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How to Draw a Christmas Pickle Ornament
Draw a Christmas pickle ornament in 11 easy steps, about 8 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: a pine branch.
Step 1: A pine branch
Near the top, draw a long thin branch. Start fat on the left, slope down and end in a point.
Tip The Christmas pickle is a glass ornament hidden in the tree!
Step 2: A fat pickle
Under the middle of the branch, leave a gap and draw a fat bumpy pickle hanging down.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
Near the top of the pickle draw 2 round eyes close together. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a small U smile. Start under the left eye, stop under the right. Add tiny cheeks.
Step 5: Hook and cap
Draw a box cap on top of the pickle with a line across. Curl a hook up over the branch.
Step 6: Needles on top
Start near the fat end. Draw a row of pointy needles along the top of the branch. Skip the hook.
Step 7: Needles underneath
Draw another row of pointy needles along the bottom of the branch, leaving a gap round the hook.
Step 8: Warty bumps
On the lower half of the pickle draw 5 small bump curves, zigzagging left and right.
Step 9: A shine
Just inside the left edge of the pickle, under the cheek, draw a thin moon shape for a shine.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, grey cap
Go over your lines. Colour the cheeks pink and the cap grey.
Step 11: Brown branch, green pickle
Colour the branch brown. Colour the pickle and needles green around the cheeks, leaving the eyes and shine white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Christmas pickle ornament, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
