Easy Squirrel Drawing Free Printable

This easy squirrel drawing printable invites children to design their own fall squirrel by choosing and drawing eyes, a nose, a mouth, and accessories. It supports visual motor skills, fine motor control, and creativity, then finishes with a quick movement break. Download the free PDF at the bottom of this post.

What’s Included in This Easy Squirrel Drawing Printable

This one-page, black and white printable is ready to print and use with no prep.

• A large squirrel outline holding an acorn features a blank face for children to complete.
• An Eyes box offers seven pairs of eye styles, including round, sleepy, star, and heart eyes.
• A Noses box shows six nose choices to copy onto the squirrel.
• A Mouths box includes six options, such as a big smile, a tongue sticking out, and buck teeth.
• An Accessories box provides eight extras to draw, including a bow, scarf, cap, crown, leaf, and glasses.
• A “Name your squirrel” box includes a writing line for children to name their creation.
• A “Move like your squirrel!” section shows three illustrated cues to run, jump, and climb like a squirrel.

Skills This Easy Squirrel Drawing Activity Supports

Children look at a model, choose a design, and copy it onto the squirrel, which builds several foundational skills.

• visual motor skills
• visual discrimination
• visual spatial skills
• fine motor control
• handwriting skills
• gross motor skills

Copying small shapes and placing them in the right spot on the face uses the same skills children need to form letters and space words on a page. The name box adds a functional handwriting task, while the movement cues give the body a chance to reset before the next activity.

How to Use This Easy Squirrel Drawing Activity

This printable fits easily into a busy fall schedule.

• Occupational therapy sessions as a visual motor warm-up followed by a movement break
• Classroom fine motor centers, early finishers, or indoor recess
• Morning work or a calm start after lunch
• Home use on a rainy autumn afternoon
• Small groups where children compare and share their squirrel designs

Tips and Variations

For younger children, limit the choices to one eye style, one nose, and one mouth. You can also lightly draw guide dots on the face to show where each feature belongs.

For an added challenge, ask children to include two accessories and color the squirrel to match a fall scene. Older students can write two or three sentences describing their squirrel’s personality on the back of the page.

Laminate the page and use a dry-erase marker so children can redesign their squirrel again and again. Turn the movement section into a quick game by calling out “run,” “jump,” or “climb” and having children respond as fast as they can.

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