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How to Draw an Octagon
Draw an octagon in 10 easy steps, about 8 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: four flat sides.
Step 1: Four flat sides
Start with a flat top line. Add a bottom and 2 sides the same length. Stop before the corners.
Tip It looks like a square with its 4 corners missing.
Step 2: Slanted corners
Close each gap with a slanted line, from the end of one line across to the next.
Tip An octagon has 8 equal sides. Count them!
Step 3: Two big eyes
In the middle of the octagon draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Tip Leave a tiny white dot in each black dot. That is the shine.
Step 4: Big smile
Leave a gap under the eyes, then draw a wide U smile from under one eye to the other.
Step 5: Rosy cheeks
Under the outside of each eye, clear of the smile, draw a small sideways oval for a cheek.
Step 6: Sparkles
Draw 2 sparkle stars on each side of the octagon, one high and one low.
Tip A sparkle star has 4 points: up, down, left and right.
Step 7: The floor
Along the flat bottom, draw a long floor line from well past the left corner to past the right.
Step 8: Pink cheeks
Colour the 2 cheeks rosy pink.
Step 9: Yellow sparkles
Colour the 4 sparkles yellow.
Step 10: Orange octagon
Go over your lines and colour the octagon orange, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white. You're done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an octagon, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
