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How to Draw a Gyroscope
Draw a gyroscope 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 big ring.
Step 1: The big ring
In the middle of your paper draw one big round ring, a circle as big as your fist.
Step 2: The inner ring
Inside it draw a second circle, a finger in from the first, so the ring looks thick.
Step 3: Hub and face
In the middle draw a round hub like a button. Add 2 oval eyes with black dots and a smile.
Step 4: The spinning disc
Behind the hub draw a flat oval out to the ring. Under it draw a curve from ring to ring.
Tip The second curve shows the disc is thick, like a coin.
Step 5: The cross ring
Draw a tall thin oval from the ring's top to its bottom, and a thinner one inside, behind the disc.
Step 6: The axle
Draw a line from the ring's top down to the hub, and another from the hub down to the ring.
Step 7: The stand
Under the ring draw a wide stem to a hill foot on a ground line. Add a knob on top.
Step 8: Yellow hub
Go over your lines, then colour the hub yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 9: Grey rings
Colour the big ring, the cross ring and the knob grey.
Step 10: Brown stand, red disc
Colour the stand wood brown, and the disc red around the hub. Your gyroscope is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a gyroscope, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
