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How to Draw a Birdhouse
Draw a birdhouse in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 roof.
Step 1: The roof
At the top of your paper draw a pointy roof with a thick brim along the bottom.
Step 2: The box
Start under the brim near the left end. Draw a box down, across, and back up to the brim.
Tip The box is about as tall as the roof.
Step 3: The round hole
In the middle of the box, a little above the middle, draw 1 big round hole.
Step 4: The perch
Under the hole draw a stick poking out past the right side of the box. Round off its end.
Step 5: The pole
From the bottom of the box draw 2 pole lines close together, stopping near the paper's bottom. Join them across.
Step 6: The ground
Draw the ground line from each side of the pole out to the edge, with a couple of grass blades.
Step 7: A little bird
On the perch draw a plump bird facing the hole: from the chest, over the head, down to a tail.
Step 8: A heart
On the roof above the hole draw a small heart.
Step 9: Yellow box, pink heart
Colour the box yellow around the hole and the perch, and the little heart on the roof pink.
Step 10: Wooden pole and perch
Colour the pole and the perch wood brown.
Step 11: Blue bird
Colour the bird blue with an orange beak. Keep the eye white.
Step 12: Red roof, grey hole
Colour the roof red around the pink heart, and the hole slate grey. Go over your lines. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a birdhouse, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
