Superhero drawing ideas for kids
Children who copy superheroes off a screen draw the same three characters. Children asked to invent a hero who can only fly thirty centimetres draw something nobody has ever seen.
Free, no account needed. The ideas are the whole list, not a sample.
How idea one looks once it is a page.
The twelve superheroes ideas
Heroes with slightly disappointing powers. Read them out loud, or print the sheets and let your child pick.
- 1Draw the hero who can only fly 30cm off the groundJust high enough to be annoying.
- 2Draw a hero whose power is being extremely tidyDraw the room afterwards.
- 3Draw the costume before it was finishedWhich bit is missing?
- 4Draw a hero with a very small sidekickHow small?
- 5Draw the hero who is scared of heightsAwkward, given the cape.
- 6Draw a villain who is not very good at itWhat did they try to steal?
- 7Draw the secret headquartersHow do you get in?
- 8Draw a hero whose cape keeps getting stuckStuck in what?
- 9Draw the strongest hero in your houseThey might already live there.
- 10Draw a hero on their day offWhat do they do all day?
- 11Draw the hero's petDoes the pet have a power too?
- 12Draw the front page the day they saved everyoneWrite the headline.
Then it becomes a book
Photograph each finished drawing. We clean the shadow and the kitchen-light yellow off the paper without touching a single line your child drew, lay the twelve entries out as a hero catalogue, and hand you a print-ready PDF.
Printing, drawing, uploading and layout are all free. You pay only if you want the finished file.
The same booklet, read as a comic instead.
Questions about these ideas
- Can my child draw their favourite superhero instead?
- At home, of course — it is their paper. The ideas deliberately ask for invented heroes because that is where the drawings stop being copies and start being theirs.
- Is this only for older children?
- No. A four-year-old draws a circle with a cape and it works perfectly. The written headline on page twelve is the only part that needs a grown-up, and it is optional.
- What if my child wants a hero with every power?
- Then that is the entry. The ideas are questions, not rules, and no page is ever marked wrong.