7 Fun Drawing Games for Kids

October 15, 2026

Some of the best drawing happens when you stop trying to make something perfect and start playing. Drawing games turn art time into giggle time — perfect for parties, rainy days, classrooms, and family nights. All you need is paper and pencils. Here are seven of our favorite drawing games for kids, from silly to surprisingly artistic.

1. Exquisite Corpse (the fold-and-pass monster)

This is the all-time classic. Each player gets a paper folded into three sections (head, body, legs). Player one draws a head in the top section — it can be a ghost head, a monster head, anything — then folds it over so only tiny neck lines show. Player two draws the body without seeing the head. Player three draws the legs. Unfold and reveal the glorious, ridiculous creature you made together. No drawing skill required; the weirder, the better.

Players: 3+ • Time: 10 minutes

2. Draw and Pass (the telephone game, but art)

Everyone draws the top half of something — say, a cat’s head — for one minute, then passes their paper left. The next player draws the body without knowing what the head looks like (keep it covered!). Pass again for the background. At the end, reveal the mismatched masterpieces. For an easier version, let players see the previous section — the results are still wonderfully surprising.

Players: 3+ • Time: 10–15 minutes

3. Timed Challenge (beat the clock!)

Pick a tutorial, set a timer, and draw it before time runs out. Start generous — 5 minutes for the candy corn tutorial — then get braver: 3 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute! The drawings get wobblier and funnier as the time shrinks, and kids discover something amazing: they can draw much faster than they thought. Great for building confidence and loosening up perfectionists.

Players: 1+ • Time: 5–10 minutes

4. Blind Contour (don’t look down!)

Pick an object — a shoe, a banana, a friend’s face — and draw it WITHOUT looking at your paper. Eyes stay on the object; the pencil stays on the paper. The rule: no peeking until you are done. The results are gloriously wonky, and everyone laughs. Then try it again — the second attempt is always better, which teaches kids that observation improves fast with practice.

Players: 1+ • Time: 5 minutes per round

5. Scribble Transform (turn chaos into art)

One player scribbles randomly on everyone’s paper — loops, zigzags, wild lines. Then each player has 5 minutes to turn their scribble into a real drawing by adding to it. A loop becomes a butterfly wing; a zigzag becomes a mountain. This game is secretly brilliant: it teaches kids that every drawing starts as messy lines, and creativity is just seeing possibilities.

Players: 2+ • Time: 10 minutes

6. Drawing Dice (roll and draw)

Make a simple chart: 1 = cat, 2 = ghost, 3 = frog, 4 = pumpkin, 5 = fish, 6 = player’s choice. Roll the dice three times and draw all three results in ONE scene — a ghost riding a fish past a pumpkin, for example. Kids love the randomness, and combining unrelated things is genuine creative training. Use our tutorials for any character you roll!

Players: 1+ • Time: 15 minutes

7. Copycat Challenge (follow the leader)

One player is the leader and draws one line — just one. Everyone copies it. The leader draws another line; everyone copies. Keep going until the leader declares the drawing finished. Then compare: did everyone’s copy match? This game builds careful observation and is hilarious when the leader sneaks in a tricky curve. Swap leaders each round so everyone gets a turn.