{"title":"How to Draw a Bear","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-draw-a-bear","category":{"slug":"crafts","name":"Crafts"},"creator":{"name":"Art for Kids Hub","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5XMF3Inoi8R9nSI8ChOsdQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrfxrnjNts"},"tldr":"Draw a cute cartoon bear in 10 easy steps: dot eyes, round ears, raised arms and a big belly. An easy bear drawing for kids, colored brown.","totalDurationSeconds":387,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["black fine point permanent marker","pencil and eraser (optional)"],"materials":["drawing paper or drawing pad","brown and tan oil pastels, crayons or colored pencils"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Draw Two Dot Eyes for the Cartoon Bear","text":"Start near the top middle of your page. Draw a small circle, then another small circle right next to it. Keep them close together. That is the secret to a cute cartoon bear face. Color both circles in with your marker. You can fill them all the way, or leave a tiny white dot inside each one so the eyes look shiny."},{"number":2,"title":"Draw an Oval Muzzle Under the Bear's Eyes","text":"Right below the eyes, draw a little oval. Make it a bit taller than it is wide. This oval is the bear's muzzle, the part that sticks out where the nose and mouth go. Let the top of the oval sit close to the eyes. If it drifts too far down, the bear starts to look surprised. Go slowly here."},{"number":3,"title":"Draw the Bear's V Nose and Little Mouth","text":"At the top of the oval, draw a small V shape and color it in. That is the bear's nose. Down near the bottom of the oval, draw a tiny curved mouth. Then connect them with a short line from the point of the V straight down to the mouth. Now your bear has a whole face, and it already looks like a bear."},{"number":4,"title":"Draw the Big Rounded Bear Body Around the Face","text":"Put your marker above the eyes and draw a big shape around the whole face. Come down one side, around the bottom, and back up the other side. This one shape is the head and body together. Rob makes a tall rounded rectangle. His son makes his huge and wide, almost like a heart. Both work for a cartoon bear."},{"number":5,"title":"Draw the Bear's Round Ears With Inner Circles","text":"Go to one top corner of the body. Draw a small circle shape that tucks into the corner, so part of it hides behind the body line. Then draw a smaller circle inside it. Do the same thing on the other side. Round ears like these are what make a bear look like a bear and not a cat or a dog."},{"number":6,"title":"Draw the Bear's Raised Arms and Round Paws","text":"On one side of the body, draw a U shape that reaches up and out, like the bear is waving. Start on the body line and end on the body line. Do the same on the other side. Then draw a small circle inside each arm near the end. Those circles are the paw pads. With both arms up, your bear looks ready for a hug."},{"number":7,"title":"Draw Two Short Legs at the Bottom of the Bear","text":"At the bottom of the body, draw a small U shape for one leg. Leave a little gap and draw another U shape for the other leg. Keep them short and chunky. A cartoon bear looks cuter with stubby legs. The tops of the U shapes start on the body line, so they look like they come out from under the bear's tummy."},{"number":8,"title":"Draw an Oval Belly Patch on the Bear","text":"Draw a big oval on the lower half of the body for the belly. Start at one side, curve up and over, then come down to the bottom of the body. You can let the bottom of the oval run right into the body line. This patch will be colored light brown later, so it gives the bear a soft, round tummy."},{"number":9,"title":"Color the Bear's Body, Arms and Legs Dark Brown","text":"Grab your regular brown. Color the outside parts of the bear: the body, the arms, the legs and the outer ears. Do not color the muzzle, the belly, the paws or the inside of the ears. Leave those white for now. The video uses oil pastels, but crayons or colored pencils give you the same look."},{"number":10,"title":"Color the Bear's Belly, Muzzle and Paws Light Brown","text":"Switch to a light brown or tan. Fill in all the white spots you left: the muzzle, the belly, the paw pads and the inside of the ears. The light color pops against the dark brown and makes the bear look soft. That is it. Give your bear a name, like Rob's son did, and hang him up."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-05T15:21:52.459Z","published":"2026-10-05T15:21:48.617Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}