Free printable worksheet · A4 and Letter
How to Draw a Matamata: printable worksheet
Every step on one page, plus an outline to trace on the next. In each box the new line is drawn bolder (red on a colour printer), so it works in black and white too. Draw one box at a time and rub out the light helper lines at the end. Great for classrooms, rainy days and the fridge door.
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How to Draw a Matamata
Draw the bold red line in each box, one box at a time. Rub out the dashed helper lines at the end, then colour it in.
- Step 1: Knobby shell
- Step 2: Flat head
- Step 3: Eye and smile
- Step 4: Shell rim
- Step 5: Thick neck
- Step 6: Stumpy legs
- Step 7: Far legs
- Step 8: Short tail
- Step 9: Neck frills
- Step 10: Shell ridges
- Step 11: The ground
- Step 12: Peach frills, tan skin
- Step 13: Wood rim, far legs
- Step 14: Brown shell
- Finished! Colour it in
squigglings.com/draw/matamata/Draw light, then go bold.
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Trace a matamata
Go over the light lines with your pencil, then try the matamata on your own from the steps.
squigglings.com/draw/matamata/Draw light, then go bold.