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How to Draw a Coral Snake
Draw a coral snake in 10 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Draw a big round head, a little wider than tall. Leave the rest of the page for the body.
Step 2: Two big eyes
In the middle of the head, draw 2 big oval eyes. Add a black dot and white shine in each.
Step 3: Smile and nostrils
Dot 2 tiny nostrils under the eyes. Draw a wide happy smile low on the head, cheek to cheek.
Step 4: Forked tongue
From the middle of the chin, draw a short thin tongue. Split the end into 2 little points.
Step 5: The wiggly body
From the right cheek, draw a long tube down, over a big hump and thin to a point, then back.
Step 6: The ground
Draw a straight ground line from under the head to past the tail, touching the dip and the tail.
Step 7: Wide bands
Draw 10 wide bands across the body, with a thin gap between each. The last one runs to the tip.
Tip Each band goes right across, like a ring round a finger.
Step 8: Yellow head and gaps
Go over your lines. Colour the head, the neck and the thin gaps yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 9: Red bands and tongue
Colour the tongue red. Colour the band next to the neck red, then every other band.
Tip Red touching yellow: that is the coral snake's warning pattern.
Step 10: Black bands
Colour the bands in between black, right to the tail tip. Your coral snake is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a coral snake, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
