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How to Draw a Cardboard Box Car
Draw a cardboard box car in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: egg head.
Step 1: Egg head
Near the top of your paper, a little left of the middle, draw a big egg shape for the head.
Tip Leave lots of room below for the box.
Step 2: Happy face
In the lower half of the head draw 2 oval eyes with black dots. Add a wide smile under them.
Step 3: Fringe
Start at the left edge of the head. Draw 3 hair bumps across the forehead. Stop at the right edge.
Step 4: Box side
Leave a gap under the head. Draw a big wide rectangle for the side of the box.
Tip The box is much wider than the child.
Step 5: The body
From under the chin draw 2 round shoulders. Bring both sides straight down to the top of the box.
Step 6: Steering plate
Right of the body, just above the box, draw a tall thin leaning oval. Draw a smaller oval inside it.
Tip A paper plate seen from the side looks like a thin oval.
Step 7: Arms and hands
Draw 2 arms reaching to the plate, each bent at the elbow. Add mitten hands on the rim.
Tip Rub out the body line inside the nearest arm.
Step 8: Top and front
Start at the top left corner. Slant up, go across behind the child, straight down, slant back to the bottom.
Step 9: Flap windscreen
On the front top edge stand a slanted flap, leaning back a little. Draw a window shape inside it.
Tip Rub out the box line inside the flap.
Step 10: Plate wheels
On the side of the box draw 2 big round plates touching the bottom edge. Draw a circle inside each.
Step 11: Lights and ground
On the front draw 2 oval headlights. Rule a ground line under the box.
Step 12: Peach and yellow
Go over your lines. Colour the face and hands peach. Colour the hair and headlights yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 13: Light blue and grey
Colour the jumper and the window light blue. Colour the rims of all 3 plates grey.
Tip Leave the middle of each plate white.
Step 14: Cardboard brown
Colour the side, the front and the flap light brown. Colour the inside of the box dark brown.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cardboard box car, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
