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How to Draw a Thumbprint Cookie
Draw a thumbprint cookie in 10 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: a round plate.
Step 1: A round plate
In the middle of your paper draw a big round plate, as wide as your hand.
Step 2: The rim
Draw a second round a finger inside the plate, for the rim.
Step 3: The first cookie
At the top left of the plate draw a round cookie, about a thumb and a half across.
Tip Thumbprint cookies get a thumb dent in the middle, filled with jam.
Step 4: The middle cookie
Draw a slightly bigger round cookie in the middle, tucked behind the first one.
Step 5: The last cookie
Add a smaller round cookie at the bottom right, tucked behind the middle one.
Step 6: Jam dents
In the middle of each cookie draw a smaller wobbly round, less than half as wide.
Step 7: Crumbs
Draw 2 small crumbs on the plate: one at the left and a smaller one at the top right.
Step 8: Sky plate
Go over your lines. Colour the plate sky blue, going around the cookies and crumbs.
Step 9: Tan cookies
Colour the cookies and the crumbs tan, going around the jam dents.
Step 10: Red jam
Colour the jam dents red. Done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a thumbprint cookie, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
