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How to Draw a Tin Can Phone
Draw a tin can phone in 14 easy steps, about 11 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 left can.
Step 1: The left can
On the left draw a can lying on its side: a box with a curved end at each side.
Tip Make it a little longer than it is tall.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Right of the can's middle draw 2 big egg eyes, each with a black dot and white shine.
Step 3: A smile
Draw a U smile under the eyes. Start under the left eye and stop under the right eye.
Step 4: The open end
On the can's left end draw a tall thin oval for its open mouth.
Step 5: The label
Draw a curved line down the can on each side of the face, bending like the can's right end.
Tip The label is the wide band between them.
Step 6: The right can
On the right draw the same can the other way round, with its open end on the far right.
Step 7: Second label
Draw 2 curved lines down the right can, from top to bottom, bending like its left end.
Step 8: The string
Start at the middle of the left can's round end. Droop a string down and up to the right can.
Tip A loose string hangs in a soft curve.
Step 9: Ground line
Draw a ground line under the cans. Start near the left edge and stop near the right edge.
Step 10: Sparkles
Draw 3 four-point sparkles above: one over each can and a smaller one in the middle.
Step 11: Yellow sparkles
Go over your lines, then colour the 3 sparkles yellow.
Step 12: Grey cans
Colour the strip at each end of both cans grey. Leave the labels and open ends white.
Step 13: Red labels
Colour both labels red, right up to the curved lines. Leave the eyes white.
Step 14: Dark insides
Colour the open end of each can dark grey, and your tin can phone is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a tin can phone, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
