31 days of drawing

31 March Drawing Prompts for Kids

Here is every drawing prompt for March, 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 March drawing prompt

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

Mar 1
Design a kite that looks like a creature from the sea.
Level up: Add a tail with a repeating pattern.
Mar 2
Draw a made-up creature with a silly rhyming name inspired by Dr. Seuss, born on this day in 1904.
Level up: Write a two-line rhyme about it.
Mar 3
Look at a piece of fruit and draw it whole, then cut in half.
Level up: Add the seeds you see inside.
Mar 4
Imagine you found a tiny door in a tree root and draw what is behind it.
Level up: Use a magnifying glass circle to show a close-up.
Mar 5
Create a puddle that reflects a completely different world from the one around it.
Level up: Draw the reflection upside down.
Mar 6
Sketch a bicycle from memory, then look at a real one and draw it again.
Level up: Circle what you forgot the first time.
Mar 7
Invent a pair of rain boots that can do something amazing.
Level up: Show them in action.
Mar 8
Draw a portrait of a woman you admire, surrounded by things she loves.
Level up: Fill the background with a pattern.
Mar 9
Design a treehouse with three levels and a twisty slide down to the ground.
Level up: Show it from a bird's eye view.
Mar 10
Turn your name into an animal by bending and stretching the letters.
Level up: Add a habitat around it.
Mar 11
Picture a garden sprouting out of an old boot.
Level up: Show the bugs who live there.
Mar 12
Draw a stuffed toy with one continuous line, never lifting your pencil.
Level up: Colour in the shapes your line made.
Mar 13
Imagine a rain cloud that rains something other than water.
Level up: Show people reacting to it.
Mar 14
Celebrate Pi Day by designing a round pie with the numbers 3.14 hidden in the crust.
Level up: Hide more circles in the background.
Mar 15
Create a picture using only the three primary colours.
Level up: Mix them to make the secondary colours too.
Mar 16
Look at a pencil standing in a glass of water and draw how it seems to bend.
Level up: Draw the shadow of the glass.
Mar 17
For St Patrick's Day, draw a clover field where one four-leaf clover hides a tiny secret.
Level up: Use at least five different greens.
Mar 18
Invent a new kind of bird that lives up in the clouds.
Level up: Show its nest.
Mar 19
Draw a tiny worm wearing a raincoat on its way to work.
Level up: Show the weather all around it.
Mar 20
Spring begins around today, so draw the first flowers pushing up through the last patch of snow.
Level up: Use both cool and warm colours.
Mar 21
Sketch a seed's journey from the ground to a full flower in four stages.
Level up: Draw the roots growing too.
Mar 22
Draw a pumpkin covered in polka dots inspired by Yayoi Kusama, born on this day in 1929.
Level up: Use dots in at least three sizes.
Mar 23
Imagine bees opening a honey café and draw their busiest table.
Level up: Use hexagon shapes in the design.
Mar 24
Create a map of your route to school or the park, with landmarks.
Level up: Add a tiny drawing for each landmark.
Mar 25
Design a new flag for your bedroom.
Level up: Explain each colour with a small key.
Mar 26
Look at your eye in a mirror and draw it large, lashes and all.
Level up: Show the spot of light reflecting in the pupil.
Mar 27
Draw a spring puddle where a duck family is taking a bath.
Level up: Add ripples using curved lines.
Mar 28
Tell a four-panel story about a raindrop's big adventure.
Level up: Show how it changes from cloud to puddle.
Mar 29
Invent a hat that grows real plants.
Level up: Show it in three different seasons.
Mar 30
Draw a swirling night sky over your own town inspired by Vincent van Gogh, born on this day in 1853.
Level up: Use short, thick lines like brushstrokes.
Mar 31
Sketch flowers in a vase, looking only at the shapes of the petals.
Level up: Use a light background and a dark vase for contrast.