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How to Draw a Hot Dog Cart
Draw a hot dog cart 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
Above the middle draw a long deep box with soft corners, a little wider at the top, like a tray.
Tip It is nearly 3 times as wide as it is tall.
Step 2: The rim
Start on the front wall a finger under the top. Draw one line straight across, stop on the back wall.
Step 3: The handle
Start on the left wall under the rim. Draw a sloping C-shaped bar out and back to the wall.
Tip It is a push handle, so it tilts up a little.
Step 4: The umbrella
From the middle of the top draw a tall pole up. Add a big dome on top with 6 bumps.
Tip Add a dot on top and 2 curved rib lines.
Step 5: 2 fat wheels
Under the box draw 2 big round wheels, one near each end, hanging a little below. Add a middle dot.
Step 6: Wheel holders
Start on the box bottom above a wheel. Draw 2 short lines slanting in, stop on the wheel. Repeat.
Step 7: The bun
On the box side draw 2 long flat bun pills, one above the other, with a gap between.
Step 8: The sausage
Draw a long sausage behind the bun, with a round end poking out past each side.
Step 9: The ground
Start a little left of the cart. Draw a straight line touching both wheels' bottoms, stop past the cart.
Step 10: Yellow box, tan bun
Colour the box yellow around the hot dog. Add wavy yellow mustard on the sausage. Colour the bun tan.
Step 11: Red umbrella, wood rim
Colour the umbrella, its pole and the sausage red, around the mustard. Colour the rim wood brown.
Step 12: Grey handle, black wheels
Colour the handle, wheel holders and wheel middles grey. Colour both wheels black, around the grey middles.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a hot dog cart, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
