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How to Draw an Icosahedron
Draw an icosahedron in 13 easy 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: six-sided outline.
Step 1: Six-sided outline
Draw a big hexagon standing on a point: a point on top, 2 upright sides and a point below.
Tip All 6 sides are the same length.
Step 2: Middle triangle
In the middle draw a triangle pointing up. Leave a gap between each corner and the outline.
Tip Its flat bottom sits a little below the middle of the hexagon.
Step 3: Two big eyes
In the middle of the triangle draw 2 big egg eyes. Add a black dot with a shine in each.
Step 4: Big smile
Leave a gap under the eyes, then draw a wide U smile from under one eye to the other.
Step 5: Rosy cheeks
Beside each end of the smile, leaving a small gap, draw a small sideways oval cheek.
Step 6: Three short lines
Start at each corner of the triangle. Draw a short straight line out and stop at the nearest outline corner.
Tip Each short line points straight away from the middle.
Step 7: Top side lines
Start at each top side corner. Draw 2 lines in and stop at the 2 nearest triangle corners.
Step 8: Bottom lines
Start at the bottom point. Draw 2 lines up and stop at the 2 bottom corners of the triangle.
Tip Count the triangles: 10 show, and 10 more hide round the back.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw 2 sparkle stars on each side of the shape, one high and one low.
Tip A sparkle star has 4 points: up, down, left and right.
Step 10: Floor and shadow
Under the bottom point draw a thin flat oval shadow. Add a floor line out from each end.
Tip The point rests on the floor in the middle of the shadow.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, yellow front
Go over your lines. Colour the cheeks pink, then the middle triangle and sparkles yellow. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Orange faces
Colour the 3 big triangles that touch the middle one orange.
Step 13: Brown edge, grey shadow
Colour the 6 thin triangles round the edge brown and the shadow grey. Your icosahedron is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an icosahedron, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
