29 days of drawing

29 February Drawing Prompts for Kids

Here is every drawing prompt for February, 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 February drawing prompt

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

Feb 1
Sketch a hedgehog knitting a scarf long enough for the whole forest.
Level up: Make the scarf stripes change colour as they go.
Feb 2
It's Groundhog Day, so draw a groundhog peeking out of its burrow to check for its shadow.
Level up: Show the weather it hopes for in a thought bubble.
Feb 3
Create a self portrait using only circles, squares and triangles.
Level up: Use complementary colours for the background.
Feb 4
Imagine a city where every building is shaped like a musical instrument.
Level up: Add people walking along the streets.
Feb 5
Arrange a fork, a spoon and a cup into a still life and draw it.
Level up: Draw the reflections you see in the spoon.
Feb 6
Design a paper lantern for a lantern festival, covered in your own lucky symbols.
Level up: Make it glow by colouring around it in dark tones.
Feb 7
Invent a robot whose only job is to give compliments.
Level up: Write three of its compliments in speech bubbles.
Feb 8
Draw the view from inside an igloo looking out the doorway.
Level up: Show the curved snow blocks with careful lines.
Feb 9
Make a poster celebrating your favourite food as if it were a famous movie star.
Level up: Add hand lettering that matches its personality.
Feb 10
Sketch a pet or stuffed animal stretching, using soft and curvy lines.
Level up: Draw it again curled up asleep.
Feb 11
Fill a heart shape with a pattern made from ten different kinds of lines.
Level up: Make every kind of line a different colour.
Feb 12
Design a thank you card for someone who helps your community.
Level up: Draw the inside message too.
Feb 13
Imagine a mail carrier who delivers letters to animals deep in the forest.
Level up: Show three very different mailboxes.
Feb 14
For Valentine's Day, draw a garden where every flower is a different kind of heart.
Level up: Use only tints and shades of red.
Feb 15
Turn an empty tissue box into a tiny apartment and draw who lives there.
Level up: Give each room different wallpaper.
Feb 16
Take off one shoe and draw it from the front, the side and the top.
Level up: Add every lace, stitch and scuff mark.
Feb 17
Create an underwater scene using only warm colours.
Level up: Add bubbles with white crayon or gel pen.
Feb 18
Sketch a winter coat hanging on a hook, paying close attention to the folds.
Level up: Shade the deepest folds the darkest.
Feb 19
Invent a sandwich so tall it needs its own staircase.
Level up: Label every single layer.
Feb 20
Draw a family of foxes curled up in a den under the snow.
Level up: Show the snow line cutting across the picture.
Feb 21
Picture yourself as a grown-up with an amazing job and draw your first day.
Level up: Show the tools you would use.
Feb 22
Create a map of a made-up island shaped like the first letter of your name.
Level up: Add a legend with five symbols.
Feb 23
Use only dots to show a starry winter sky over a sleeping town.
Level up: Make the dots bigger for brighter stars.
Feb 24
Imagine an elevator that goes to different times instead of different floors.
Level up: Draw what you see when the doors open.
Feb 25
Design a postage stamp that shows the best thing about your town.
Level up: Add a bumpy stamp edge all the way around.
Feb 26
Sketch a houseplant, noticing how each leaf overlaps another.
Level up: Use overlapping to show which leaves are in front.
Feb 27
Draw a walrus who works as a hairdresser for other sea animals.
Level up: Show a before and after.
Feb 28
Create a winter landscape from torn paper shapes, or draw shapes that look torn.
Level up: Layer at least five pieces.
Feb 29
Draw a frog celebrating Leap Day, the bonus day that visits about every four years.
Level up: Show what it does with its extra day.