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How to Draw a Mayan Calendar
Draw a mayan calendar 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 big circle.
Step 1: The big circle
Draw a big circle that fills most of your paper. Everything goes inside it.
Tip Draw round a plate if you have one.
Step 2: The middle circle
In the very middle of the big circle draw a small circle. This is the sun's face.
Tip Leave lots of room round it for the rings.
Step 3: Two big eyes
In the small circle draw 2 egg eyes side by side. Add a black dot with a shine in each.
Step 4: A smile
Leave a gap under the eyes, then draw a wide U smile from under one eye to the other.
Step 5: The first ring
Draw a bigger circle around the face. Leave the same gap all the way round.
Step 6: 4 sun rays
Draw 4 pointy rays like a plus sign. Start each on the face and stop its point on the ring.
Tip Each ray is a triangle with its flat side on the face.
Step 7: 4 more rays
Draw 4 more rays in the gaps, from the face out to the ring. Now 8 rays go all round.
Step 8: The second ring
Draw another circle halfway between the first ring and the big circle.
Step 9: Little boxes
Past each ray tip draw 2 short lines. Start on the first ring, stop on the second. 8 boxes!
Tip Make the boxes as wide as the spaces between them.
Step 10: Pointers and dots
Draw 4 pointy triangles from the second ring out to the edge: top, bottom, left, right. Add 4 dots between.
Tip The 4 pointers line up with the first 4 rays.
Step 11: Yellow and light brown
Colour the face yellow but leave the eyes white. Colour light brown round the rays and between the boxes.
Step 12: Orange and teal
Colour the 8 rays and 4 pointers orange. Colour the 8 boxes and 4 dots teal.
Tip Teal is a blue-green. Use blue and green together if you have no teal.
Step 13: Brown rim
Go over your lines. Colour the outside ring brown, around the pointers and dots. Your Mayan calendar is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a mayan calendar, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
