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How to Draw a Shoelace Bow
Draw a shoelace bow 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 shoe.
Step 1: The shoe
Low on your paper draw a shoe from the side, toe on the left, with a bump for the tongue.
Tip 2 loops, 2 tails and a knot: that is a shoelace bow.
Step 2: Two eyes
On the toe draw 2 round eyes, 1 eye apart. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 3: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a small U smile, and a small oval cheek beside each end of the smile.
Step 4: Toe cap
Behind the face draw a curved line from the top of the shoe down to the sole.
Step 5: Collar line
From the front of the tongue draw a gently wavy line back to the heel.
Step 6: Eyelets
On the side, below the tongue, draw 4 little rings: 2 low and 2 higher.
Step 7: X laces
Join the rings with 2 laces in an X. From the top rings, draw 2 laces meeting on the tongue.
Step 8: Knot and loops
Where the laces meet, draw a round knot. From it draw a fat loop out each side, like rabbit ears.
Step 9: Two tails
From under the knot draw 2 lace tails hanging down beside the laces, getting thinner.
Step 10: Sole and ground
Draw a straight line along the bottom of the shoe for the sole, and a ground line under it.
Step 11: Yellow bow
Colour the knot, loops and tails yellow.
Step 12: Grey sole, pink cheeks
Colour the sole grey and the cheeks pink. All tied up!
Step 13: Blue shoe
Go over your lines, then colour the shoe above the sole blue, around the face, laces and bow.
Tip Keep the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a shoelace bow, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
