Hand Drawn London / Big Ben Maze – Free Printable PDF
I created this Big Ben maze because we’re getting ready to take a family trip to London and Ireland in a couple weeks and I wanted to pay tribute to the city of London. I previously created an Ireland maze in preparation of our trip and I intend on leaving some of these mazes as a thank you for each of the Airbnb’s that we are staying at during out travels.
I decided to draw Big Ben because it’s one of the most iconic landmarks in London. Big Ben is not actually the official name of the tower. The tower is actually called Elizabeth’s Tower, in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. Big Ben is actually a nickname for the largest bell in the clock tower.
This is the second landmark I created into a maze and most likely won’t be the last one. The first landmark maze I developed was the Statue of Liberty. After completing the Statue of Liberty maze I realized that landmarks / building lend themselves quite nicely to becoming mazes.
I like the look of vintage travel posters, especially the art deco styled ones and this maze as well as the Ireland maze are both a nod to those travel posters. I imagine these being a postcard that you would send home from your trip abroad.
Below are my sketches and color tests that I used to figure out the best combinations that will translate into the digital image. I am still struggling with clouds and did extensive tests to see how to create a representation of clouds while still keeping paths for the maze. I’m still perfecting my technique but overall I’m satisfied with the final result.
Below is the maze in progress. Like all mazes they start as pencil sketches and are filled in with marker and colored pencils. I filled in the color as a went to make sure I was happy with the results and it allowed me to adjust the coloring as I went.

If you don’t want to print the mazes at home please consider using the VistaPrint link below. VistaPrint is the vendor I use to print my mazes on card-stock to hand out to friends and family. I have found that they are the highest quality and the most affordable of the print vendors. Also I like that they allow for small batch printing which keeps the price affordable. I print them on cardstock postcards and they turn out fantastic.
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Babychaser @ mamasbrush
June 26, 2019Great job!! Pinned it! 🙂
Hilbert
June 26, 2019Awesome. Thanks so much
Kari at Me and My Captain
June 28, 2019How fun going to Ireland. Love the Big Ben…
Hilbert
June 28, 2019Thanks. We’re all really excited. Lots of airplane/ travel time so I’ll probably come back with a bunch of maxes drawn
Kristen
July 10, 2019So awesome! I love it.
Hilbert
July 10, 2019Thanks. So glad you enjoyed my work.
Teresa
July 11, 2019That’s just amazing. i also love your idea of leaving some of these behind as a thank you note.
Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.
Hilbert
July 11, 2019Thanks. I hope the owners enjoy them and they don’t end up in the trash.
Alice
July 12, 2019thanks for sharing this maze with us at #omghww. I can’t believe you hand draw all of these on your site!
Hilbert
July 12, 2019Thanks. I’ve been making them most of my life. I’m just glad people enjoy them.
Julie
July 13, 2019Very cool. You know poor old Big Ben is all wrapped in scaffolding at the moment as the tower is repaired ? You won’t be able to see it properly for another year I think. We had friends over from Spain last summer and they were super disappointed when we had a day trip to London 🙁 Luckily all the other landmarks are all still there and visible 🙂
Hilbert
July 13, 2019Thanks. I’ve heard it’s under construction but we’re planning on seeing all the other sites anyways so I’m sure we’ll have fun.