Shadow Drawing – Science and Art

September 28, 2021 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

We created these shadow drawings over the summer holidays, but they work brilliantly at any time of year as long as the sun is shining.

You can either look for shadows that have formed naturally to turn into a picture or make your own shadows and add to them.

Chalk or chalk pens work really well on hard surfaces.

We made steps with toy bricks and added stick people to them.

Image of a shadow made with duplo and drawings on the ground to make a picture using the shadow. Image shows a shadow of steps with stick people drawn on the floor stood on each step.

This image was created using a shadow formed by a washing line.

chalk drawing on the floor using a shadow

More shadow activities for kids

Draw around the shadows of toy animals.

child drawing around plastic toy animals

Try my other easy shadow activities for kids!

I also love this creative drawing shadow activity from Creative by Nature.

Collage of drawings made on the ground using shadows and chalk pens.

Last Updated on September 28, 2021 by Emma Vanstone

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