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"I'm finished!
Now what do I
do?"
TRY A DRAWING DRAWER!
By Marty Reid
As we all know, children finish their art projects at
different times. I used
this idea for all grade levels and children responded well to this
idea. The element of
surprise was always intriguing to them.
Just watch out that they don't rush the curriculum assignment
to "get to the drawing drawer!"
Directions: Find
an empty drawer! Create and cut assignments into strips. Place them
inside the drawing drawer. When
a child finishes their work, give them the chance to go to the drawing
drawer and select an assignment (eyes closed, of course!)
Allow them to begin the assignment, write the directive on the
back of the artwork, and finish it at home for homework if they don't
finish in the time left in class.
You can also have them work out of their individual sketchbooks
too! They work best in a sketchbook if they make their very own
one.
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List 10 things the color BLUE reminds you of.
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Draw your greatest fear.
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Draw things that float.
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Draw things with wheels.
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Draw things that roll.
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Draw things that close.
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Draw things that come from eggs.
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Be an ant.
Draw what you would see in the cafeteria.
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If you had a candy bar named after you, what
would it look like and what would it be called. Draw the candy bar.
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If you had been a pilgrim, draw what you
think you would have looked like.
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If you were a flower, what kind would you be?
Draw a picture of yourself as this flower.
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Express in your drawing, your happiest time
that you've had in the past year.
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Draw something that you are good at doing or
playing.
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If I could be a color, I'd be
_______because….
Direction:
WRITE YOUR ANSWER in WORDS then draw a picture.
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Draw a picture of something you'd like to
become better at doing.
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Using any type of line or shape, create a
picture with only the 3 primary colors.
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An alien spaceship has landed in the
schoolyard. Draw a
picture of it.
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High in the Himalayan Mountains lives an
abominable snowperson. Draw
what the snowperson looks like.
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You have made a startling discovery while
skin diving. Draw
what it is.
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Have you ever been to a circus? Draw a picture of your favorite act with yourself as the
ringmaster.
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Draw a picture of one of your family members
at work.
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Draw a picture of your shoe. Draw it again from another view.
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Draw a picture of your pet or the pet you
would LOVE to have.
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Fill your page with drawings of bugs,
seashells, or something that you collect.
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Draw a family member or a friend.
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Draw a picture of yourself as you think you
might look in 10 years.
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Have you ever had a daydream instead of doing
your work? Draw a
picture of your daydream.
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Draw a picture of your house and yard with a
BIG, HUGE, dinosaur in the yard.
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What is the best story your grandmother or
grandfather tells about the olden days?
Draw a picture of this story.
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Draw a picture of your favorite part about
school.
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Draw a picture of your dream car.
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What does the boogeyman look like?
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If you could cast a magic spell, what would
it be? Draw a picture
of it.
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The famous American Pop artist Andy Warhol
said, "Everyone will have at least fifteen minutes of fame in
a lifetime." Illustrate
your 15 minutes of fame.
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A new musical group has asked you to design a
CD COVER for them that illustrate their music.
Be sure that your design is original and does not use any
other group's design. Draw
this NEW CD cover.
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Draw a picture of your dream house.
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Design your own bedroom floor plan.
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Think of 3 different animals. Draw the head of one, the body of the second, and the legs
of the third one. Give
it a name and write the name under the picture.
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Draw yourself screaming because you are
scared.
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Draw the silliest thing you ever saw.
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Draw a monster truck.
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Draw a spider that nobody has ever seen
before.
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Draw what you would look like if you received
a MEDAL at the US OLYMPICS.
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Create
your very own DRAWING DRAWER ASSIGNMENTS here.
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Credits
for assignments: Sandy Poos,
Mark Alexander, Marty Reid
Many assignments can be found on Internet sites.
Do a S E A R C H
and you'll be amazed at what you'll find.
10/2000 MJR
Drawing "I'm
done" Jar
Submitted by Patti
Caiola
Print out list and laminate.
Sentences are cut apart and placed in a large container like a bucket,
pretzel tub from Sam's Club, etc. I decorate the outside of the
jar with paint markers, stickers, the cheesier the better! Note: Some of
these ideas came from another file on Incredible Art Department.
1.
Draw what you would see while looking through a telescope.
Use the entire paper.
2.
Draw what you would see if you were laying on the floor in this
room looking up to the ceiling. Use
the entire paper.
3.
Draw what you would see if you were laying on the ground outside
looking up at the sky. Fill
the paper with your sky drawing.
4.
A shoe company has asked you to design their newest basketball
shoe. Draw your new basketball shoe the size of the paper.
5.
Draw objects that are on your bedroom floor right now.
Fill the paper with as many objects as you can remember.
6.
Draw what you think a T.V. will look like in the future.
Fill the paper by placing your TV in a room of the future.
7.
Draw a scene from your favorite movie.
Use the entire paper.
8.
Draw a scene from your favorite television show.
Use the entire paper.
9.
Draw what you think a schoolroom looked like 100 years ago.
Use the entire paper to draw the classroom.
10.
Draw what you think a school looked like in the 1700’s when
George Washington was president. Use
the entire paper to draw the classroom.
11.
Draw what you think school will be like in the year 3000.
Use the entire paper to draw the classroom.
12.
Draw what you think cars will look like in the year 3000.
Use the entire paper.
13.
Invent a new kind of car that you might drive when you grow up?
Draw and color the car, give it a name, and write that name on
your paper. Use the entire
paper.
14.
Draw your dream job. Fill
the paper with you working in your dream job.
15.
Draw things that remind you of your favorite smell.
Fill the paper with many examples.
16.
Draw your favorite things to eat for breakfast.
Fill the paper with your plate, cup, food, and other things that
make your complete breakfast.
17.
Design new shirts for your favorite sports team.
Fill the paper with the team modeling their new shirts.
18.
Draw your favorite things to eat for dinner.
Fill the paper showing the food on the plate.
19.
Draw your favorite things to eat for lunch.
Fill the paper showing the food.
20.
Draw your favorite things to eat for a snack.
Fill the paper with many examples.
21.
Draw your shoes that you have on today.
Draw them large in order to fill the paper.
22.
Design the best pair of pajamas.
Draw and color them and then write a sentence describing why they
are the best pajamas.
23.
Draw things that remind you of your favorite song.
Use the entire paper.
24.
Draw the best kind of pet. Fill
the paper with the animal and where it would play.
Write a sentence about why that pet is the best kind.
25.
Draw things that you would like to have in a backyard.
Use the entire paper.
26.
Draw your parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle’s favorite thing
to do. Fill the paper with
them enjoying their favorite thing.
27.
Draw your favorite thing to do with your parent, grandparent,
aunt or uncle. Fill the
paper with you and them enjoying something together.
28.
What is your favorite thing to do on Saturdays?
Draw you participating in this activity.
Use the entire paper.
29.
What is your least favorite thing to do on a Sunday?
Draw you participating in this activity.
Use the entire paper.
30.
Draw what you see when you close your eyes.
Fill the entire paper with examples of what you see.
31.
Design a new style of jeans.
Fill the paper with the pair of jeans showing the front, side,
and back of the jeans in 3 views.
32.
Draw a picture of your friends and you playing your favorite
game. Use the entire paper.
33.
Draw what you did after school yesterday.
Use the entire paper.
34.
Draw your favorite subject in school.
Use the entire paper.
35.
Draw a picture of the beach.
Fill the paper with the beach scene.
36.
Draw a picture of the desert and the different things found in
the desert. Use the entire
paper.
37.
Draw a picture of an erupting volcano.
Use the entire paper.
38.
Draw a picture of an earthquake.
Use the entire paper.
39.
Draw a picture of a thunderstorm.
Use the entire paper.
40.
Design a hot air balloon. Use
the entire paper.
41.
Design your own private airplane.
Use the entire paper.
42.
If you could go and visit any cartoon character which one would
it be? Draw a picture of
what that visit to their world might look like.
Use the entire paper.
43.
If you could meet any famous person in the world, who would it
be? Why that person?
Draw a picture of what that visit might look like, write their
name and why you want to meet them.
Use the entire paper.
44.
Draw a picture of the zoo. Fill
the paper with the zoo scene.
45.
Draw a picture of the jungle and the different things found in
the jungle. Use the entire
paper.
46.
Draw a picture of a roller coaster park.
Fill the paper with the roller coaster park scene.
47.
Draw a picture of a pool in the summertime.
Use the entire paper.
48.
Draw a picture of an island and the different things found upon
the island. Use the entire
paper.
49.
Draw a picture of a boat on the ocean.
Use the entire paper.
50.
Draw a scene from the best summer vacation you have ever had.
Use the entire paper.
51.
Draw what you would most like to do over next summer vacation.
Use the entire paper.
52.
Draw what you would most like to do over next winter vacation.
Use the entire paper.
53.
Draw where you would most like to visit in the United States of
America. Write a sentence
describing why you would most like to visit this place.
Use the entire paper.
54.
Draw and color a picture from the country you would most like to
travel to in the worlds. Then
write a sentence describing why you would most like to visit this
country. Use the entire
paper.
55.
The President of the United States has asked you to design the
new American Flag. Draw
your design and a sentence describing why you chose the new design for
America. Use the entire
paper.
56.
The Governor of Ohio has asked you to design the new state flag
of Ohio. Draw your design
and a sentence describing why you chose the new design for Ohio.
Use the entire paper.
57.
The Toledo Mud Hen’s have asked you to design their new team
logo. Draw your design and
a sentence describing why you chose the new design for Toledo.
Use the entire paper.
58.
The University of Toledo Rockets asked you to design their new
mascot. Draw your new
mascot design and a sentence describing why you chose the new design for
the University of Toledo. Use
the entire paper.
59.
If our principal asked you to design the new school t-shirts for
our school, what would they look like?
Draw your design and one sentence describing why you chose that
design for our school. Use
the entire paper.
60.
Draw some things that you are good at doing.
Fill the paper showing you doing at least one of these things.
61.
Design a new playground. Use
the entire paper to show the whole playground.
62.
What would the best classroom in the world look like?
What types of things do you wish were in your classroom?
Draw the awesome classroom using the entire paper.
63.
Design a new box for your favorite kind of cereal.
Use the entire paper.
64.
A new musical group has asked you to design an original CD cover
for them. Draw this new CD
cover. Use the entire
paper.
65.
An alien spaceship has landed at the school. Draw
the event. Use the entire
paper.
66.
Be a bird: What
would things look like to a bird flying above in the sky?
Draw what the bird would see while looking straight down at the
world. Fill the paper with what the bird would see.
67.
Be an ant: Draw what
you would see in the cafeteria if you were and ant looking up at
everything in its huge world. Fill
the paper with examples of what the ant would see.
68.
Design and color your dream bedroom.
Use the entire paper.
69.
Draw a picture of one of your family members at their job.
Use the entire paper.
70.
Draw a picture of the Boogieman.
Use the entire paper.
71.
Draw a picture of the pet you would LOVE to have as your own.
Show you and your pet together in the picture and use the entire
paper.
72.
Draw a picture of your dream car.
Use the entire paper.
73.
Draw a picture of your dream house.
Use the entire paper.
74.
Draw a picture of yourself as you think you might look in 10
years from now. Fill the
paper.
75.
Draw a picture of yourself where you think you might work 10
years from now. Fill the
paper.
76.
Draw a picture of your shoe.
Draw it again from another view.
Fill the paper with as many different views of your shoe as you
have time for in class.
77.
You are in the jungle and have discovered a spider that has never
been seen before! Draw and color the spider that you have discovered and give
it a name, show where the spider was found.
78.
Draw something you are good at doing or playing.
Fill the paper with you doing the activity.
79.
Draw the silliest thing you have ever seen.
Fill the paper with you doing the silly thing.
80.
Draw things that close. Fill
the paper with many examples.
81.
Draw things that open. Fill
the paper with many examples.
82.
Draw things that come from eggs, fill the paper with many
examples.
83.
Draw things that float, fill the paper with many examples.
84.
Draw things that roll; fill the paper with many examples.
85.
Draw things with wheels; fill the paper with many examples.
86.
Draw what you see when you hear your favorite song.
Fill the paper with many examples.
87.
Draw what you would look like if you had just won a Gold Medal at
the Olympics. Show which
sport you won the Gold Medal in; use the entire paper.
88.
Who would you like most to be the President of the United States
of America? Draw your
choice, and then write about why you believe that person would do a
great job being the President of the United States of America.
89.
Draw your favorite animal and where it lives.
Use the entire paper.
90.
Draw your favorite foods. Fill
the paper with many examples.
91.
Draw your favorite part about school.
Use the entire paper.
92.
Draw your greatest fear. Use
the entire paper.
93.
Draw your least favorite foods.
Fill the paper with many examples.
94.
Draw yourself screaming. Use
the entire paper.
95.
Draw a picture of something you would like to become better at
doing. Use the entire
paper.
96.
Express in your drawing your happiest time that you have had in
the past year. Use the entire paper.
97.
Have you ever had a daydream instead of doing your work?
Draw and color picture of that daydream.
Use the entire paper.
98.
If there were a flower that could eat people, what would it look
like? Draw this man-eating
flower. Fill the paper
showing the flower in action.
99.
If you could cast a magic spell, what would it be?
Draw a picture of it in action.
Use the entire paper.
100.
List 10 things the color blue reminds you of on your paper.
Draw one of these objects from your list.
Use the entire paper.
101.
List 10 things the color red reminds you of on your paper, draw
one of these objects from your list.
Use the entire paper.
102.
List 10 things the color yellow reminds you of on your paper,
draw one of these objects from your list.
Use the entire paper.
103.
Draw a picture of what you will be famous for in the future.
Use the entire paper.
104.
Think of 3 different animals.
Draw the head of one, the body of the second and the legs of the
third one all together as one animal.
Give it a name and write the name under the picture.
105.
Draw a picture using just shapes and straight lines.
Use the entire paper.
106.
What is the best story your Grandmother, Grandfather, Aunt,
Uncle, Cousin or Parent has told you about the olden days?
Draw and color picture of that story.
107.
You have made a startling discovery while scuba diving in the
ocean! Draw what you have
discovered. Use the entire
paper.
108.
Your favorite kind of soda pop has decided to re-design their
soda-pop cans and have asked you to design their new can for them.
Draw this new can design. Use
the entire paper.
109.
Draw what you would most love to eat for breakfast every morning.
Use the entire paper.
110.
If you could invent a machine to help you do your chores around
the house, what would it be? Draw
a picture of your invention doing your chores.
Use the entire paper.
111.
If you could invent anything in the world, what would you invent?
Draw a picture of your invention at work.
Use the entire paper.
112.
Draw where you would like to live when you grow up.
Use the entire paper.
113.
Draw a picture of your favorite time of day.
Write a sentence explaining why this is your favorite time of
day. Use the entire paper.
114.
Draw a scene from your favorite book.
Use the entire paper.
115.
Draw what it would look like inside the trashcan right now.
Use the entire paper.
116.
Draw a houseplant or many houseplants.
Use the entire paper.
117.
Draw objects with a bumpy surface texture.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
118.
Draw objects with a shiny surface texture.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
119.
Draw objects with a furry surface texture.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
120.
Draw objects with a rough surface texture.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
121.
Draw objects that smell bad.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
122.
Draw objects that smell wonderful.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
123.
Draw tools used in building a house.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
124.
Draw a gym shoe. Use
the entire paper.
125.
Draw a grouping of leaves. Use
the entire paper.
126.
Draw something you might find in a department store display
window. Use the entire
paper with many examples.
127.
Draw a large jar and fill it up with something (candy, toys,
rocks, etc) Use the entire paper with many examples
128.
Design a school desk. Use
the entire paper.
129.
Draw your favorite snack foods.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
130.
Draw an object melting. Use
the entire paper.
131.
Draw an object freezing. Use
the entire paper.
132.
Draw a bowl of fruit. Use
the entire paper.
133.
Draw hands holding something.
Use the entire paper.
134.
Draw a mechanical object. Use
the entire paper.
135.
Draw popcorn. Use
the entire paper.
136.
What would you see through a keyhole in a door?
Draw what you might see as you spy into the other room.
Use the entire paper.
137.
Draw a bookmark for the school library.
Use the entire paper to draw more than one bookmark.
138.
Draw junk food in their wrappers.
Use the entire paper with many examples.
139.
Draw parts of a vehicle. Use
the entire paper.
140.
Draw your foot (no socks or shoe).
Use the entire paper.
141.
Draw something scary. Use
the entire paper.
142.
Draw the inside of a room. Use
the entire paper.
143.
Draw the inside of something.
Use the entire paper.
144.
Draw the inside of a closet.
Use the entire paper.
145.
Draw what the inside of your head might look like.
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