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How to Draw a Sponge
Draw a sponge in 11 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 front.
Step 1: The front
Low on your paper draw a wide box with soft bottom corners, half as wide as the paper.
Step 2: Top and side
Add a slanted top above the front and a slanted side on the right, like a tissue box.
Step 3: 2 big eyes
On the front draw 2 big egg eyes, one eye apart. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a U smile. Add a small flat oval cheek beside each end of the smile.
Step 5: Scrubby layer
Just below the top draw a line across the front and one up the side, for the thin scrubby layer.
Step 6: Holes
Draw 5 little oval holes on the front: 1 near each corner and 1 under the smile.
Step 7: Bubbles
Above the sponge draw 3 soap bubbles, big to small. Add a little shine curve in the 2 big ones.
Step 8: The table
Draw a long table line under the sponge, just touching its bottom and past it on both sides.
Step 9: Yellow sponge
Go over your lines. Colour the sponge yellow under the scrubby line, leaving the eyes, cheeks and holes white.
Step 10: Pink and orange
Colour the cheeks pink and the little holes orange.
Step 11: Green scrubber
Colour the top and the thin layer above the line green, and your sponge is ready to scrub!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sponge, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
