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How to Draw a Cardboard Rocket
Draw a cardboard rocket 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 box.
Step 1: The box
Low on your paper, draw a standing box, taller than it is wide. Leave room above for the cone.
Step 2: The window
Near the top of the box draw a big round window, almost as wide as the box.
Step 3: The kid's head
Start at the window's lower left. Draw a round head over to its lower right. Add hair and 2 eyes.
Step 4: The smile
Under the eyes, draw a small U smile.
Step 5: The cone
Start at the box's top left corner. Draw a tall pointy cone and stop at the top right corner.
Step 6: Two fins
Start on each side below the window. Slant a fin down to the ground and back to the bottom corner.
Step 7: Painted flames
On the bottom of the box, draw 3 wavy flames, the middle one tallest. Start and stop on the bottom.
Step 8: Tape stripe
Across the box, above the flames, draw 2 straight lines close together for a stripe of tape.
Step 9: Ground line
Start a little in from the left edge. Draw a ground line under the rocket, stopping near the right edge.
Step 10: Cheeks and face
Colour 2 pink cheek dots, then the face peach around them. Leave the eyes white.
Step 11: Tan hair and tape
Colour the hair and the tape stripe tan.
Step 12: Blue window, orange flames
Colour the window sky blue around the head, and the flames orange.
Step 13: Red cone, brown box
Colour the cone red, then the box and fins brown around the window, tape and flames.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cardboard rocket, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
