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How to Draw a Food Chain

13 steps · Tricky · about 10 min

Draw a food chain in 13 steps, about 10 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 sun.

Step 1: The sun
In the top-left corner draw a round sun. Inside it draw 2 round eyes close together, a dot in each.
Tip The sun feeds the grass, the grass feeds the rabbit, the rabbit the fox.
Step 2: Sunny smile and rays
Under the sun's eyes draw a small U smile. Draw short rays all the way round the sun.
Step 3: The grass
Low under the sun, draw a tuft of 5 soft pointy grass blades. Close it with a flat bottom.
Step 4: Rabbit head and ears
In the middle draw a round head with 2 tall oval ears. Draw a thinner oval inside each ear.
Step 5: Rabbit face
On the head draw 2 round eyes close together, a tiny oval nose and a small U smile.
Step 6: Rabbit body and tail
Under the head draw a round body on the ground, 2 small paws at the front, and a fluffy tail.
Step 7: Fox head and ears
On the right draw a round head and 2 pointy ears. Add a small muzzle, the nose at its top.
Step 8: Fox face
On the head draw 2 round eyes close together, and a small U smile under the nose.
Step 9: Fox body and tail
Under the head draw a pear body, 2 short legs with paws, and a bushy tail with a tip line.
Step 10: Arrows and ground
Draw a ground line across the bottom. Draw 3 arrows: sun to grass, grass to rabbit, rabbit to fox.
Tip The arrows point from the food to the one who eats it.
Step 11: Yellow sun, orange fox
Colour the sun yellow and the fox orange. Leave their eyes, the muzzle and the tail tip white.
Step 12: Green grass, pink ears
Colour the grass green and the insides of the rabbit's ears pink.
Step 13: Grey rabbit
Colour the rabbit grey around the pink, leaving the eyes white. Go over your lines and you're done!