Can You Turn a Child’s Drawing Into a Real Product?
Yes, a child's drawing can be turned into a real product, and with Toodles, it's easier than you'd think.
How the Toodles process works
Toodles has made turning kids' illustrations into real, wearable and usable products remarkably simple. Here's how it happens:
Take a photo of the drawing
- Snap a clear photo in natural light on a flat surface. This keeps the colours accurate and the details sharp.
Upload your illustration
- You upload it directly while customising a product, or through Toodles' contribution form. JPEG or PNG files under 10MB work best.
Toodles makes it print-perfect
- This is where the magic happens. Toodles carefully redraws the illustration to match the original as closely as possible, so it prints cleanly and looks amazing. This usually takes just a few hours.
Printing happens
- Your illustration is printed onto your chosen product by Toodles' production partners, typically within 2–3 business days.
It ships to your door
- You'll receive tracking once it's on its way. Free shipping on Australian orders over $100.
Why the redrawing step matters
Rather than simply printing a photo of the drawing, Toodles redraws each illustration by hand to ensure it translates beautifully onto a physical product. This means the lines are crisp, the colours pop, and the result genuinely does the original drawing justice, without losing its charm.
What products can be created?
Toodles offers a growing range of products to put your child's artwork on:
What makes this different from printing a photo?
A flat photo print can look flat on a product, inconsistent, blurry, or poorly proportioned. Toodles' approach of redrawing the illustration means it's adapted specifically for the product: the placement, sizing, and print quality are all optimised so it looks intentional, not like a phone snap ironed onto a tee.
FAQ
Do you need design skills? Not at all, Toodles handles all of it. You just upload the photo, and their team takes care of making it print-ready.
What drawings work best? Simple, bold drawings tend to translate especially well, though Toodles works with all kinds of illustrations.
Is the original drawing changed? The original stays completely untouched. What Toodles adapts is the digital version, redrawn and optimised so it works beautifully on your chosen product.
Final thought
It's not about illustration, it's about turning a moment into something you can keep. And wear. And tote around. And stick on things.
