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How to Draw a Kappa
Draw a kappa 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: the head.
Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper draw a wide head with a flat top and a soft chin.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Near the top of the head draw 2 big round eyes. Add a big black dot and a shine.
Tip Leave room above the eyes for the hair.
Step 3: Water dish and hair
On top of the head draw a flat saucer. Under it draw bumpy hair from side to side.
Tip A kappa keeps water in the dish. If it spills, it loses its power.
Step 4: Squat tummy
Start under the left cheek. Draw a fat C down and round for the tummy. Stop under the right cheek.
Step 5: Belly patch
Inside the tummy draw one big oval for the belly patch, a finger in from the edge.
Step 6: Arms and hands
Start under the left cheek. Draw a bent arm down past the tummy, ending in 3 fingers. Do both.
Step 7: Folded legs
Start half way down the left arm. Draw a fat bean knee and stop on the hand. Do both.
Step 8: Big webbed feet
Start at the bottom of each knee. Draw a paddle foot with 3 toes and stop on the knee.
Step 9: Shell and ground
Draw a shell edge from the head to each knee, with a line across. Draw the ground under the feet.
Step 10: Smiling beak
Under the eyes draw a round beak with a smiling line across. Add an oval cheek on each side.
Step 11: Yellow beak, cream belly
Colour the beak yellow and the belly patch cream.
Step 12: Pink cheeks, blue dish
Colour the cheeks pink and the water dish blue.
Step 13: Green kappa, brown shell
Go over your lines. Colour the kappa green around the face and belly, and the shell brown.
Tip Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a kappa, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
