Let’s learn how to draw a dinosaur! Drawing a dinosaur is easy with our simple step by step printable guide how to draw a dinosaur. Kids or all ages will have so much fun making their own dinosaur drawing. Kids can use our free dinosaur drawing lesson at home or in the classroom.

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Let’s draw a dinosaur!

How to Draw a Dinosaur Lesson for Kids

Kids of all art skill levels can start practicing their dinosaur drawing skills with this free 3-page step-by-step easy dinosaur drawing lesson that you can download and print by pressing the blue button:

Follow this easy instructions and soon you will be creating your own dinosaur drawings in no time.

Easy steps to draw a dinosaur

Grab your pencil, eraser and a piece of paper, and let’s get started!

Step 1

Step 1 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: Let's start! First, draw a rectangle with rounded edges. Notice the right side is smaller and its a little tilted - example created with dotted lines
This is the first step for your dino drawing!

Let’s start drawing our dinosaur’s head. Draw a rectangle with rounded edges – notice how the right side is smaller and tilted.

Step 2

Step 2 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: add a tilted oval - example shows a rounded rectangle shape and an added oval
The next step is pretty easy…

Add a tilted oval.

Step 3

Step 3 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: Draw a little leg - example shows a rectangle shape and oval with a dotted outline of the dinosaur leg
Let’s draw the dinosaur leg!

Draw a small leg on the bottom right.

Step 4

Step 4 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: draw a curved line connecting the leg with the head. Erase extra lines - dotted lines indicating where the new line was added to the dino drawing
Do you see your dinosaur coming to life?

For the rest of the body, draw a curved line connecting the leg with the head, and erase extra lines.

Step 5

Step 5 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: add a rectangle with its left edges rounded. Also add two half ovals - shown in the drawing example are the additional dinosaur feet being created
Those are going to be dinosaur feet!

For the other leg, add a rectangle and round the left edges. Also, draw two half ovals.

Step 6

Step 6 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: draw a tail and two front legs. Notice the little claw - shown in drawing example is the addition of two small arms for the dinosaur.
Those are little T. Rex arms!

Draw a tail and the two front legs – notice how small they are!

Step 7

Step 6 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: let's draw the face! Add two circles for the eye, a little curved line for the nose and a smile with triangles for the teeth - in the drawing example, the dinosaur's facial features are added in dotted lines
Let’ draw the dinosaurs face.

Now let’s learn how to draw a dinosaur face by adding two circles for the eye, a small curved line for the nose, and a smile with triangles to show off our dinosaur’s teeth.

Step 8

Step 8 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: you got it! Let's add details: Add ovals to the head, triangles to the back and a tail and curved line on the tummy - in the drawing example the additional dinosaur details are shown
Our dinosaur looks so cute!

Now add some details! For example, you can draw patterns like ovals or triangles to add some texture to our dinosaur.

Step 9

Step 9 - How to Draw a Dinosaur Easy - Kids Activities Blog - text: amazing job! You can add details and make changes as you like. Get creative - example shows two finished dinosaur drawings with various dinosaur details drawn in
Customize your dinosaur picture!

You’re done! Get creative and add as many details as you like!

Your dinosaur drawing is done! Hooray how did your dinosaur picture turn out?

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Make an easy dinosaur drawing!

Whether your little one is a beginner or an experienced artist, learning how to draw a dinosaur will keep them entertained for a while and may spark some additional interest in drawing or dinosaurs.

When you add a drawing activity to your kid’s day, you’re helping them increase their imagination, enhance their fine motor and coordination skills, and develop a healthy way of displaying their emotions, among other things. And kids just love making art!

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You can find LOADS of super fun coloring pages for kids & adults here. Have fun!

Great Book For More Drawing Fun

Usborne Big Drawing Book cover art
The Big Drawing Book is great for beginners ages 6 and up.

The Big Drawing Book

By following the very simple step-by-steps in this fun drawing book you can draw dolphins diving in the sea, knights guarding a castle, monster faces, buzzing bees, and lots, lots more.

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Your imagination will help you draw and doodle on every page.

Drawing Doodling and Coloring

An excellent book filled with doodling, drawing and coloring activities. On some of the pages you’ll find ideas for what to do, but you can do whatever you like.

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Never left fully alone with a scary blank page!

Write and Draw Your Own Comics

Write and Draw Your Own Comics is full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with writing tips to help you on your way. for kids who want to tell stories, but gravitate toward pictures. It has a mix of partially-drawn comics and blank panels with intro comics as instructions – lots of space for kids to draw their own comics!

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How did your dinosaur drawing turn out?



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