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How to Draw a Barcode
Draw a barcode in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the tag.
Step 1: The tag
In the middle of your paper draw a wide tag, round corners on the left, pointed on the right.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Low on the tag, left of middle, draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye. Add a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 4: Thin bars
Across the top half of the tag draw 10 tall thin black bars, the same height, with gaps between.
Step 5: Fat bars
Now fill the gaps with fatter black bars, some thicker than others, so it looks like a barcode.
Step 6: Little numbers
Under the bars draw tiny dots like little numbers: 4 on the left and 4 on the right.
Step 7: Hole and string
Draw a small hole near the point. Start a string inside it, curving out and up, stopping in the air.
Step 8: Ground and sparkles
Draw a ground line under the tag from far left to far right, and a sparkle star on each side.
Step 9: Pink cheeks, yellow sparkles
Go over your lines, then colour the cheeks pink and the sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Cream tag
Colour the tag cream around the face and the black bars. Leave the eyes and the hole white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a barcode, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
