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Red Ribbon Week Drawing Ideas

The Red Ribbon Week campaign occurs every year during the last full week of October. The campaign urges children to avoid drugs, tobacco and alcohol, according to Prevention Partners. It reminds adults to support drug prevention efforts and set a positive example for children. Red Ribbon Week commemorates the sacrifice of Drug Enforcement Agency agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who was murdered by Mexican drug traffickers. Art is one way students and adults can support Red Ribbon Week.

  1. "Just Say No"

    • Posters can contain multiple icons. One possibility includes a trio of circles with a line across the circle. One circle contains a cigarette, the second one contains an alcohol bottle and the third contains pills and a drug syringe. The message across the top reminds students to "Just Say No." The bottom of the poster may include the logo for a local substance abuse organization and its contact number.

    Red Ribbon Logo Art

    • The logo for the Red Ribbon Coalition is a torch with a red ribbon and the words "Let Your Light Shine: Live alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug free." Students can compete in an art contest using the Red Ribbon logo and add their own words to encourage individuals to avoid illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco.

    The Pledge

    • The Red Ribbon Week pledge is "No use of illegal drugs, no illegal use of legal drugs!" Students can use the pledge as a foundation for Red Ribbon Week artwork. The artwork could include a child walking away from a person who is holding drugs out. Another possibility is a cartoon of a child talking to another child, with dialogue containing anti-drug messages.

    Word Pictures

    • LockYourMeds.org has a word puzzle poster that invites students to figure out which drugs are represented by the word picture. Students can create posters using a similar idea of word pictures for drugs, alcohol or tobacco. Sponsors may award a prize to the students with the most creative posters.

    Original Comic Books

    • Students can create a comic book to publish with drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention messages. The comic books can be geared to peers or to young children. The messages should be consistent with the regular Red Ribbon materials.

    Door Decorations

    • The Teacher's Corner suggests that teachers can have students trace and cut out their handprints for a door decoration of linked hands in order to urge students to join together and say no to drugs. Another suggested door decoration includes drawn footprints to persuade students to "stomp out drug abuse." A third idea suggests that students draw a skeleton to encourage students not to die over drugs.

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