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How to Draw a Michigan Map

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a michigan map 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 mitten's side.

Step 1: The mitten's side
Start at the bottom, left of the middle. Draw a wavy line up, then slant right. Stop at a point.
Tip The big bottom part of Michigan looks like a mitten.
Step 2: The little finger
Carry on from the point. Dip down into a V, then climb up to the right. Stop at the top.
Step 3: The mitten's top
Carry on from the top. Slant down to the right, then curve down and slant back in. Stop there.
Step 4: The thumb
Carry on from there. Draw a thumb sticking up, then go down the right side. Stop at the bottom.
Step 5: The bottom edge
Carry on from there. Draw a straight line to the left. Stop where your first line began.
Step 6: The horn
Start high on the left. Draw up to the right, make a pointed horn and come back down. Stop there.
Tip Michigan has 2 big parts with water between them.
Step 7: The top coast
Carry on from there. Draw a bumpy coast right, round a point, then slant down. Stop above the mitten.
Step 8: The lower coast
Carry on from there. Draw a bumpy line back to the left, then slant down to a point.
Tip Leave a gap of water above the mitten's tip.
Step 9: Close the top part
Carry on from the point. Draw up a little, then a long straight line left. Stop at the horn's start.
Step 10: A thin island
Above the horn, draw a long thin island slanting up to the right.
Step 11: The capital
Low down in the mitten, draw a small circle for the capital city, Lansing.
Step 12: Green land
Go over your lines. Colour both big parts and the thin island green, around the little circle.
Step 13: Red capital
Colour the little circle red for the capital. Your map of Michigan is done!