Three cats to draw, from easiest to hardest. Each one is shown step by step: the black lines are the new part, and the gray lines are what you have already drawn. Every cat comes with four free printables: the steps on one page, a cat to trace, a coloring page and a draw and write sheet.
Ages 4 to 7A cartoon cat built from an oval, triangles and curves. 8 steps.
Ages 5 to 8A round kitten lying down with its paws stretched out. 6 steps.
Ages 7 to 10A real-looking cat walking along, seen from the side. 6 steps.
Ages 4 to 7. A cartoon cat built from an oval, triangles and curves. The black lines are new in each step; the gray lines are already drawn.
Step 1Draw a big oval for the head.
Step 2Add two pointy ears on top, with a smaller triangle inside each one.
Step 3Draw two eyes, a little nose and a smile shaped like a W.
Step 4Give the cat three whiskers on each side of its face.
Step 5Draw two curved lines under the head for the body.
Step 6Add the front legs: long lines down the middle, with round paws at the bottom.
Step 7Draw the back legs as round bumps on each side, with a paw under each one.
Step 8Finish with a long, curly tail.Done!Color it in. Ours is ginger, but yours can be any color.
StepsAll 8 steps on one page, with a big box to draw your cat in.
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TraceTrace the gray cat first, then draw one on your own underneath.
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ColoringThe finished cat, big and in black and white, ready to color.
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Draw and writeDraw a cat in the box, then write about it on the lines.
Download PDFAges 5 to 8. A round kitten lying down with its paws stretched out. The black lines are new in each step; the gray lines are already drawn.
Step 1Draw a big round head.
Step 2Add two ears, with a line inside each one.
Step 3Draw the eyes, nose and mouth, and a few whiskers on each side.
Step 4Draw the two front paws stretched out in front, with little lines for the toes.
Step 5Draw the body behind the head: a round back and a back paw tucked underneath.
Step 6Add a short tail curling up from the back.Done!Color it in. Ours is gray, but yours can be any color.
StepsAll 6 steps on one page, with a big box to draw your kitten in.
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TraceTrace the gray kitten first, then draw one on your own underneath.
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ColoringThe finished kitten, big and in black and white, ready to color.
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Draw and writeDraw a kitten in the box, then write about it on the lines.
Download PDFAges 7 to 10. A real-looking cat walking along, seen from the side. The black lines are new in each step; the gray lines are already drawn.
Step 1Draw the head with two pointed ears. Add little tufts of fur on the cheeks.
Step 2Draw small almond-shaped eyes, the nose, the mouth and long whiskers.
Step 3Draw the long back, the chest under the head and the rounded hip at the back.
Step 4Draw the two front legs, one stepping forward. Add short lines for the fur on the chest.
Step 5Draw the back legs and the line of the belly between the legs.
Step 6Finish with the tail curving up and back.Done!Color it in. Ours is a ginger tabby, but yours can be any color.
StepsAll 6 steps on one page, with a big box to draw your cat in.
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TraceTrace the gray cat first, then draw one on your own underneath.
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ColoringThe finished cat, big and in black and white, ready to color.
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Draw and writeDraw a cat in the box, then write about it on the lines.
Download PDFEach cat here is drawn the way an art teacher would show it: big shapes first, then the parts that join them, then the small details. The easy cat starts with an oval for the head, so even a four-year-old ends up with something that looks like a cat. The kitten is a little harder, because its body hides behind its head. The walking cat is the real shape of a cat, with legs that bend and a long back, for children who want their drawing to look true to life.
In each step only the black lines are new. The gray lines are the ones drawn in the steps before, so a child can see exactly where the new part goes. The printable step sheet shows every step on one page with a big box to draw in, which works well on a table or a clipboard.
When the cat is finished, the draw and write sheets turn a drawing into a first sentence, and the coloring pages have more animals to color.
Start with a big oval for the head and two triangles on top for the ears. Add two dots for eyes, a small nose, a W-shaped mouth and whiskers. Then draw two curved lines under the head for the body, the legs and a curly tail. That is the easy cat at the top of this page, in eight steps.
Make the head very big and round compared with the body, keep the ears small, and put the eyes low and wide apart. A kitten lying down with its paws stretched out in front is easier than a standing one, because the head hides most of the body.
Look at the shape of the body from the side: a long back, a deep chest, a rounded hip and thin legs that bend. Keep the eyes small and almond-shaped, and use short lines for fur instead of coloring it all in. The walking cat on this page shows those steps.
The easy cat suits ages 4 to 7, the kitten ages 5 to 8 and the walking cat ages 7 to 10. Older children and adults can start with the walking cat.
Each card downloads a PDF. Print it on US Letter paper at 100 percent (actual size). The sheets are black and white, so they print well on any printer.
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