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How to Draw a Trapdoor

12 steps · Medium · about 9 min

Draw a trapdoor 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 hole.

Step 1: The hole
Low down draw the hole: a box with a long flat bottom, sides leaning in, and a shorter top.
Tip Wider at the front than the back, so it lies flat on the floor.
Step 2: The open door
From the hole's top corners draw 2 tall lines up, leaning in a bit. Join them across the top.
Step 3: A happy face
On the door draw 2 big eyes with dots and shines, a wide smile, and a cheek each end.
Step 4: A border
Inside the door draw a second, smaller box a finger in from the edge, for the raised panel.
Step 5: The ring handle
In the panel's bottom right corner, draw a small flat plate with a round ring hanging from it.
Tip Keep the handle away from the smile, so it does not look like a tongue.
Step 6: The ladder
In the hole draw a ladder: 2 bars from the top edge down to the bottom, with 3 rungs.
Tip The bars are a thumb apart and spread a little as they go down.
Step 7: Hinges
Where the door meets the floor, draw a small flat rectangle at each end for the hinges.
Step 8: Floor planks
Draw 4 long floor lines right across, skipping the hole, 2 along its edges. Add 3 short slanting plank ends.
Step 9: Sparkles
Draw 3 sparkle stars round the door: one up left, one up right, one lower right.
Tip Each star: 4 dots like a plus sign, joined by curves that dip in.
Step 10: Pink cheeks, yellow sparkles
Go over your lines. Colour the cheeks pink and the 3 sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Tan ladder, grey handle
Colour the ladder tan. Colour the ring, its plate and both hinges grey.
Step 12: Brown door, navy hole
Colour the door brown around the face and handle, leaving the eyes white. Colour the hole navy around the ladder.