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How To Draw a Snake Easy Step-By-Step Tutorial

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Learn to draw a snake easily with this step-by-step tutorial! Perfect for kids and beginners to create a fun, slithering design.

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This How to Draw a Snake is so fun for the kids to learn the easy steps on how to make their own Snake Drawing.

Drawing a snake might seem tricky, but with this easy step-by-step tutorial, you’ll create your own slithering masterpiece in no time!

Whether you’re a beginner artist, a kid exploring your creative side, or just someone looking for a fun activity, this guide breaks it down into simple, manageable steps.

From sketching the snake’s curvy body to adding details like patterns and a flickering tongue, you’ll learn how to bring this fascinating reptile to life. Grab your pencils and let’s get started—it’s going to be sssuper fun.

Real Life Snake

Fun Snake Facts to Inspire Your Drawing

Snakes are fascinating creatures, and learning some fun facts can inspire your drawing even more! Did you know there are over 3,000 species of snakes worldwide, and they come in all kinds of colors and patterns?

From the bright green tree python to the striking black-and-yellow king snake, their unique markings are perfect for artistic inspiration. Snakes can smell with their tongues and have flexible jaws that allow them to eat prey much larger than their heads.

They’re also masters of camouflage, blending into their environments with incredible precision. Use these amazing details to add personality and creativity to your snake drawing!

You'll also want to grab our Year of the Snake Coloring Page and Snake Coloring Page.

A child draws a snake on white paper using colored pencils at a blue table. A drawing guide titled How to Draw a Snake is beside them, showing step-by-step illustrations.

Snake Drawings Needs

Before you start drawing your snake, gather all the materials you’ll need to make the process smooth and fun!

You’ll need a piece of paper to sketch on, a pencil for creating the basic shapes, and an eraser to fix any mistakes along the way.

Once your snake sketch is complete, you can use markers, crayons, or colored pencils to bring it to life with vibrant patterns and colors. If you’d like to outline your drawing, grab a black pen or fine-tipped marker for clean, bold lines.

With just these simple supplies, you’ll be ready to create your slithering masterpiece!

A tutorial on drawing a snake. The left side shows a completed colored snake drawing in green, while the right side depicts an outlined version. A hand is adding details with a black marker. Bold text reads How to Draw a Snake.

How To Draw a Snake

A playing card featuring the number 1 in the top left corner and a simple blue outline of a snake-like, cloud shape in the center.

Start by drawing a cloud-like snake head. Draw an oval shape and then a curved curved line with two small curves at the top of the head shapes.

Body of the Snake

A minimalistic line drawing on a playing card resembles a stylized cats face and tail, similar to learning how to draw a snake with smooth, simple curves. The top left corner of the card displays the number 2.

The next step is to draw a looped curved line off the bottom of the snake head down and to the right.

A playing card with the number 3 in the top left corner. The card features an abstract line drawing of a mushroom shape, with a simple black outline and a blue border highlighting the top part.

Next, draw a small slightly curved line off the bottom of the head on the right side of the snake body and down to right after the loop from the last step.

A simple line drawing of a snake coiled with its head raised, centered on a card with the number 4 in the top left corner.

Draw an oval at the bottom of the snake body to create a coil.

Snake Tail

An outlined drawing of a coiled snake on a card, numbered 5 in the top left corner. The snakes tail is colored in blue.

Draw a small curved tail off the left of the bottom coil of the snake's body. Start as wide as the rest of the snake's body and then make it thinner to the point.

Simple drawing of a snake with a coiled body and two large blue eyes, enclosed within a card labeled with a number six in the top left corner. The snake has a friendly, cartoon-like appearance.

Draw to oval shapes for the eyes in the middle of the snake's head.

Minimalist illustration of a snake with a coiled body and a large head, displaying a sad expression with two tear shapes below its eyes. A number 7 is in the top left corner, resembling a playing card layout.

Draw a small rainbow-like curved line under the two eyes. Then draw two small circles under that line as nose holes.

Illustration of a playing card featuring the number 8 in the top left corner and a simple drawing of a coiled snake with a blue forked tongue in the center. The card has a plain border.

Lastly, draw a small line under the nose and add a tongue out the bottom of the small line. The tip of the tongue is an inverted point making it look like a tag.

Black and white line drawing of a cartoon snake with a smiling face and a forked tongue sticking out. The snakes body is coiled, and the number nine is in the top left corner. The image resembles a playing card.

Once you have the snake drawing looking the way you want, erase all the extra lines. Outline the lines you're keeping with a dark pencil or black marker. Viola, you have the cutest snake drawing!

A cartoon drawing of a green snake with large eyes and a small red forked tongue sticking out. It is coiled and framed by a black border.

I love the idea of coloring in your drawings. Grab your crayons, pencils, or markers and color in your drawing, and have the best time!

With these simple steps, you’ve learned how to draw a snake and bring it to life with your own creative flair—keep practicing and have fun!

We highlighted this Chinese New Year Printables along with some other fun kid's crafts in our Chinese New Year Crafts, January Crafts as well as January Coloring Pages along with our Kids Crafts.

You also do not want to miss our hundreds of coloring pages for kids and printables for kids that are full of crafts and coloring pages.

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A tutorial on drawing a snake. The left side shows a completed colored snake drawing in green, while the right side depicts an outlined version. A hand is adding details with a black marker. Bold text reads How to Draw a Snake.

How To Draw a Snake

Learn to draw a snake easily with this step-by-step tutorial! Perfect for kids and beginners to create a fun, slithering design.
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Instructions

  • Start by drawing a cloud-like snake head. Draw an oval shape and then a curved curved line with two small curves at the top of the head shapes.
    A playing card featuring the number 1 in the top left corner and a simple blue outline of a snake-like, cloud shape in the center.
  • The next step is to draw a looped curved line off the bottom of the snake head down and to the right.
    A minimalistic line drawing on a playing card resembles a stylized cats face and tail, similar to learning how to draw a snake with smooth, simple curves. The top left corner of the card displays the number 2.
  • Next, draw a small slightly curved line off the bottom of the head on the right side of the snake body and down to right after the loop from the last step.
    A playing card with the number 3 in the top left corner. The card features an abstract line drawing of a mushroom shape, with a simple black outline and a blue border highlighting the top part.
  • Draw an oval at the bottom of the snake body to create a coil.
    A simple line drawing of a snake coiled with its head raised, centered on a card with the number 4 in the top left corner.
  • Draw a small curved tail off the left of the bottom coil of the snake's body. Start as wide as the rest of the snake's body and then make it thinner to the point.
    An outlined drawing of a coiled snake on a card, numbered 5 in the top left corner. The snakes tail is colored in blue.
  • Draw two oval shapes for the eyes in the middle of the snake's head.
    Simple drawing of a snake with a coiled body and two large blue eyes, enclosed within a card labeled with a number six in the top left corner. The snake has a friendly, cartoon-like appearance.
  • Draw a small rainbow-like curved line under the two eyes. Then draw two small circles under that line as nose holes.
    Minimalist illustration of a snake with a coiled body and a large head, displaying a sad expression with two tear shapes below its eyes. A number 7 is in the top left corner, resembling a playing card layout.
  • Lastly, draw a small line under the nose and add a tongue out the bottom of the small line. The tip of the tongue is an inverted point making it look like a tag.
    Illustration of a playing card featuring the number 8 in the top left corner and a simple drawing of a coiled snake with a blue forked tongue in the center. The card has a plain border.
  • Once you have the snake drawing looking the way you want, erase all the extra lines. Outline the lines you're keeping with a dark pencil or black marker. Viola, you have the cutest snake drawing!
    Black and white line drawing of a cartoon snake with a smiling face and a forked tongue sticking out. The snakes body is coiled, and the number nine is in the top left corner. The image resembles a playing card.
  • I love the idea of coloring in your drawings. G
    A cartoon drawing of a green snake with large eyes and a small red forked tongue sticking out. It is coiled and framed by a black border.
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