Inspire Your Kids Creativity with a Frame Art Drawing Prompt and Printable

One of the drawing prompts I like to offer is a series of empty frames.

This probably sounds weird but the frames seem to inspire kids’ creativity in a way that a blank piece of paper doesn’t always—even though it’s virtually the same thing!—a rectangle of blank paper vs a rectangle of blank paper with a picture frame drawn around the perimeter.

But for some reason, the simple act of framing the space seems to invite a creative response.

We have been doing this for years in all sizes and on a variety of surfaces.

Big and small.

On paper and on the chalkboard.

My kids always seem to have fun creating inside the frames.

• On the chalkboard
• On paper
• DIY picture frame wallpaper
• Even on Easter eggs!

A Drawing Prompt for Kids with Frame Art

A few months ago, I drew a collection of frames on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of printer paper, made a bunch of copies, and handed them to the kids.

They filled the frames with drawings, people, rainbows, and fingerprint animals.

Then this past week, I printed out a new slew of the frame drawing prompts.

And the kids went to town again.

They drew inside the frames after school…

And during our read-aloud before bed.

Since we had so much fun with this, I thought I’d offer it as a printable for you.

Of course, you can draw your own frame drawing prompt (and I encourage you to!), but if you want a quick and easy printable, then here you go.

Frame art drawing prompt printable

Print out a few for a playdate, to tuck in your purse next time you go to a restaurant or doctor’s office, or to send to a cousin across the country.

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