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How to Draw a Hair Bun
Draw a hair bun 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 head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper draw a big egg for the head, a little narrower at the chin.
Tip Make it big: the hair needs room on top.
Step 2: Two ears
On each side of the head draw a C ear. Start on the head line, bulge out, end on it.
Step 3: Big eyes
Below the middle of the head draw 2 tall oval eyes, 1 eye apart. Add a black dot in each.
Step 4: Nose, smile and brows
Between the eyes draw a tiny U nose. Under it draw a wide smile with curled ends. Add 2 eyebrows.
Step 5: Fringe
Start on the left side of the head by the eyebrows. Curve across the forehead and stop on the right.
Step 6: Top of the hair
Start at the left end of the fringe. Draw a rainbow hugging the head and stop at the right end.
Step 7: The bun
On the very top of the head draw a big round bun sitting on the hair.
Tip The bun is about as big as a fist.
Step 8: Hair tie and swirl
Across the bottom of the bun draw a curved band for the tie. Inside the bun draw a swirl.
Step 9: Combed lines
On each side, start at the edge of the hair by the fringe. Curve up to the tie.
Step 10: Neck and shirt
Under the chin draw 2 short neck lines. From each draw a shoulder sloping out. Add a little U collar.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour pink cheeks, then the face, ears and neck peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Yellow hair, pink tie
Colour the hair and the bun yellow and the hair tie pink.
Step 13: Blue shirt
Colour the shirt blue, all the way down. Go over your lines and you're done.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hair bun, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
