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How to Draw Catching Fireflies
Draw catching fireflies in 20 steps, about 15 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, in the middle, draw an egg for the head.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Just below the middle of the head, draw 2 big oval eyes with dots, and a small U nose.
Step 3: Smile and ears
Draw a smile under the nose. Add a C ear on each side, starting and stopping on the head.
Step 4: Baseball cap
Draw a round cap over the top of the head, a wide half-moon brim across the forehead and a button.
Step 5: The jar
A head's height below the chin, draw a tall jar with round corners, as wide as the face.
Step 6: Jar lid
Draw a flat lid sitting on top of the jar, a little narrower than the jar.
Step 7: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From them, draw a T-shirt with short sleeves down behind the jar, back to the neck.
Step 8: Arms and hands
Draw an arm down from each sleeve. Bend it in at the elbow to a round hand holding the jar.
Step 9: Trousers
Start at the hem's left end. Draw 2 trouser legs down behind the jar. Stop at the hem's right end.
Step 10: Sneakers and ground
Under each leg, draw a chunky sneaker with the toe pointing out. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.
Step 11: Firefly in the jar
Inside the jar draw an oval firefly body with a black dot head on top.
Tip Fireflies are little beetles. Their tails glow in the dark!
Step 12: Flying fireflies
Draw 3 more fireflies flying free, 2 on the left and 1 on the right: oval body, dot head.
Step 13: Little wings
Give every firefly 2 small oval wings, one on each side, starting behind the body.
Step 14: Glow lines
Under each firefly draw 3 short lines fanning out from its tail, to show it glowing.
Step 15: Crescent moon
In the top right corner draw a crescent moon: a big C with a smaller C inside, joined at tips.
Step 16: Yellow glow
Go over your lines. Colour every firefly body and the moon yellow.
Step 17: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face, ears, neck, arms and hands peach, with a pink cheek on each side. Leave the eyes white.
Step 18: Blue jar, grey lid
Colour the jar light blue around the firefly and the hands. Colour the lid grey.
Step 19: Green cap and shirt
Colour the cap and the T-shirt green, around the jar and the arms.
Step 20: Navy trousers
Colour the trousers navy blue around the jar. Leave the sneakers white. Your firefly catcher is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: catching fireflies, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
