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How to Draw a Cotton Candy Machine
Draw a cotton candy machine in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 drum rim.
Step 1: The drum rim
In the middle, draw a big flat oval, almost as wide as the page, for the top of the drum.
Step 2: The drum
From the left end of the oval, draw a line down and round to the right end, like a tub.
Step 3: A band
Draw a curve across the drum below the rim, bending down like the rim, from side to side.
Step 4: The stand
Start under the drum. Draw 2 short neck lines down to a wide flat base, a long low box.
Step 5: Fluff inside
Inside the rim, draw a bumpy cloud of soft lumps from the left of the rim over to the right.
Step 6: The stick
From the top of the fluff, right of the middle, draw a thin stick leaning up to the right.
Step 7: Cotton candy
On the end of the stick, draw a round fluffy cloud with soft even bumps, and a little curl.
Step 8: Knob and switch
On the left of the base, draw a little round knob. On the right, draw a small box switch.
Step 9: The floor
Draw a line under the base from well left to well right.
Step 10: Pink fluff
Go over your lines. Colour the fluff in the drum and the cotton candy pink. Leave the stick white.
Step 11: Sky drum
Colour the drum and the rim sky blue, around the pink fluff.
Step 12: Red stand
Colour the neck and base red. Your cotton candy machine is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a cotton candy machine, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
