy.
Children’s artwork is so special and should be shared with the world! Or with your family members at least.
A great way to show it off is by framing or hanging their drawings around the house. And having frames ready from the beginning can ignite a child’s excitement to create and inspire them to fill that frame with something spectacular.
As a result of their work being displayed so nicely, children feel a sense of pride and accomplishment knowing that their hard work is appreciated by others. What a confidence booster!
But don’t just limit that to the drawings from this activity book – you can show off anything they create, whether it’s a painting, a collage, or even a sculpture. Just let their creativity shine!
So what are you waiting for?
Get your kids drawing creatively today!
The Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create Activity Book is a great way for kids to have fun and learn through drawing.
Perfect for anyone looking to draw, doodle, scribble, think, and create!
Fun for everyone, on the go, or when things get slow!
Suitable for both boys and girls, this 90+ page children’s activity book makes a great activity for at-home learning or a useful supplementary resource in any classroom setting.
It’s especially great to take on long car rides to pass the time and on family vacations.
This activity book should go everywhere creative minds go! It’s really easy for them to do the activities right in the book making it easy to pack and take anywhere. Hands down the best gift idea for the elementary kids in your life!
The unique drawing prompts inside will even help kids develop their creativity and problem-solving skills.
How you ask? Keep reading!
Drawing Prompts Explained
Drawing prompts are words, images, or ideas that help to inspire anyone to start drawing. They can be anything from pictures of animals to objects, scenes from a story to a phrase, a few simple words, or a page with only clouds drawn in, leaving the rest to the imagination.
The great thing about drawing prompts for kids is that they can be used for all ages and a variety of skill levels.
Did we mention that we even have a copy of this activity book that we love to use?
Even young children, or inexperienced artists like myself, can start by copying the prompt image. Prompting (pun intended) growth around their skills and confidence, they will start to put their own spin on things when drawing. That’s so Montessori!
And best of all, drawing prompts are an excellent way to help children be more creative, be more open to exploring new things, be problem-solvers, and consequently be more confident in what they do!
How Drawing Prompts Help Children Develop Problem-Solving Skills
As a Montessori teacher, I love using writing and drawing prompts with my students, giving them some parameters, and then asking them to just go with whatever inspires them. It usually leads to some pretty neat pieces followed by interesting, sometimes funny, and always brilliant explanations of what they had created.
But how do drawing prompts help children develop problem-solving skills you ask?
Drawing prompts can help children to develop their problem-solving skills because it asks them to create something they may not normally think to draw.
When faced with this new challenge, the child has to come up with an idea and then figure out how to execute that idea. This helps them to develop their creativity and also teaches them how to think abstractly for themselves.
For example, let’s say the drawing prompt is to draw fruits and vegetables with human characteristics. The child might first want to look at pictures of fruits and vegetables as well as human features such as eyes and ears to get an idea of where to start.
This is, in fact, a visual form of research and learning.
After researching, children have to figure out how to execute their idea. This might involve thinking about what shapes make up certain fruits and vegetables, the color the food should be, if the human features will be big or small, what kind of background to put it on, and how to make it all come together.
All of this helps the child to develop their problem-solving skills and their creative thinking skills.
And as an added bonus, using drawing prompts for kids is also really fun and will keep kids entertained for hours!
So if you’re looking for a way to stimulate creativity in your kids, I recommend using drawing prompts!
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Even adults can have fun with the drawing prompts in our activity book, they’re fun for everyone!
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It’s Important for Kids to Be Creative
Here are just a few reasons why it is important for kids to be creative:
✅ It helps them to think differently and come up with new ideas.
✅ Allows them to express themselves in a unique way.
✅ Help kids solve problems more effectively and come up with new solutions.
✅ Boosts kids’ self-confidence and self-esteem.
✅ Helps kids communicate better and understand the world around them.
✅ It may lead them to discover hidden talents they didn’t know they had.
As you can see, it is important for kids to be creative, so let’s do our part and encourage the kids around us to tap into their creativity!
Buy Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create Today!
If you want to help your child get creative, get them a copy of our activity book for kids!
This book, filled with unique drawing prompts, will keep kids busy learning. They’ll have so much fun drawing that they won’t even realize they’re developing so many skills along the way. You might even be worried about why they’re being so quiet. Artist at work!
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Wait, it’s a flying pig?
Get elementary-aged kids exploring the weird and wonderful while they draw wings on things that don’t have wings.
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The Wrap Up: Our Activity Book with Drawing Prompts
We hope you enjoyed learning about our activity book with amazing drawing prompts for kids. It’s important to know how they can help children have fun and learn while they create.
If you’re looking for a way to keep your kids entertained while also helping them develop their creativity and problem-solving skills, then using unique drawing prompts for kids is the way to go!
Our activity book Draw, Doodle, Scribble, Think, Create makes it easy for kids to do the activities right inside the book. Great for rainy days, hot days, cloudy days, family book club days, and terrific for travel days – this book will appeal to and inspire the elementary-aged doodlers in your life.
Buy a copy today and let your children get creative while keeping them occupied and entertained for hours on end!
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