Put away pens
Once the drawing is finished, the urge to pack up is gone, and the pens stay scattered. The support below turns the ending into its own small task with a place for every pen to go home.
♀Put away pens
A child placing pens into a pen holder on the table
About this visual support
The fun often ends abruptly. As long as the drawing is taking shape, motivation is high, but the moment it is finished the urge to deal with the pens disappears. The ending does not feel like part of the activity, but like an awkward extra, and so the table stays in disarray.
Visual support gives the ending its own clear shape. When there is a picture showing that drawing is followed by gathering the pens and closing the lid, tidying becomes an obvious part of the drawing time rather than something that appears as a surprise. The child sees that the activity has an end, not only a middle.
Let each pen colour have a set place rather than a single pot, so collecting them becomes a game in itself: red to red, blue to blue. Then there is a drive even in the ending. In Routined you can add the tidying step right after the drawing activity, so they belong together every time.