50 Funny Drawing Prompts for Friends

1–10: Easy funny drawing prompts

Try these as one-minute doodles. A simple outline and one extra detail are enough: your ghost can be a wobbly sheet, and its sunglasses can be two black circles.

1. A ghost wearing enormous sunglasses.
2. A potato showing off its tiny muscles.
3. A snail with racing stripes.
4. A cactus wearing oven gloves.
5. A banana in a bow tie.
6. An excited penguin.
7. A cloud with a very impressive moustache.
8. A worm lifting one enormous dumbbell.
9. A teacup wearing swimming goggles.
10. A fried egg sunbathing under a tiny umbrella.

11–20: Animals having a strange day

Give these two or three minutes. Start with a feature that identifies the animal, then add the prop that makes the situation silly.

11. An octopus trying to untangle eight headphones.
12. A giraffe taking a very awkward passport photo.
13. A crocodile at the dentist, holding a teddy bear.
14. A pigeon conducting a tiny orchestra.
15. A sloth late for a running race.
16. A frog trying to walk in enormous wellies.
17. A goldfish driving a submarine.
18. A bear squeezing onto a tiny bicycle.
19. A seagull stealing chips.
20. A sheep giving another sheep a haircut.

21–30: Food behaving badly

Turn lunch into a character. Add eyes, little legs or an expression, then let the food do something it absolutely should not be doing.

21. A slice of toast escaping from the toaster.
22. A spaghetti monster trying to use a fork.
23. A doughnut using its hole as a basketball hoop.
24. A broccoli floret disguising itself as a tree.
25. Two peas arguing over who gets the bigger pod.
26. An ice cream wearing a woolly scarf.
27. A pizza slice walking a sausage dog.
28. A carrot dressed as a secret agent.
29. A sushi roll learning to skateboard.
30. A biscuit using a teabag as a parachute.

31–40: Everyday life, slightly ridiculous

For adults drawing with friends, familiar little frustrations make good starting points. Give them an absurd twist and keep the scene small enough to finish in a few minutes.

31. An alarm clock hiding from a giant snooze button.
32. A coffee mug asleep in a tiny bed.
33. A laptop on holiday under a beach umbrella.
34. A washing machine swallowing just one sock.
35. A shopping trolley entering a Formula One race.
36. A vacuum cleaner frightened of a dust bunny.
37. A printer coughing up paper aeroplanes.
38. A sofa wearing trainers and running away.
39. A robot trying to fold a fitted sheet.
40. A traffic cone directing a queue of ducks.

If a drawing feels hard to explain, simplify it to the subject and the action. “Robot folding a sheet” gives you something visible to draw; a complicated backstory usually does not.

41–50: Weird scenes for a longer round

Try five minutes for these. Choose a main character, one important prop and a little setting. You can add more if there is time.

41. A dragon carefully blowing out one birthday candle.
42. A mermaid in a bath that is much too small.
43. A wizard accidentally turning a bus into a giant sandwich.
44. An astronaut walking a balloon dog on the moon.
45. A haunted house that is scared of a mouse.
46. A dinosaur trying to make a tiny cup of tea.
47. A pirate searching for treasure in a supermarket freezer.
48. A knight jousting against a wind-up toy.
49. A group of aliens taking a family photo in a photo booth.
50. A moon eating cheese.

For drawing telephone, use a scene with a clear action, such as the dragon and its candle. The next person needs something they can describe. You can let the misunderstandings happen naturally.