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How to Draw a Kid
Draw a kid 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 an egg for the head. Leave room below for the body.
Step 2: Eyes and nose
Just below the middle of the head, draw 2 big oval eyes with dots, and a small U nose.
Step 3: Smile and ears
Draw a smile under the nose. Add a C ear on each side, starting and stopping on the head.
Step 4: Baseball cap
Draw a round cap over the top of the head, a wide half-moon brim across the forehead and a button.
Tip Make the brim wider than the cap so it sticks out on both sides.
Step 5: Neck and T-shirt
Draw 2 neck lines. From them, draw a T-shirt with short sleeves, back to the neck. Add 2 stripe lines.
Step 6: Arms
From each sleeve, draw 2 lines down to the wrist, bending a little at the elbow and getting thinner.
Step 7: Mitten hands
Start at the outer arm line's end. Draw a round mitten with a thumb bump, ending on the inner line.
Step 8: Shorts
Start at the bottom left of the T-shirt. Draw shorts with a point between the legs, up to the right.
Step 9: Legs
Start under the shorts and draw 2 lines for each leg, thinner at the ankle. Stop where the shoes go.
Step 10: Sneakers and ground
Under each leg, draw a chunky sneaker with the toe pointing out. Draw a long ground line under the shoes.
Step 11: Peach skin, pink cheeks
Colour the face, ears, neck, arms, hands and legs peach, with pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Yellow shirt, blue shorts
Colour the T-shirt yellow above and below the stripe, and the shorts blue.
Step 13: Red cap and sneakers
Colour the cap, the stripe and the sneakers red. Go over your lines and your kid is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a kid, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
