{"title":"How to Draw a Raccoon","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-draw-a-raccoon","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=ST5GG-zS1BE"},"tldr":"Draw a cute cartoon raccoon in 10 easy steps: big shiny eyes, the mask, short legs and a striped tail. Then color it grey.","totalDurationSeconds":546,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["black fine point permanent marker","pencil and eraser (optional)"],"materials":["drawing paper or colored pencil pad","colored pencils"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Big Round Eyes With Highlights","text":"Start with two big circles near the middle of your page. Leave a gap between them. That space is for the nose and the mask later. Inside the top right of each eye, draw a smaller circle for the light. Draw a C shape around it for the pupil, then a tiny circle at the bottom left. Color the pupils black and leave the little circles white."},{"number":2,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Little V Nose","text":"Right below the eyes and between them, draw a small V. Connect the top of the V with a short line so it becomes a triangle. Then color it in black. Keep it small. A tiny nose leaves the eyes as the main feature of the face, and that is where the cuteness comes from. Check that it sits in the middle of the gap."},{"number":3,"title":"Draw the Raccoon Head With Fluffy Cheeks","text":"Start out to the left of one eye. Draw a wide, spread out U that dips under the nose and comes back up on the other side. Now add a little V notch coming in on each side of the U. Those notches make the bushy cheeks. Then draw the top of the head going up over the eyes and back down to meet the cheeks."},{"number":4,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Pointed Ears","text":"On top of the head, draw a line straight up, then curve it back down to the head. The outside of the ear is curved and the inside is straight. Repeat on the other side. Try to bring both ears up to the same height. It already starts to look like a raccoon at this point, even without the mask."},{"number":5,"title":"Draw the Raccoon Mask and the Inside of the Ears","text":"Here is the raccoon part. Draw an upside down U that goes up and around one eye and back down to the cheek. Do the same around the other eye. On the forehead, draw a V that lines up with the ears. Then add a thicker curve along the outer edge of each ear, and a small straight-then-curved shape inside each one."},{"number":6,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Zigzag Chest and Front Legs","text":"From under one cheek, draw a short zigzag line coming down for the fur on the chest, then curve it at the bottom. Next to it, draw another zigzag and a line coming down for the front leg. Keep it short. Curve it at the bottom and back up for the back of the leg. Add the second front leg right beside it."},{"number":7,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Belly and Back Legs","text":"Picture the body going behind the front leg. Draw a line for the belly that comes out the back and curves up. Now the back leg. Draw a curve that connects to the belly, then a line forward that matches the front leg. Add one more curve for the back of the leg, and a curve from the cheek around to the back."},{"number":8,"title":"Draw the Raccoon's Big Bushy Tail","text":"Your raccoon is missing a big, huge tail. Draw a small zigzag where the tail meets the body for fur. Then draw a big curve going up and out. Come back down with another big curve. Stop before you connect, and draw a second zigzag to match the first one. That closes the tail with a fluffy edge."},{"number":9,"title":"Add Stripes to the Raccoon Tail and Draw the Paws","text":"Draw curved lines across the tail for stripes. Curved, not straight, so the tail looks round. Space them evenly and add two at a time. Then add a curve near the top of each leg and another near the bottom for the dark paws. Oops, only three legs? Add a fourth leg behind the others with its own paw curve."},{"number":10,"title":"Color the Raccoon Grey With Green Eyes","text":"Now color. The video uses colored pencils. Light grey for the body, dark grey for the mask, ears and tail stripes, black for the paws. Leave the chest white. For the eyes, color the outside light green and leave a white space at the bottom. Add dark green at the top, then a little black at the very top so the eyes look shiny."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-04T16:19:01.194Z","published":"2026-10-04T16:18:56.802Z","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."}