What to draw today
A smiling moon
Thursday, November 12
Just the stage, nothing else to tap.
Or drop a photo of a drawing on the stage.
“What should I draw?” has an answer every day
Today’s Drawing is a free drawing idea for children of about two to eight: one a day, the same for everyone, with a Give me another button for the days one isn’t enough. Most idea lists stop there. Here the child draws it, the drawing is cut out as a paper puppet with googly eyes, and it performs on a little lit stage. Then it joins a cast saved on your device, so their puppets are waiting when they come back tomorrow. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer: free, no ads, no sign-up and nothing uploaded.
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A new idea every day
Everyone gets the same one today, and it changes at midnight. Tap the speaker to hear it read aloud, or print a page to draw on. Not this one? Give me another hands out one more, as many times as they like.
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They draw it
With a finger on the screen, in a box of ten crayons, or on paper with whatever is in the drawer. Take a photo of a paper drawing and the page lifts it off the sheet.
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It takes the stage and joins the cast
Scissors go round it, two taps give it googly eyes, and every key or tap makes it jump, spin or sneeze. Then it stays in their cast on this device, waiting for tomorrow.
Easy things to draw, by age
Little hands want big round shapes, and older ones like a small story to work out. Tap any of these drawing ideas and it goes up to the stage.
Easy things to draw for 2 and 3 year olds
Easy things to draw for 4 and 5 year olds
Things to draw for 6, 7 and 8 year olds
Want the shapes shown too? Draw along, step by step
More drawing ideas, for any mood
“I’m bored” often means “I can’t think of anything”. A specific, slightly silly idea is easier to start than a blank page, and none of these has a wrong answer.
Things to draw when they’re bored
Cute things to draw
Funny things to draw
Put the whole cast on a puzzle
When the cast has grown, up to 6 of their drawings can come to life together in one new picture, in three worlds to choose from. Only the new picture is printed, and you see it before you order. Press and hold Grown-ups on the stage and the cast comes with you.
How a drawing becomes realFree, with no ads and no sign-up
This page is for children, so it is kept apart from the rest of the shop. Children’s privacy notice
- Cost
- Free. Nothing to pay and nothing to sign up for.
- Ads
- No ads, no advertising pixels and no session recording on this page.
- Drawings
- Made on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
- The cast
- Kept in this browser, under no name and no ID. It never reaches us, and clearing the browser’s data clears it.
- The gate
- Anything to buy, and taking a puppet off the device, sit behind a press-and-hold button for grown-ups.
Questions from grown-ups
Anything else, write to hello@thecuriousthing.com.
What should my child draw today?
Today’s idea is at the top of this page, the same for everyone, and it changes at midnight. If it doesn’t land, tap Give me another. Every idea is a character on purpose (a snail in a very tall hat, a dragon with a cold), because whatever they draw gets googly eyes and goes on stage.
What can a 5 year old draw when they’re bored?
A 5 year old usually does best with a body, a face and one funny idea: a crab in mittens, a monster who is scared of socks, a pizza with a face or a very short giraffe. A specific, slightly silly idea is easier to start than a blank page, and there are no wrong answers.
What are easy things to draw for a 3 year old?
Big round shapes and anything a scribble can be: a happy cloud, a round fish, a ball with long legs, a scribble monster or a blue blob. A three-year-old’s drawing doesn’t need to look like anything to a grown-up. Once it has googly eyes on it, it is a character, and that tends to be the part they enjoy most.
Is this a drawing idea generator?
Yes. Give me another picks at random from 92 ideas and won’t repeat one on the same visit. Most random drawing generators stop at the idea. Here the child can draw it on the page and watch it perform.
Where is the cast saved?
In this browser, on this device, with no account. Each puppet stays until you take it off or clear the browser’s data, and a browser may also clear it if the site goes unvisited for a long while. A phone and a tablet keep separate casts, because nothing is stored with us. To remove puppets, press and hold Grown-ups on the stage. Read the children’s privacy notice.
Is it really free, with no ads?
Yes: no ads, no sign-up, no app and nothing to pay, on a phone, tablet or computer. We make keepsakes from drawings, and those sit behind a press-and-hold button for grown-ups. That is how a free toy pays for itself.
My child can’t read yet. Can they still use it?
Yes. Tap the speaker and the idea is read aloud by the device’s own voice, where it has one. The rest of the theatre runs on big pictures, so once the idea is said out loud there is nothing else to read.
Can they draw on paper instead of a screen?
Yes, and many children prefer it. Print the day’s page, or just say the idea out loud. Then take a photo of the drawing and tap Upload a drawing: the paper is taken away in your browser and the drawing goes on stage. The photo never leaves your device.
Can I turn the cast into something real?
Yes. Press and hold Grown-ups on the stage and pick up to 6 puppets. Their drawings come to life together in one new picture, in three worlds to choose from, for a jigsaw puzzle or a canvas. You see it before you order, and this is how it works.