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How to Draw Dental Floss
Draw dental floss 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 box.
Step 1: The box
Low on the left, draw a big rounded box. Near its top draw a flat U from side to side.
Tip Dental floss lives in a little box with a spool of thread inside.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Below the U, draw 2 big egg eyes on the box. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile, and a small flat oval cheek beside each end.
Step 4: The open lid
Start at the box's top left corner. Draw the open lid up, across and down to its top right corner.
Step 5: The spool
Above the U draw a wide flat oval for the spool of floss, with a tiny oval in its middle.
Step 6: The cutter
Where the U meets the right side of the box, draw a small box sticking out for the metal cutter.
Step 7: A big tooth
Right of the box, draw a big tooth: a bumpy top and 2 round roots level with the box bottom.
Step 8: The floss thread
Start at the cutter. Draw a thin thread up and over, stopping in the dip on the tooth.
Step 9: Ground and sparkles
Draw a ground line under the box and tooth from left to right, and 2 small sparkles in the air.
Step 10: Yellow and pink
Go over your lines. Colour the sparkles yellow and the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Sky spool, grey cutter
Colour the spool sky blue and the cutter grey.
Step 12: Teal box, white lid
Colour the box teal around the spool, cutter and cheeks. Leave the eyes, the lid and the tooth white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: dental floss, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
