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How to Draw a Recycling Bin
Draw a recycling bin 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: the bin.
Step 1: The bin
In the middle draw a tall bin, wider at the top, on a straight floor line from left to right.
Tip No lid: a recycling bin is open so you can toss things in.
Step 2: The rim
Along the top draw a flat band a little wider than the bin for the thick rim.
Step 3: Two big eyes
On the lower half of the bin draw 2 big egg eyes. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile from eye to eye, and a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: The recycling arrows
On the upper half draw the recycling sign: 3 fat arrows chasing round a triangle, a gap at each corner.
Tip Draw the triangle lightly first, then an arrow on each side.
Step 6: Things to recycle
From the rim draw a bottle up to its cap: round shoulders, thin neck. Add paper on the right.
Step 7: Four sparkles
Add 4 little sparkles in the air, 2 on each side of the bin.
Step 8: Pink cheeks, cream paper
Colour the cheeks pink and the paper cream. Reduce, reuse, recycle!
Step 9: Green bottle
Colour the bottle green, from the rim right up to the cap.
Step 10: Blue bin
Colour the bin blue around the cheeks, leaving the arrows and eyes white, and the rim dark blue.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a recycling bin, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
