What to draw when bored - Kids edition
“Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.”
“I think it’s necessary to let kids be bored once in a while, that’s how they learn to be creative.” -Kim Raver
When boredom kills you,kill it with your creativity. According to Mary Lou Cook “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” And what better way to have fun than drawing.
To talk about the benefits of drawing for kids,
It helps to focus
It encourages creativity
Builds fine motor skills and pre-writing skills
Develops hand eye coordination
it improves mood
It helps in cognition and logical thinking
What are the stages of drawing in kids?
- 12 months: Random and uncontrolled Scribbles in the form of vertical and horizontal lines and multiple line drawings
- 2 years:Controlled scribbling in the form of horizontal and vertical line, multiple loops and spirals, roughly drawn circles and shapes that resemble letters T and V
- 3 years: Basic shapes like circles and squares, cross,dots, shapes that resemble letters T, V and H
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- 4 years: Patterns and 'Tadpole' people.They may draw squares, circles and rectangles and attempts at triangles and diamonds, crosses and letters (pretend writing)
- 5 years: Pictures and portraits ,are able to draw basic shapes,triangles and diamonds and spontaneous letters
- 6 years: Drawings represent interests and experience,able to form good circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and diamonds.
- 7 years:Show higher level of cognition by drawing people, animals and objects on a baseline, such as on the ground or grass.
Here's the epic list of 100 drawing ideas to help kids kill the boredom effectively and you can bookmark this post to come back later.Check out the links for details.
For infants ,drawing is all about painting “contained” in a bag or box or with edible paint recipes .
