I created this Pokémon Eevee for my daughter to practice plotting ordered pairs. I gave her the ordered pairs and told her the image was a surprise. She was so tickled when she realized it was her favorite Pokémon, Eevee!

Below are instructions on how I made the project, so you can make your own with any image. At the bottom of the page, you’ll also find the coordinates to draw Eevee.

Start with an image you want to use. Print it onto paper.
Print a blank coordinate plane. I used one that goes from -20 to 20 on both axis (it’s a free download on Teachers Pay Teachers). You could also use a piece of plain graph paper and draw the x- and y-axis and label them.
Place the blank coordinate plane in front of the image. Put both up to a glass window. With a pencil, pick places along the image lines to draw a point. Use as many or few as you need to get a nice image but also not too many where it becomes frustrating. Also, it’s easier if you place points on line intersections so your ordered pairs are whole numbers as much as possible.
Now look at your points and choose where to start. Think about the path the ordered pairs should follow like a connect-the-dots drawing. For my image, the ordered pairs draw Eevee’s head and ears first, then her torso, then the tail, and finally the legs. Write out the ordered pairs in the dot-to-dot order. If it’s complex, divide the drawing into sections.
Have your students plot the ordered pairs and connect-the-dots as they go.

Here are the ordered pairs for the Eevee drawing. One page has descriptions for each section. Use this if you want your students to know it’s an Eevee ahead of time. The other page doesn’t give any clues as to what they’re drawing. Enjoy!