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How to Draw a Thermometer
Draw a thermometer 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 bulb.
Step 1: The bulb
Low on your paper, in the middle, draw a fat round ball about 3 fingers wide.
Step 2: The tube
Start on the bulb. Draw a tall line straight up, round an upside-down U, and back down to the bulb.
Step 3: Happy face
In the middle of the bulb, draw 2 big round eyes a finger apart. Add a U smile under them.
Step 4: Red column
Start on the bulb. Draw a thin line up inside the tube, past the middle, and back to the bulb.
Step 5: The scale
Down the left edge of the tube, draw 7 short ticks poking in. Stop each one before the column.
Step 6: Rosy cheeks
Draw a tiny oval cheek out beside each end of the smile.
Step 7: Cap and shine
Draw a cap line across the tube's top. From under it on the right, draw a shine line halfway down.
Step 8: Hot sun
In the top right corner, draw a small circle with 8 short rays. It is a hot day!
Step 9: Sun and cheeks
Colour the sun yellow and the 2 cheeks peach.
Step 10: Sky glass
Colour the glass tube light sky blue on both sides of the column.
Step 11: Red mercury
Colour the bulb and the column red, around the cheeks. Leave the eyes white. Your thermometer is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a thermometer, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
