Free draw-alongs for kids
Learn to draw it one step at a time, right on the page, and then watch it come to life on a little stage. For ages 3 to 8, free, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing uploaded.
Pets, dragons and dinosaurs
The sea and outer space
From a pale line to a bow
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Follow the crayon
A crayon goes over a pale line on the paper, one step at a time, and a child draws over it with a finger or a mouse. Stuck? “Draw it for me” does that step.
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It is cut out
Scissors go around the drawing and it lifts off the paper as a puppet. Two taps stick on googly eyes.
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It takes the stage
It hops onto a little lit stage, and every key or tap makes it jump, spin or sneeze. The show is saved as a short video on your device.
Safe for small hands
These pages are for children, so they are kept apart from the rest of the shop. Children’s privacy notice
- Cost
- Free, with nothing to buy to play.
- Ads
- None, and no advertising pixels, session recording or advertising cookies on these pages.
- Sign-up
- None. No account, no names, no email, nothing to fill in.
- Drawings
- Made and kept on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
- Works on
- A phone, tablet or computer, in the browser, with no app to install.
Questions from grown-ups
Anything else, write to hello@thecuriousthing.com.
What is the best free drawing website for preschool children, with no ads and no login?
Look for one with no account, no ads and nothing uploaded, then check that the shapes are simple enough for small hands. These draw-alongs meet all of that. A crayon shows each step, a child draws over it, and the finished drawing becomes a puppet on a little stage. Nothing a child draws leaves the device.
What is a draw-along?
A drawing lesson you follow as it happens, one step at a time, instead of copying a finished picture. Here the steps appear on a sheet of paper on the screen, so a child can draw straight over them. Every step is also written out with a picture, for anyone with real crayons.
What age are these draw-alongs for?
About three to eight. Each page has an easier version for three- and four-year-olds and a harder one for seven- and eight-year-olds. A grown-up beside a younger child can use “Draw it for me” for any step that is too much.
Do they work on a phone or tablet?
Yes, in the browser, with a finger on a phone or tablet or a mouse on a computer. There is nothing to install. A tablet gives the most room to draw.
Where do the drawings go?
Nowhere. They are drawn, cut out and animated on your device. Nothing is sent to us unless a grown-up passes the press-and-hold gate and chooses to turn a drawing into a keepsake. Read the children’s privacy notice.