Picnics are more than food outdoors — they can be playful learning moments. The Draw Your Own Picnic – Printable Kids Activity encourages children to design their perfect picnic scene: what they eat, where they sit, who’s with them, and what environment surrounds them. But beyond the drawing lies an opportunity to teach about balance, choices, and nature.
In OSHC and classroom contexts, this printable becomes a springboard for conversations about nutrition, planning, community, and mindfulness — all wrapped in joyful creativity.
Download the Draw Your Own Picnic Printable Kids Activity
Print and take it outside. Let your young learners imagine, draw, and share their ideal picnic — then see how much learning and growth can happen over a blanket of creativity.
🍎 Why a Picnic Drawing Activity Works
- Connects art and health — children choose foods in their drawings, giving you a window to talk about healthy options, variety, and moderation.
- Encourages planning & decision-making — they decide what goes on the blanket, who attends, and how to set up space.
- Supports outdoor learning — you can take the drawing prompt outside and let children sit where they’ll draw the real surroundings.
- Allows cultural & social expression — children bring in family traditions, favourite foods, picnic rituals, and stories.
- Builds agency — children control the scene: layout, menu, company — making it personal and meaningful.
🖍 How to Use the Printable in Your Program
- Introduction & Brainstorm (5 min)
Ask: What is a picnic? Where might you go? What foods would you bring? Showcase examples or prompt children to imagine a picnic in rain, shade, beach, or backyard. - Drawing Phase (10–15 min)
Give children the Draw Your Own Picnic printable and let them layout blanket, basket, food items, utensils, people, perhaps elements like trees, sky, bugs. Encourage them to think about healthy food representation. - Label & Describe (5 min)
Ask children to label the foods (e.g. “apple slices,” “sandwich with whole wheat,” “water bottle”) and maybe write a short sentence: “At my picnic, we’ll eat carrot sticks and berries.” - Outdoor Extension (10 min)
Take the group outside with their sheets, ask them to situate themselves somewhere and add surroundings: grass, trees, sky, wind, clouds, shadows — drawing what’s “in the field” around them. - Share & Reflect (5 min)
Invite children to explain their picnic scene. Ask prompts: Which food choice is your favourite? What would make it healthier? How might the weather affect your picnic? - Optional Cooking Extension
Let children help make a simple picnic snack (fruit skewers, veggie wraps). They can recreate what was in their drawing into a real edible version with healthier options.
🎯 Learning & Wellbeing Connections (MTOP Outcomes)
- Outcome 3 (Wellbeing): Encourages awareness of healthy eating, nature, and positive food relationships.
- Outcome 4 (Learning): Supports planning, spatial thinking, representation, and creative decision-making.
- Outcome 5 (Communication): Builds ability to label, describe, narrate, and reflect on choices.
- Outcome 1 & 2: Children express personal preferences and include social elements (friends, family picnic roles).
🌿 Outdoor Tips & Variations
- Picnic Walk: Collect natural items like leaves, petals, or small sticks, then paste or draw them in the picnic scene.
- Texture Add-On: Use collage textures (grass, paper, fabric) to build an immersive picnic ground.
- Seasons Theme: Ask children to imagine a winter, autumn, spring, or rainy picnic and contrast the surroundings.
- Partner Drawings: Pair children — one draws the setup, another draws the food and menu, then merge ideas.
- Picnic Role-Play: After drawing, set up a mock picnic outdoors with pretend foods, blankets, and props — children act their scene.
✅ Download & Create
👉 Download the Draw Your Own Picnic Printable Kids Activity
Print and take it outside. Let your young learners imagine, draw, and share their ideal picnic — then see how much learning and growth can happen over a blanket of creativity.