Doodle Time!
Create a colorful doodle journal by drawing patterns, characters, and scenes; practice imaginative shapes, shading, and new techniques to build creative confidence.
Step-by-step guide to create a colorful doodle journal
Step 1
Choose a blank page in your notebook to be your doodle journal page.
Step 2
Gather your pencil eraser sharpener black fine liner and colouring materials and place them where you can reach them.
Step 3
Set a one minute timer to warm up your drawing hand.
Step 4
Use the one minute to fill the page edges with quick scribbles simple shapes and lines to loosen up.
Step 5
Lightly sketch a central character scene or big shape in the middle of the page with your pencil.
Step 6
Add imaginative shapes patterns and little background elements around your central drawing.
Step 7
Pick one shape and practice shading it by pressing lightly and then harder with your pencil to create light and dark.
Step 8
Carefully ink over the pencil lines you want to keep using your black fine liner.
Step 9
Wait until the ink is completely dry before touching the page.
Step 10
Erase the leftover pencil lines so only clean inked doodles remain.
Step 11
Colour your doodle using your colouring materials and try blending or making patterns with different colors.
Step 12
Give your doodle a fun title and write the date on the page.
Step 13
Share your finished doodle on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can I use if I don't have a black fine liner or certain colouring materials?
If you don't have a black fine liner, carefully ink over pencil lines with a ballpoint pen or thin permanent marker, and substitute coloured pencils, crayons, or washable markers for the listed colouring materials while following the inking, drying, and erasing steps.
My ink keeps smudging before I can erase the pencil lines—how do I fix that?
Avoid smudging by waiting until the ink is completely dry (or speed drying with a low hairdryer), rest a scrap sheet under your hand while erasing leftover pencil lines, and keep your initial pencil sketch light as you prepare to ink.
How can I adapt this doodle activity for younger or older kids?
For younger kids use a larger notebook page, skip the black fine liner and let them use chunky crayons during the one-minute warm-up, while older kids can extend the shading practice step and add more detailed inking, patterns, and background elements around the central character.
What are some ways to extend or personalize the finished doodle?
Turn the page into a themed series, add collage bits or stickers before colouring, experiment with watercolor washes only after the ink is fully dry, and create a fun title, date the page, then share it on DIY.org as suggested.
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Facts about drawing and doodling for kids
✏️ The word “doodle” goes back centuries and originally could mean a simpleton or a silly drawing.
🌈 Adding color and patterns to a journal can make moods brighter and memories easier to spot later.
🎨 Doodling can help focus — a study found people who doodled during a boring task recalled more details afterward!
🧠 Doodling mixes thinking and drawing: it engages different parts of the brain to boost imagination and memory.
📔 Famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci filled sketchbooks with experiments, ideas, and doodled inventions.
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