31 days of drawing

31 August Drawing Prompts for Kids

Here is every drawing prompt for August, one for each day of the month. Each prompt has a level-up line for kids who want to push their drawing a little further. Use them for sketchbook warm-ups, early finishers, a quiet start to the morning or a rainy afternoon at home.

Every August drawing prompt

No fancy supplies needed. A pencil, some paper and a few minutes is plenty.

Aug 1
Design a kite festival where every kite is shaped like a vegetable.
Level up: Show the wind with flowing lines.
Aug 2
Look at a slice of bread and draw its holes and crust.
Level up: Use stippling to show the texture.
Aug 3
Draw a crab opening a tiny shell shop on the beach.
Level up: Show the price tags as tiny pebbles.
Aug 4
Imagine a little cloud that follows you everywhere.
Level up: Show how its mood changes during the day.
Aug 5
Create a still life of vegetables from a summer garden.
Level up: Show where the light hits each one.
Aug 6
Sketch a portrait of a friend using only five colours.
Level up: Choose colours that match their personality.
Aug 7
Design a new dinosaur no one has discovered yet.
Level up: Draw its fossil skeleton too.
Aug 8
Show a lazy summer afternoon from a cat's point of view.
Level up: Draw everything around the cat huge.
Aug 9
Invent a board game all about your town.
Level up: Draw the board and the playing pieces.
Aug 10
Look at a bunch of grapes and draw how they overlap.
Level up: Shade each round shape on one side.
Aug 11
Draw a houseboat where a whole family of otters lives.
Level up: Show what is happening in each window.
Aug 12
Shooting stars streak across August skies, so draw yourself watching them.
Level up: Write your wish in tiny letters.
Aug 13
Create a page of tiny repeating patterns inside one big blob shape.
Level up: Use only a black pen.
Aug 14
Sketch a pair of scissors open and closed.
Level up: Show the shiny parts with highlights.
Aug 15
A party balloon just floated away, so show its journey across the sky.
Level up: Show what it sees from up high.
Aug 16
Design a back to school backpack for a dragon.
Level up: Make room for its wings.
Aug 17
Invent a pencil that draws whatever you are thinking.
Level up: Show what happens when it goes wrong.
Aug 18
Draw a sunflower field from far away and one sunflower up close.
Level up: Use only yellow, orange and brown.
Aug 19
Frame a scene with your hands like a camera, then draw exactly what is inside.
Level up: Draw a frame around your finished picture.
Aug 20
Sketch your favourite mug with its shadows and reflections.
Level up: Take extra care with the handle.
Aug 21
Imagine a school bus that can fly and draw its first route.
Level up: Show the kids' faces in the windows.
Aug 22
Create a portrait of yourself on the first day of school.
Level up: Show your feelings with colour.
Aug 23
Design a classroom of the future.
Level up: Add one gadget that helps everyone learn.
Aug 24
Sketch a pencil case with everything spilling out of it.
Level up: Overlap the items so it looks crowded.
Aug 25
Picture the first day of school for a class of animals.
Level up: Show who sits next to whom.
Aug 26
Create a colour wheel where every colour is a different food.
Level up: Label the primary and secondary colours.
Aug 27
Look at the sky for five minutes, then draw the clouds you saw.
Level up: Use only white, grey and blue.
Aug 28
Invent a playground game for three players and draw the rules as a poster.
Level up: Use arrows to show how players move.
Aug 29
Throw a goodbye party for summer with the sun as the guest of honour.
Level up: Add streamers, cake and decorations.
Aug 30
Imagine your shoes went on an adventure without you.
Level up: Draw a map of where they went.
Aug 31
Design a lunch that makes you smile, packed in a box with sections.
Level up: Make each section a different shape.