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How to Draw a Hat
Draw a hat 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: flat top.
Step 1: Flat top
Near the top, in the middle, draw a wide flat oval, about half as wide as your paper.
Tip Leave lots of room under it: the whole hat hangs from this oval.
Step 2: The crown
From each end of the oval, draw a line down past the middle. Join the bottoms with a smile curve.
Step 3: The wide brim
Start low on the left of the crown. Draw a wide brim out and round, stopping on the right side.
Tip The brim is almost twice as wide as the crown.
Step 4: Thick brim
Start at the brim's left edge. Draw a big smile curve under it and stop at the right edge.
Tip Keep the gap the same all the way round, about 2 fingers.
Step 5: Two big eyes
In the middle of the crown, draw 2 big round eyes a finger apart. Add black dots with white shines.
Step 6: Smile and cheeks
Start under the left eye, draw a U smile to under the right eye. Add a cheek beside each end.
Step 7: The ribbon band
Start on the left of the crown, 2 fingers above the bottom. Draw a smile curve across to the right.
Step 8: The bow
Draw a small oval knot in the middle of the band. Add a fat teardrop loop on each side.
Tip Loops are round at the far end and pointy at the knot.
Step 9: Fold lines
Inside each loop, draw 1 short curved fold line from the fat end in to the knot.
Step 10: Twinkles and a table
Draw a twinkle top right and a small one left of the crown. Add a table line under the brim.
Step 11: Cheeks, bow and twinkles
Colour the cheeks pink, and the bow and the twinkles yellow.
Step 12: Red band, purple hat
Colour the ribbon band red. Colour the top, crown and brim purple, going around the eyes, cheeks, band and bow.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
