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    How to Draw A Snowman

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    Learn how to draw a snowman with this simple step by step tutorial along with a free printable guide. Have fun this winter drawing!

    How to draw a snowman

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    We are excited to get to share how to draw a snowman with you all as it is one of our favorite winter characters.

    Snowmen are always fun to craft and draw throughout the winter season (December, January, and February). We love them so much we have some fun crafts like toilet paper roll snowman crafts, fun mini snowman hats, snowman cork ornaments, and a snowman coloring page.

    Winter Indoor Activities for Kids

    Winter Indoor Activities

    With as much time as we spend indoors during the winter months, we find it important to load up on all kinds of winter activities.

    While we live in one of the warmer climates, there are still plenty of days that we end up stuck inside and I am always looking for fun things to keep the little hands busy.

    Drawing, coloring, and art are some of the easiest to have on hand. Directed drawing step-by-step instructions are simple to have printed out and then all you need is a paper and pencil.

    Don't miss our How To Draw Olaf Tutorial along with all the other Easy Drawings For Kids!

    Snowman Drawing

    Snowman Drawing

    There is something so iconic about a snowman during the wintertime.

    Of course, many basic flat snowmen are drawn with perfect circles and a top hat, and corncob pipe.

    Our winter friend is more of a cartoon snowman with a smiling mouth and basic shapes. We love the idea and encourage adding your own creative ideas to the drawing to make it your own!

    We are sharing a complete step-by-step tutorial free printable at the bottom of the page. Don't miss it!

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    How to Draw a Snowman Step By Step 

    Body of the Snowman

    How to Draw a Snowman First Step

    The first step is to draw the base of your snowman. Draw a curved line in a large U-like shape at the bottom of your page.

    Snowman's Head

    How to Draw a Snowman second Step

    The second step is to draw an oval shape at the top of your snowman’s body for the face. If you would rather your snowman have a round head, an easy way is to draw a circle instead of an oval.

    How to Draw a Snowman 3rd Step

    Next, draw a half-oval shape on the top of the head. Draw an oval shape making it roughly the same width as the face. You can either complete the oval shape and then erase the part in the snowman's face or only draw it from one side of the face to the other like a crown. This is the base of the hat.

    How to Draw a Snowman 4th Step

    The next step is to draw the hat on top of the last half oval. This is first drawn like a small mountain shape on the top of the half oval. Making it roughly the same width as the half-oval. Then draw a small poof-like shape on the top of the hat.

    How to Draw a Snowman 5th Step

    Next, it is time to add the scarf to your snowman. First, draw a vertical rectangle off-center from the head of your snowman down half the bottom half of the snowman.

    Then draw a line the same width as the rectangle right below the head, from one side of the base of the snowman to the other. Avoid a line through the long rectangle. To complete the scarf, add a smaller rectangle next to the longer rectangle coming off the line you drew across. This will create a scarf.

    How to Draw a Snowman tutorial

    The last part is to add the arms, buttons, face, scarf, and stripes to your snowman's hat.

    Snowman's Arms

    For the arms, simply create stick arms from each side of the snowman. You can make them have as many or as few off branches.

    Snowman’s Face

    For the facial features, we went simple. Our snowman face was drawn with a simple triangle for the carrot nose and half-circles for both eyes and mouth.

    Snowman’s Scarf and Buttons

    The lines of the scarf start with one long rectangle off the neck. Then draw a simple line right under the snowman's head with the same curve shape to make the scarf across the neck, missing the rectangle. Then an additional rectangle only slightly smaller right next to the longer one.

    For the buttons, simple circles under the scarf.

    Lastly, the stripes on the crown of the hat. These are optional, but we love detail.

    Viola, you have a snowman completed drawing.

    Snowman Drawing Easy

    Snowman Drawing Easy

    What we love to do at this point is to outline the drawing with a black marker. From there, you can color in your drawing with crayons, pencils, or colored markers! Have fun with it!

    Happy Winter!!

    We highlighted this Winter Printable Activities along with some other fun kid's crafts in our January Arts and Crafts along with our 101+ DIY Crafts For Kids.

    You also do not want to miss our Printable Coloring Pages For Kids and 101+ Free Kids Printables full of Crafts and Coloring Pages.

    Check out these other Winter Easy Drawing Projects!

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    How to Draw a Snowman

    Learn how to draw a snowman with this simple step-by-step tutorial along with a free printable guide. Have fun this winter drawing!
    Course Kids Crafts
    Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time 10 minutes minutes
    Author Alli Ward

    Equipment

    • Drawing Utensil

    Ingredients

    • Paper

    Instructions

    • The first step is to draw the base of your snowman. Create a large U-like shape at the bottom of your page.
      How to Draw a Snowman First Step
    • The second step is to draw an oval shape at the top of your base U-like base shape.
      How to Draw a Snowman second Step
    • Next, draw a half oval shape above the last oval shape making it roughly the same size.
      How to Draw a Snowman 3rd Step
    • The next step is to draw the hat on top of the last half oval. This is first drawn like a small mountain shape on the top of the half oval. Making it roughly the same width as the half oval. Then draw a small poof-like shape on the top of the hat.
      How to Draw a Snowman 4th Step
    • Next, it is time to add the scarf to your snowman. First, draw a vertical rectangle off-center from the head of your snowman down half the bottom half of the snowman. Then draw a line the same width of the rectangle right below the head, from one side of the base of the snowman to the other. Avoid a line through the long rectangle. To complete the scarf, add a smaller rectangle next to the longer rectangle coming off the line you drew across. This will create a scarf.
      How to Draw a Snowman 5th Step
    • The last part is to add the arms, buttons, face, and stripes to your snowman's hat. For the arms, simply create stick-like figures from each side of the snowman. You can make them have as many or as few off branches. For the buttons, simple circles under the scarf. For the face, we created a carrot nose with a triangle and half-circles for both eyes and mouth. Lastly, the stripes on the crown of the hat. These are optional, but we love detail.
      How to Draw a Snowman tutorial
    • Viola, you have a snowman.
      How to draw a snowman

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