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How to Draw a Donut Cat

14 steps · Medium · about 11 min

Draw a donut cat in 14 easy steps, about 11 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: big soft head.

Step 1: Big soft head
Near the top draw a big soft head, wider than tall, like a bun.
Tip Leave lots of room underneath for the donut.
Step 2: Pointy ears
Draw a pointy ear on each top corner of the head. Add a small triangle inside each one.
Step 3: Two big eyes
In the middle of the head draw 2 big oval eyes. Add black dots and white shines.
Step 4: Nose and smile
Between the eyes, a little lower, draw a tiny pink triangle nose. From its point draw a W smile.
Step 5: Arms and paws
From under each cheek draw an arm down to a round mitten paw, then up to the chin.
Tip The 2 paws touch in the middle. Add a curve across each paw and 2 toe lines.
Step 6: The donut
Draw the ground line, then a big wide oval around the paws for the donut. It hides behind the head.
Tip Make it much wider than the head.
Step 7: The donut hole
From each arm draw a curve out sideways and back to the paw. The cat sits in this hole.
Step 8: Drippy frosting
Start at the left edge of the donut. Draw a wavy line of drips across to the right edge.
Step 9: Sprinkles
On the frosting draw 6 tiny sausage sprinkles, 3 on each side, all tilted different ways.
Step 10: Whiskers and stripes
Draw 2 whiskers out from each cheek and 3 short stripes down from the top of the head.
Step 11: Colourful sprinkles
Colour 3 sprinkles yellow and 3 sprinkles light blue.
Step 12: Tan and cream
Colour the donut tan under the drips and inside the hole. Colour the 2 paws cream.
Step 13: Pink frosting
Colour the frosting pink, around the sprinkles, the paws and the cat. Colour inside the ears pink too.
Step 14: Ginger cat
Colour the cat ginger, around the cream paws and pink ears. Leave the eyes white.