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How to Draw a Bird Nest
Draw a bird nest in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 nest bowl.
Step 1: The nest bowl
Below the middle draw a wide bumpy bowl. Join its top corners with a bumpy smile for the front rim.
Tip The nest is as wide as a hand and half as tall.
Step 2: The back rim
Start at the left end of the rim. Draw a bumpy rainbow over the bowl to the right end.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the front of the nest draw 2 big egg eyes. Add a black dot in each with a shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a wide U smile. Add a small flat cheek beside each end.
Step 5: Three eggs
Draw 3 eggs peeking over the rim, pointy ends up: a tall middle one and a lower one each side.
Step 6: Speckles
Put 2 or 3 little solid dots on each egg for speckles.
Step 7: Woven rim
From just below one rim end, draw a bumpy smile under the front rim across to the other side.
Step 8: Twig ends
Poke a short twig out of each top corner of the nest, pointing up and out.
Step 9: The branch
Under the nest draw a thick branch across, stopping before the edges. Add a twig growing up on the right.
Tip The branch is a bit thicker than your finger.
Step 10: Three leaves
Draw 3 pointed leaves with a middle line: one pointing up, one on the twig, one hanging down.
Step 11: Sky eggs, pink cheeks
Go over your lines. Colour the eggs sky blue around the speckles, and the cheeks pink.
Step 12: Branch and leaves
Colour the branch and its twig wood brown, and the 3 leaves green.
Step 13: Brown nest
Colour the nest and twigs brown around the eggs and cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Your nest is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bird nest, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
