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How to Draw a Stuffed Elephant

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a stuffed elephant 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 head.

Step 1: The head
Near the top of your paper, draw a big head, wider than tall, like an egg on its side.
Tip The head is almost half of the whole elephant.
Step 2: Big fan ears
On each side of the head, draw a huge fan ear with a smaller fan inside it.
Tip The ears are nearly as big as the head!
Step 3: Two big eyes
Halfway down the head, draw 2 big eyes close together. Add a black dot and shine in each.
Step 4: A curly trunk
From between the eyes, draw 2 lines down past the chin. Curl them up to the right and join them.
Step 5: Cheeks and wrinkles
Draw a little oval cheek on each side of the trunk. Add 2 short wrinkle lines across the trunk.
Step 6: Round belly
Under the cheeks, draw a big pear body, widest low down. Add a tall oval tummy patch in the middle.
Step 7: Hugging arms
From under each ear, draw a fat sausage arm down the body, bending in to a round mitten.
Tip The mittens nearly meet under the tummy patch.
Step 8: Hips and feet
Halfway down the body, draw a round hip bump on each side, with a long flat foot under it.
Step 9: Toes and ground
Draw 2 short toe lines on the end of each foot. Then draw a ground line under both feet.
Step 10: A thin tail
Behind the right hip, draw a tail that gets thinner as it curls up, with a round tip.
Step 11: Tummy stitches
On the tummy patch, draw 2 little crosses, one above the other, for stitches.
Step 12: Pink ears, cream tummy
Colour the inner ears and the cheeks pink, and the tummy patch and the feet cream.
Step 13: Grey all over
Go over your lines. Colour the elephant grey, around the pink and cream parts. Keep the eyes white.