These are 12 easy and simple drawings you must help your kids with. These amazing drawings will enhance your kids’ drawing skills as well as their knowledge. They will surely enjoy drawing, so help your kids draw these. Below is the step-by-step process of drawing these animals. Do follow them and draw these beautiful drawings.

Why Animal Drawing Is Great for Kids

Easy animal drawing activities help children explore creativity while improving important learning skills. Drawing cute animals like lions, cats, elephants, rabbits, turtles, and birds encourages kids to practice observation, focus, and hand control in a fun and relaxing way.

Simple step-by-step animal drawings are perfect for:

• Preschool and kindergarten activities
• Art classroom projects
• Weekend creative fun
• Homeschool learning
• Summer camp art sessions

These beginner-friendly drawing ideas also help children gain confidence in sketching and coloring.

Easy Animal Drawing for Kids

Materials required:

• Paper
• Pencil

Drawing 1: Bird

Steps:

• Draw a small 3 at first, then a big 3 at the back of it.
• Then, from that big 3, draw another curvy 3 merging the top and end with the other 3.
• Now, from the small 3, draw a curve on each side and merge it with the big 3, and draw a few lines inside it.
• Then, inside the two big 3’s, draw 3 lines on the top and the bottom.
• Now, draw a half oval at the backside of the curvy 3, and inside that, draw a circle.
• Then, outside the half oval, draw a triangle and a line between it as a beak.

Drawing 2: Honey bee

Steps:

• Draw a circle and 2 curvy lines at the top as antennas.
• Now, draw 2 small lines inside the circle, and below that, draw 2 circles as eyes.
• Then, below the eyes, draw a semi-oval and a tilted 3 and lines at the ends.
• Now, below the circle, draw 2 curves and narrow them at the end.
• Then inside it draw a few zigzag lines, and outside it draw 3 lines on each side and circles on the top of the line.
• Now, draw 2 tilted U’s on each side, and then from the first small line, draw a straight line and draw a star on the top.

Drawing 3: Frog

Steps:

• Draw a reverse 2 and then leave some space and draw a normal 2.
• Then, at the top of both 2’s, draw a curvy triangle, and at the sides, draw 2 semicircles and a circle inside each.
• Now, from each side of the triangle, draw a straight line, and then bend the line and draw 2 more lines from the side.
• Then draw circles on the top of the lines, and then draw 3 ovals inside the triangle.
• Now, in between the two 2’s, draw a tilted 3 with fewer curves on the sides as shown.
• Then, from the sides, draw a curve and merge it with the 2’s.
• Now, from the line of the 2’s, draw 2 more lines from the side, and then draw circles on the top of the lines.

Drawing 4: Elephant

Steps:

• Draw a 6 and leave some space, and draw a reverse 6.
• Then, below them, draw a bigger 6 and a reverse 6.
• Now, from the middle of both the 6, draw 2 lines, curve them, and merge them at the end.
• Then, from the line, draw a circle and merge it with another line.
• Now, draw a semicircle on each side of the circle, and then again draw a small semicircle inside it.
• Then, at the top of the circle, draw a zigzag pattern, and then on the inside of the circle, draw 2 lines and 2 ovals below that.

Drawing 5: Hen

Steps:

• Draw a 5 without drawing the upper line of it, and then from the straight line, draw a triangle shape and a line from the middle.
• Now, from the top, draw a curve and merge it to the end of the 5.
• Then, at the top, draw 3 reverse U shapes and inside the 5, draw a circle as an eye.
• Now, draw a leaf pattern inside the 5, and draw 3 lines inside the leaf.
• Then, from the end of the 5 draw 2 curves and merge them at the end, do it 3 times more as shown.
• Now, at the bottom, draw 2 straight lines and then draw 2 lines on those lines.

Drawing 6: Cat

Steps:

• Draw 500 and 2 small lines on each 0.
• Then draw a circle from the first 0 to the second 0.
• Now, at the top of the circle, draw 2 curvy triangles and a curvy line from the middle.
• Then, inside the circle, draw 2 small lines and then 2 curves below that with a few lines on them.
• Now, below it, draw an oval and then a tilted 3 with a few dots.
• Then, from the sides of the circle, draw 3 lines on each side.
• Now, from the curvy triangle, draw a curve and merge it with the end of the 5.
• Then draw a line between the 5 and 0.
• Now, from outside of the curve, draw 2 curvy lines and merge them.

Drawing 7: Dog

Steps:

• Draw 6 0’s and then from the 1st 0 draw a reverse U shape till the 3rd 0.
• Now draw 2 leaf shapes as ears on each side of the reverse U.
• Then, inside the U, draw 2 lines and below that, draw 2 ovals as eyes.
• Now draw an oval between the 2 and 3 0 and draw 3 dots inside the 2 and 3 0.
• Then draw 2 lines on the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th 0.
• Now draw a curve from the reverse U to the 6th 0.
• Then, at the back of the curve, draw 2 curvy lines and merge them at the end.
• Now, below the 2 and 3 o’clock, draw 2 curves and then, leaving some space, draw a heart and 2 lines below it, and at the end again draw a heart.

Drawing 8: Monkey

Steps:

• Draw a 3, and then on the backside of it, draw a small 3 again.
• Then, from the first 3, draw another big 3 at the back of it.
• Now, at the front of the first 3, draw a reverse 3.
• Then, in front of the bigger 3, draw a curve, then again a curve, and then a thin U shape merging with the 3.
• Now, at the side of the U, draw a curve.
• Then inside the reverse 3, draw a circle, and then below that a dot and a curve.
• Now, below the 3, draw a curvy line, and then at the ends, draw 2 curves, and then again a curvy line.
• Then, at the end of the curvy line, draw a leaf structure and a line from the middle.
• Now, on the side of it, draw a small leaf.
• Then, at the back of the bigger 3, draw a curvy line.

Drawing 9: Duck

Steps:

• Draw a 2, and at the end, extend the line and curve it.
• Now, from the front of the 2, draw a curve.
• Then, on the front of the 2, draw a line and then curve it a little, and again draw a straight line.
• Now again curve a little and draw a straight line.
• Then, inside the 2, draw a small line, and below that, draw a circle.
• Now, from the end of the 2nd draw, a few curves one after the other.
• Then again, from the end of 2, draw a zigzag curvy structure.
• Now, at the bottom, draw a wavy pattern.
• Then, above the 2, draw a small 2 and from the front of it, draw a curved line.
• Now, on the front of it, draw a line and then curve it a little, and again draw a straight line.
• Then again, curve a little and draw a straight line.
• Now, inside the 2, draw a curve, and then from the end of the 2, draw a few curves one after the other.
• Then again, from the end of 2 draw a 3.

Drawing 10: Bunny

Steps:

• Draw a circle and then draw a line.
• Then draw a 2 below the circle, and then on the top of the circle, draw 2 reverse U shapes.
• Now, inside the circle, draw 2 lines and below that 2 curves with lines on them.
• Then draw a circle, a line, and then a curve.
• Now, below the curve, draw a box with a line in the middle.
• Then, from the bottom of the circle, draw a curve inside those 2 lines till the 2.
• Now, from the back of the 2, draw a curve inside those 2 lines.
• Then draw a curve below the circle and merge it with the 2, and on the back of it, draw a leaf shape as a tail.
• Now, from the side of the circle, draw a curve and merge it with the line.
• Then, at the bottom of the line, draw a U shape.
• Now, at the top of the line, draw 3 thin reverse U shapes and a line from the middle of each U.

Drawing 11: Birds

Steps:

• Draw a 2 and then draw another 2 at the back of it.
• Now draw another pair of 2’s at the back as before, and draw a half oval in the middle of the first pair of 2’s.
• Then, inside that oval, draw a small line and a curve with a few small lines on it.
• Now draw a triangle shape outside the oval and a line between the triangles.
• Then draw 2 hearts at the top of it and draw another half oval in the middle of the other pair of 2’s.
• Now, inside the oval, draw a small line, and below that, draw a circle as an eye.
• Then draw a triangle shape outside the oval and a line in between the triangles.
• Now draw a Question mark and an exclamation mark at the top of the oval.
• Then, from the first 2, draw a curve from the starting point and merge it to the end.
• Now do this with the other pair of 2 as well, and draw a few lines inside each 2.
• Then draw 3 lines each on the bottom of all 4 2’s and draw 2 horizontal lines.
• Now, at the bottom of the first pair, draw a line and curve it, and draw 2 more curves, and draw another line.
• Do the same with the other pair, also.

Drawing 12: Mouse

Step 1: 7+2

• Write down 7+2 in a vertical line and then draw 2 lines on the backside of the 7 with a dot.
• Then from the 7 draw a reverse 3, and inside the 3 draw a curve, and inside the 7 draw a dot.
• Now, from the backside of the 3, draw a curvy line.

Step 2: 8+2

• Write 8+2 in a vertical line, and then from the middle of the 8, draw a triangle shape, and at the top, draw 2 lines.
• Then en inside it, draw a dot and from the other side of 8, draw a curve and merge it with 2.
• Now, from the back side of the curve, draw a curvy line.

Step 3: 2-2

• Write 2-2 in a tilted horizontal line, and then draw a greater than symbol and 2 lines at the end with a dot.
• Then draw a dot inside it, and then draw a tilted C and a curve till 2.
• Now, inside the tilted C, draw a small curve.
• Then, on the backside of the curve, draw a curvy line.

Step 4: love

• Write love in a horizontal line and then on the side of l draw a smaller than symbol with a dot and 2 lines on the tip.
• Then, inside it draw a dot, and then from the smaller than symbol draw a tilted 3, and inside the 3 draw a curve.
• Now, from the back of the 3, draw a curvy line.

That’s it! Your 12 different animal drawings are ready. You must try with your kids and help them in drawing these, and have fun while drawing. These drawings are super easy, and they will enjoy them while drawing, so definitely try these with your kids and have fun.

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