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How to Draw a Christmas Owl
Draw a Christmas owl 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: owl body.
Step 1: Owl body
Draw a big egg. Give the top 2 pointy corners for feather tufts, with a flat dip between them.
Tip Make it fill most of your paper.
Step 2: Two huge eyes
In the top half draw 2 huge circles, close together. Colour a big black dot in each.
Tip Leave a small white shine in each black dot.
Step 3: Little beak
Under the gap between the eyes draw a small beak, like a triangle pointing down.
Step 4: Hat band
Above the eyes, below the tufts, draw a fat sausage band that curves up in the middle.
Tip Rub out the body lines inside the band.
Step 5: Santa hat
From the band draw a soft pointed hat leaning right. Put a fluffy ball on its tip.
Tip The hat is a soft cone, not a sharp triangle.
Step 6: Leaf wings
On each side draw a fat leaf wing hanging down to a point. It pokes out past the body.
Tip Rub out the body line inside each wing.
Step 7: Round tummy
Under the beak, between the wings, draw a big oval for the tummy.
Step 8: Tummy feathers
Inside the tummy draw 3 little U shapes in a row, then 2 below in the gaps.
Tip Keep every feather inside the tummy oval.
Step 9: The branch
Draw a long branch across the paper under the owl, with round ends.
Step 10: Gripping feet
Under the tummy draw 2 feet on the branch. Each foot has 3 round toes.
Step 11: Yellow and orange
Colour the eyes yellow, around the black dots. Colour the beak and the feet orange.
Step 12: Cream and red
Colour the tummy cream. Colour the hat red. Leave the band and the fluffy ball white.
Step 13: Brown owl
Colour the body light brown, around the tummy. Colour the wings and the branch dark brown.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Christmas owl, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
