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How to Draw Tater Tots
Draw tater tots in 12 easy steps, about 9 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 boat.
Step 1: The boat
Low on your paper, draw a wide boat: a smile curve on top, 2 short slanting sides, a flat bottom.
Tip Keep the boat low and wide, so the tots can pile up high above it.
Step 2: The thin rim
Just under the top curve, draw a second smile curve from side to side for the paper rim.
Step 3: A happy face
On the boat front, draw 2 big egg eyes with black dots, a U smile and 2 tiny cheeks.
Step 4: Bottom tots
Along the top edge, draw 4 short fat logs side by side, poking up out of the boat.
Tip A tater tot is short: only a little longer than it is thick.
Step 5: Middle tots
On top of them, draw 3 more tots, each one sitting over a gap between 2 tots below.
Step 6: Top tots
Draw 2 more tots on top, over the gaps, so the pile makes a bumpy hill.
Step 7: Round ends
On one end of every tot, draw an oval for its flat round end.
Step 8: Ground and shadow
Around the boat's bottom, draw a flat oval shadow. From each end, draw a ground line out to the side.
Step 9: Pink cheeks
Go over your lines, then colour the cheeks pink.
Step 10: Grey shadow
Colour the shadow grey.
Step 11: Golden tots
Colour every tot a golden ginger colour.
Step 12: Red boat
Colour the boat red around the pink cheeks, leaving the eyes white. Your tater tots are ready!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: tater tots, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
