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How to Draw a Christmas Card
Draw a Christmas card 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 card front.
Step 1: The card front
A little left of the middle of your paper draw a tall box, taller than it is wide.
Step 2: The card opens
From the top right corner, slant a line up, then straight down, then almost flat back to the bottom corner.
Step 3: The tree top
On the front, above the middle, draw a small triangle pointing up. This is the top of the tree.
Step 4: Two more tiers
Under it draw a wider triangle, then a wider one still. Each one overlaps the one above.
Step 5: Trunk and snow
Draw a box trunk under the tree. Start at the left edge, draw a snowy curve, stop at the right.
Step 6: Star and baubles
On the very top of the tree draw a star. Dot 4 little round baubles on the tiers.
Step 7: Snowflakes
On each side of the star, draw a snowflake: 3 crossing lines with a little V on each end.
Step 8: Sparkles
On the inside page draw 2 little sparkles, each a star with 4 pointy ends.
Step 9: Ground and shadow
Around the bottom of the card draw a flat oval shadow. Add a ground line out from each end.
Step 10: Yellow star
Go over your lines. Colour the star and the 2 sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Cream front
Colour the front of the card cream, around the tree and snowflakes. Leave the snow white.
Step 12: Green tree, brown trunk
Colour all 3 tiers of the tree green around the baubles, and the trunk brown.
Step 13: Red page, grey shadow
Colour the baubles and inside page red, around the sparkles, and the shadow grey. Your card is ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Christmas card, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
