Here is pencil clipart for every writing job, with 12 drawn pictures from a grinning yellow pencil to a boy sealing a letter. All of them have a transparent background, so a pencil can point at a dotted line on your worksheet with no blank patch around its tip.
Click Download PNG for a file, or use Copy to drop a pen straight onto a slide. The background preview lets you try lined white, chalkboard and kraft behind each one. Pencils go well with notebooks and crayons from our school clipart page, and with the letters on our letter and alphabet clipart page for handwriting practice.
Cute Pencil Clipart, Colored Pencils and a Pencil Sharpener
Pencils are the hardest working tool in any room. These pencils clipart pictures range from a silly cartoon to a calm fan of colored pencils.
A short yellow pencil with a pink eraser hat gives a big grin. Kids love it on name plates and handwriting charts.
Try this Put it at the start of each dotted line on a kindergarten name tracing page as a start here marker.
Six colored pencils spread out like a fan, from red to purple, in soft washes. It brings a gentle touch to art room signs.
Try this Add it to a door sign for the art room or a coloring corner in a quiet reading nook.
A small blue hand sharpener sits beside a pile of curly wood shavings and a freshly sharp pencil. It is a clear sign for the sharpening station.
Try this Tape it above the sharpening spot with two simple steps: sharpen at the start of class, empty when full.
Pen Clipart and Marker Clipart
Older kids move from pencil to pen, and every room has a bucket of markers. These pen clip art and marker pictures suit grown-up forms and bright art centers.
A blue ballpoint pen with a silver clip is drawn with soft shading. It looks neat on sign-in sheets and office forms.
Try this Place it next to the signature line on a volunteer sign-in sheet so the spot is easy to find.
Four fat markers in red, green, blue and orange stand with caps tossed beside them. Loose marker lines match the subject.
Try this Label the marker bin with it and add a rule: click the cap back on until you hear it.
A long feather quill dips into a squat ink pot, drawn in muted vintage tones. Use it for history lessons and poetry pages.
Try this Add it to a grade 4 history page about how letters were written long ago.
Writing Clipart: Kids Writing and Letter Writing
These writing clip art pictures show children busy with words. They make writing time feel friendly on schedules, journals and pen pal pages.
A girl with two braids bends over a pink journal inside a chunky white die-cut rim. Kids treat it as a writing reward, and it also dresses up a journal cover.
Try this Print on sticker paper and let children add one to their journal after each finished story.
A boy writes a letter while a stamped envelope waits beside him. It is a natural fit for a letter writing unit or pen pal project.
Try this Use it on the instruction page for a grade 2 friendly letter, next to the parts of a letter.
A child's hand holds a pencil in a good tripod grip above a sheet of paper. It shows the grip better than any explanation.
Try this Tape a small copy to each table in kindergarten as a reminder of how to hold a pencil.
Pencil Clipart Black and White
Need black and white pen clipart or a pencil to color? These print in one ink and stay crisp on photocopies.
A long pencil outline with an eraser, a metal band and a sharp tip. Kids can fill the wood part with stripes or patterns.
Try this Ask grade 1 students to color the pencil in an AB pattern using two crayons of their choice.
An open pencil box holds two pencils, an eraser and a small ruler, drawn in clean outline. It is great for labeling desk supplies.
Try this Have kids color the items they brought and circle the ones still missing on the first day.
A pen and a pencil lie side by side as two solid black shapes. The sharp edges look neat on vinyl labels and stencils.
Try this Cut it in white vinyl and add it to a plain pencil cup on your writing center table.
Writing Time Ideas by Grade
- Pre-K and kindergarten: Use the hand with a tripod grip on every table, and the cute pencil to mark where tracing starts. Little writers need a clear starting point.
- Grades 1 and 2: The boy with an envelope opens a friendly letter unit. Give each child the pencil outline to decorate as a bookmark for their writing folder.
- Grades 3 to 5: Pens and the quill fit report covers, poetry slides and history lessons. Add a pile of stories from the book clipart page for an author study.
Writing goes hand in hand with reading, so the reading clipart set makes a good partner for a literacy board.
Using Pencils to Point, Mark and Label
A small pencil is a quiet way to tell kids where to write. Shrink the cute pencil to half an inch and place it beside each answer line. The silhouette pair makes a clean icon for a writing task on a picture schedule.
These files are 1000 by 1000 pixel PNGs. Bookmarks, labels and schedule cards up to roughly 3 inches across come out sharp when you print at 300 dpi. For a pencil border, rotate copies of the long outline so they run around the page edge, tip to eraser.
Seeing a blank square around a pencil in your document? Switch its text wrapping to in front of text, and the square disappears. The teacher clipart page has a writing teacher to go with your pencil.
Questions people ask
Can I use this pencil clipart on my worksheets?
Yes, for class, home and school worksheets you share for free. Credit is kind but not required. Please do not resell the pencils on their own or in a clipart pack, and reach out on our Contact page before using them on anything you sell.
Is there pencil clipart black and white?
Yes. The final section has a long pencil outline, a pencil box outline and a pen and pencil silhouette. Your printer needs nothing but black for any of the three.
Do you have black and white pen clipart?
The silhouette pair includes a ballpoint pen in solid black. For a colored pen, the realistic blue ballpoint and the retro quill are both in the pen and marker section.
What is good writing clipart for a classroom schedule?
Use the hand holding a pencil or the girl writing in her journal. Both show the action clearly, so children who cannot read the schedule still know it is writing time.
Are the marker and pencil pictures transparent PNGs?
They are. Every file has a see-through background, so a marker or pencil sits right on colored paper or a slide. The background preview lets you test them first.
Is there colored pencils clipart for an art room?
Yes, the watercolor fan of six colored pencils. It looks lovely on art room doors, coloring corners and art show invitations.
