“Doodling is a visual, written, kinesthetic, and emotional experience, it can deepen learning and invention.”
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Cute Easy Doodles to Draw
Are you ready to draw some of the cutest doodles you’ve ever seen?
I’ve compiled over 100 of our favorite step-by-step bullet journal doodles for you to use in your bullet journals, art journals or anywhere really. These doodles are suitable for children and adults!
A common misconception when it comes to drawing is that you need to have a ridiculous amount of artistic talent to create decent results. However, that simply isn’t required when doodling.
With practice, anyone can learn how to draw these cute doodles below, especially since each one is broken down into simple steps.
The art form of doodling was once regarded as a waste of time but recent studies have shown that doodling has a purpose and several benefits including, reducing stress, strengthening memory capacity and improving our ability to focus. To learn more about the amazing benefits of doodling, check out these blog posts:
![Plant Doodle](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Doodle-Pics-resize-1-768x512.jpg)
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What Materials Do I Need for Doodling?
You can create beautiful doodles with just a pencil and a piece of paper. However, if you’d like to take your bullet journals and sketchbooks to another level, the following materials will help you create spectacular doodles. Here are a few supplies that we love!
Bullet Journal
This awesome journal is available with dotted pages, blank pages, ruled or squared pages. It’s also available in hardcover in a variety of beautiful colors.
Posca Fine Sparkling Pens
These Posca Fine Sparkling Pens are perfect for giving your doodles a bit of flare. They instantly brighten your journals!
White Gelly Roll Pens
We love these White Gelly Roll Pens because of their brightness! These are great for adding tiny highlights and details to your easy doodles.
Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens
These Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens have great color density, smooth flowing ink and comes in vibrant colors.
Micron pens
This pack of Micron Pens includes several sizes, which make them perfect for coloring larger sections or adding tiny details to your doodles.
Prismacolor Pencil crayons
This Prismacolor Pencil Crayon pack has beautiful smooth colors, perfect for blending.
Ultra Fine Tip Sharpie Markers
We love the wide array of colors that comes in this Ultra Fine Tip Sharpie Markers pack.
Washi Tape
The uses for washi tape are endless! We like to use them around our doodle frames or to personalize our journals.
Stencils
We love these stencils! They are great for adding details like ribbons, banners etc. They’re also perfect if you’re short on time!
8 Ways to Enhance Your Doodles
mashaplans.com has some really great tips for enhancing your doodles. I’ve written the steps below and included a picture demonstrating each tip.
- Use a thick outline to add variety.
- Add expression to make them have more character.
- Use a light gray pen to add shadows.
- Use tiny dots or stippling to add dimension.
- Use lines and dots to add more interest and highlight the borders.
- Use embellishments to add more fun and character
- Use one color (or fill out part in black to add contrast).
- Use lines to color the shadows.
![How to Uplevel Your doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Uplevel-your-Doodles-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: mashaplans.com
Check out this blog post to learn about our top 5 doodling tips!
Cute Doodles to Draw - Step by Step
There are over 100+ doodles to draw below, so I’ve divided the doodle tutorials into 7 different sections: flowers, animals, seasons, plants, ocean doodles, food and design elements. These doodles are perfect to draw when you’re bored, when you’re working in your art or bullet journals, or when you need a few mindful minutes. Happy doodling!
Doodle Flowers
How to Draw a Doodle Rose
![How to draw a doodle rose](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-draw-a-rose-1-768x876.jpg)
Photo Credit: @bujo_by_bee
![](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/my.life_.in_.a.bullet-768x757.jpg)
Photo Credit: My.life.in.a.bullet
How to Draw a Doodle Daisy
![How to draw a daisy](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@amizaomar-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: @amizaomar
![How to draw a daisy](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Daisy.jpg)
Photo Credit: @bujoandcookies
How to Draw a Doodle Peony
![How to Doodle a peony](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@thebujophase-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: @thebujophase
How to Doodle a Variety of Flowers
![How to doodle a variety of flower](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@thebujuphase.jpg)
Photo Credit: @thebujophase
How to Doodle Cherry Blossoms
![how to doodle a cherry blossom](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cherry-Blossom-768x974.jpg)
Photo Credit: @lianastudiess
How to Doodle a Tulip
![How to doodle a tulip](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tulip-drawing.jpg-768x960.webp)
Photo Credit: diaryofajournalplanner.com
Doodle Animals
How to Draw a hummingbird
![](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@planwithady-768x737.png)
Photo Credit: @planwithady
How to Draw a Turtle
![How to draw a turtle](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sea-turtle-doodle-example.jpg)
Photo Credit: @julia.pezowicz
How to Doodle a Cow
![How to Draw a Cow](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@junefolio-768x699.webp)
Photo Credit: @junefolio
How to Draw a Koi Fish
![How to Draw a koi Fish](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@izstudying-768x634.webp)
Photo Credit: @izstudying
How to Draw a Corgi
![How to Draw a Corgi](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@qutedoodles-1-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: @qutedoodles
How to Draw a Hedge Hog
![How to draw a hedge hog](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@mellinflououstudy.webp)
Photo Credit: @mellinflououstudy
How to Draw a Cute Penguin
See the step by step tutorial HERE
How to Draw Cute Forest Animals
![How to Draw Cute Forest Animals](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@ginger.bullet.journal.webp)
Photo Credit: @ginger.bullet.journal
How to Draw Cute Baby Animals
![How to draw cute baby animals](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@ginger.bullet.journal-baby-animals-1.webp)
Photo Credit: @ginger.bullet.journal
How to Draw a Pig
![How to Draw a Pig](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/doodle-me-this-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: _doodle_me_this_
How to Draw Cute Bugs
![Doodle Bugs Picture](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Doodle-Bugs-Pic-768x768.webp)
Photo Credit: explorejournaling
For more adorable animal doodles, check out our step by step drawing guide below.
![Doodles step by step 1](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/L-768x614.jpg)
How to Draw Seasonal Doodles
How to Draw Fall Leaves
![How to Draw Fall Leaves](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@planwithady-fall-768x630.webp)
Photo Credit: @planwithady
How to Draw Fall Doodles
![Step by step fall doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@miras.journal.webp)
Photo Credit: @miras.journal
How to Draw Summer Doodles
![How to draw summer doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/summer-doodles.jpg)
Photo Credit: Thepetiteplanner.com
How to Draw Sun and Sand Doodles
![How to draw Sun and Sand Doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/draw-beach-doodle.jpg)
Photo Credit: @blackandwhitebullet
How to Doodle Spring Rainclouds
![How to Draw Spring Rain Clouds](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Spring-Raincloud-Doodl-768x857.jpg)
Photo Credit: @splendidscribbles
How to Draw Spring Doodles
![How to Draw Spring Doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Spring-Doodle-Nicole-grace.jpg)
Photo Credit: @nicolegracestudies
How to Draw Snowflakes
![How to Draw Snowflakes](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Snowflakes.jpg)
Photo Credit: _doodle_me_this_
How to Draw a Snowman
![How to Draw a Snowman](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-To-Draw-a-Snowman-520x1024.jpg)
Photo Credit: emilydrawing.com
How to Doodle Plants
How to Draw a House Plant
![How to Draw a House Plant](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@splendidscribbles.webp)
Photo Credit: @splendidscribbles
How to Draw a Cactus 4 Ways
![How to Doodle a Cactus](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@bujoandmore-768x768.webp)
Photo Credit: @bujoandmore
How to Draw Plant Doodles
![How to draw house plants](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@study.webp)
Photo Credit: @study___cloud
How to Doodle Dandelion Puffs
![](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/step-by-step-dandelions-2.jpg)
Photo Credit: @cynthiabujo
How to Draw Ocean Doodles
How to Draw a Crab
![How to Draw a Crab](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@julia.pezowicz-768x768.webp)
Photo Credit: @julia.pezowicz
How to Doodle Seashells
![How to Doodle Seashells](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/beach-shell-doodle.jpg)
Photo Credit: @bujoandcookies
How to Draw Cute Ocean Doodles
![How to draw cute ocean doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cute-ocean-doodle.jpg)
Photo Credit: @nicolejosephine
How to Draw Cute Fish Doodles
![Cute Fish Doodles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ocean-doodles-6-1.webp)
Photo Credit: @nicolegracestudies
How to Draw Food Doodles
How to Draw Fruit
![How to Draw Fruit](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fruit.jpg)
Photo Credit: @nicolegracestudies
![How to Draw an Apple](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Draw-an-Apple-768x994.jpg)
Photo Credit: lightlysketched.com
How to Doodle Sushi
![How to Draw Sushi](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sushi.jpg)
Photo Credit: @eliana.journals
How to Doodle a Cupcake
![How to doodle a cupcake](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cupcake.jpg)
Photo Credit: @bujoandcookies
How to Draw Baked Goods
![How to Draw Baked Goods](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Baked-Goods-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: @mashaplans
![How to Draw Desserts and Drinks](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Desserts-and-drinks-768x946.jpg)
Photo Credit: @stephanymariebujo
How to Draw Ice Cream and Popsicles
![How to Draw Ice Cream and Popsicles](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ice-Cream-and-Popsicles.jpg)
Photo Credit: @gigis_journal
How to Draw a Pumpkin
![How to Draw a Pumpkin](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Draw-Pumpkin-768x994.jpg)
Photo Credit: lightlysketched.com
How to Draw Fast Food
![](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Draw-Fast-food-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: thesmartwanderer.com
How to Draw a Lemon
![How to draw a lemon](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Draw-a-Lemon.jpg)
Photo Credit: @seed_successful_you
How to Draw a Summer Drink
![How to Draw a summer drink](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/How-to-Draw-a-summer-drink-768x768.webp)
Photo Credit: _doodle_me_this_
How to Draw Warm Winter Drinks
![How to draw warm winter drinks](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Winter-Drinks-768x863.jpg)
Photo Credit: @seedsuccessfulyou
Design Elements
How to Draw Accents
![Doodle notes and Bullet journals](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Planinitasarla-768x807.jpg)
Photo Credit: Planinitasarla
How to Draw Notebooks and Journals
![How to draw journals and notebooks](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Journals-and-Notebooks.jpg)
Photo Credit: @nicolegracestudies
How to Draw Banners
![How to Draw Banners](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/@miss.meissa.webp)
Photo Credit: @miss.meissa
![How to Draw a banner](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Doodle-Banners.jpg)
Photo Credit: @nicolegracestudies
How to Draw Lightbulbs
![How to Draw Lightbulbs](https://lightlysketched.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Light-bulb-doodle-768x768.jpg)
Photo Credit: @lafondari
Final Thoughts
We hope you love drawing these cute doodles! If you’re interested in more doodle art or drawing tutorials, check out these other blog posts:
If you’re looking for more activities designed to encourage mindfulness and spark creativity, check out my printable resources below or visit my shop!
If you try these doodles with your kids or students, please let me know! I’d love to add your creations to our gallery, so upload your photos or send them directly to me at: [email protected] Thank you!
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