{"title":"How to Draw a Snowman","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-draw-a-snowman","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=GBPrVhWdORg"},"tldr":"Draw a cute cartoon snowman in 10 easy steps: carrot nose, coal smile, Santa hat, striped scarf and twig arms. Great for kids and Christmas.","totalDurationSeconds":557,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["black fine point permanent marker","pencil and eraser (optional)"],"materials":["drawing paper or sketch pad","colored pencils or washable markers"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Draw Two Round Snowman Eyes With Shiny Highlights","text":"Pick a spot in the middle of your paper. Draw two circles side by side, about the size of a pea, with a small gap between them. Inside each one, draw a tiny circle near the top right and an even smaller circle near the bottom. Color in the rest of each eye with your marker. Leave the two little circles white so the eyes look shiny and friendly."},{"number":2,"title":"Draw the Snowman's Carrot Nose With Texture Lines","text":"Under the eyes, draw a sideways V that points to the left. It can be wobbly. Keep it short, because a little nose looks cute. On the right side, close the open end with a backward C. That is the top of the carrot. Draw a few more backward C shapes down the length of the nose. Those curved lines give the carrot texture so it looks like a real one."},{"number":3,"title":"Draw the Snowman's Coal Smile With Little Dots","text":"Snowmen smile with bits of coal. Draw a row of small circles under the carrot that curves into a U shape. Mix big and small circles so it looks handmade. Let the row climb up a little on the far side of his face so he looks happy. Color in every circle with your marker. You want solid black dots, like lumps of coal pressed into the snow."},{"number":4,"title":"Draw the Round Snowman Head Around the Face","text":"Start beside the left eye and draw a big U shape. Bring it down under the smile, like a chin, and back up to the right side of the face. Leave a little white space between the line and the coal dots. Now close the top with a gentle curve that runs from one side of the head to the other. The face now sits inside a soft, round snowman head."},{"number":5,"title":"Draw a Santa Hat With a Pom-Pom on the Snowman","text":"From each side of the head, draw a short line that goes up. Connect the tops with a line across. That is the furry band of the hat. Above it and off to one side, draw a circle for the pom-pom. From the pom-pom, draw a line down into the band, lined up with the side of the head. Then draw one long curve from the pom-pom over to the other side of the band."},{"number":6,"title":"Draw a Striped Scarf Around the Snowman's Neck","text":"Under the chin, draw a short line coming down on each side of the head, the same way you started the hat band. Connect the bottoms with one big curve. Now add the stripes. Draw two stripes in the middle that curve in opposite directions. Every stripe on the left curves one way, and every stripe on the right curves the other. That bend makes the scarf wrap around his neck."},{"number":7,"title":"Draw the Snowy Ground Line and the Snowman's Body","text":"Draw a wobbly line across the lower part of the page for the snowy ground. Put it low if you want a tall snowman, or higher for a short one. From the left side of the scarf, draw a big curve that bows out and down until it touches the ground. Do the same from the right side of the scarf. You now have a round, chubby snowman body."},{"number":8,"title":"Add Coal Buttons and the Hanging Snowman Scarf Tail","text":"Draw three circles down the middle of the body and color them in for coal buttons. Now give the scarf a tail. From the bottom of the scarf on one side, draw two lines hanging down. Curve them the same way the stripes on that side curve, so the tail looks like it lies on his body. Add stripes across it. Finish the end with a zigzag fringe between two short lines."},{"number":9,"title":"Draw the Snowman's Twig Arms and Snow Piles","text":"Snowman arms are sticks from a tree. From one side of the body, draw a wobbly line that reaches up and out. At the end, draw a small V for twig fingers, and add a tiny side branch if you like. Repeat on the other side. Then add little lumpy mounds of snow at the bottom of the body on each side, sitting on the ground line."},{"number":10,"title":"Color the Snowman's Santa Hat, Carrot Nose and Scarf","text":"Put the marker down and grab your colors. In the video Rob uses colored pencils. Fill the Santa hat red and leave the band and pom-pom white. Color the carrot orange. Make the scarf stripes red and green, and the tail too. Leave the snowman's body white so he looks like fresh snow. Go over any outlines that got faint once you finish coloring."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-01T15:23:03.111Z","published":"2026-10-01T15:22:57.290Z","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."}