30-Day Photography Challenge for Kids

My youngest son, K, has been showing a strong interest in photography over the past year or so. He will often grab my phone and snap photos whenever he feels like it, which is great because he has captured some really wonderful photos of me. And like many moms, I'm hardly in photos so it's nice to have these photos that he has taken.

Lately though, his passion for photography has grown to wanting to learn how to use my DSLR camera. Sometimes he even snipes it from me while we are doing activities and asks me to play and pose with the activities! Life as a child of a blogger, I suppose.

To encourage my son's interest, we have been doing some photography challenges. I give him a prompt and then he comes up with what he wants to photograph to fit that prompt. So if your child is also interested in photography, then this list of 30 photography prompts for kids is perfect for them!

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All you'll need for this photography challenge is a camera that your child can handle on their own. It doesn't matter if it's a point and shoot camera, a smartphone, or a DSLR camera.

Now take this list of prompts and let your kids get clicking!

1. someone you love
2. your pet
3. a favourite toy
4. a plant
5. a favourite book
6. a favourite game
7. a piece of art
8. a fruit
9. looking out the window
10. a closeup of an object
11. a closeup of a person
12. something green
13. something brown
14. something pink
15. something black
16. something blue
17. something yellow
18. something orange
19. something soft
20. something hard
21. self-portrait
22. a reflection in a mirror
23. sign
24. something you've made
25. sky
26. a silly face
27. a photo taken upside down
28. patterns
29. hands
30. words

Here are some of K's photographs that he's recently taken as part of this photography challenge. He's only five, but I must admit, some of his photographs simply blow me away. I'm excited to see how this passion, as well as his photography skills, develop over the years!