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Holiday Drawing

Guide

Grid paper, 40% gray

Grid paper, 50% gray

Grid paper, 60% gray

Draw an Among Us Santa

2. Add the two legs below.1. Draw a large upside down U. 3. Draw an oval visor, erase inside.

5. Draw a puffy hat band.4. Add the pack to the side. 6. Finish the hat, erase inside line.

8. Add pencil lines for shadows.7. Trace with a thick marker. 9. Color with similar shades to create a shadow. Note: Sample uses both Crayola and Prang gray crayons.

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Among Us Christmas Crew Mates

1. Draw the body, erase gray line. 2. Add lines for shadows. 3. Start a snowman. 4. Finish the snowman. 5. Trace with thick marker, color.

1. Draw the body, erase gray line. 2. Add lines for shadows. 3. Start a tree. 4. Finish the tree. 5. Trace with thick marker, color.

1. Draw the body, erase gray line. 2. Add lines for shadows. 3. Start a two candy canes. 4. Finish the candy canes. 5. Trace with thick marker, color.

1. Draw the body, erase gray line. 2. Add lines for shadows. 3. Start the lights. 4. Finish the lights. 5. Trace with thick marker, color.

1. Draw the body, erase gray line. 2. Add lines for shadows. 3. Start the hat. 4. Finish the hat. 5. Trace with thick marker, color.

Draw an Easy Snowman

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1. Start the angled hat as shown. 2. Finish with a brim.

4. Draw the circle head below the hat. 5. Add the band of the scarf.

7. Draw the eyes, nose and mouth.

3. Add a band to the hat.

6. Add the scarf ends and shoulders.

8. Finish with arm and bird. 9. Trace with a marker and color.

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Easy Snowman

Draw a Present

2. Add the box below.1. Draw the rectangle box lid. 3. Draw the ribbon.

5. Add the two loops of the bow.4. Draw the ribbon knot. 6. Draw two more loops behind.

8. Finish with the table line. 7. Add the ribbon ends. 9. Trace with a marker and color.

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Gift Wrapped Present

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Draw a Snowflake

2. Draw an X. The length and spacing needs to be the same.

1. Draw a vertical line. 3. Draw diamonds on the ends.

5. Draw outline around the outside.4. Add matching V shapes inside. 6. Add diamond shapes inside.

8. Erase the inside lines.7. Draw small diamonds as shown. 9. Trace with a marker and color.

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Snowflake

Draw a Bear with a Scarf

1. Draw an upside down U. 2. Add the scarf.

4. Add the ears and nose.

3. Draw the shoulders.

5. Draw the eyes and muzzle.

7. Add the scarf ends.

6. Finish the eyes, mouth, cheeks.

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8. Decorate scarf with patterns. 9. Trace with a marker and color.

Bear with a Scarf

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Nutcracker Ballerina

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1. Draw the face. 2. Add neck and collar below. 3. Draw the torso. 4. Add sleeves and belt.

5. Add a skirt below the belt. 6. Draw two matching arms and hands.

7. Draw two legs. 8. Add ballet shoe straps.

9. Add decorations to the clothes.

10. Draw hair and feather. 11. Add a stage floor and two lines for lights.

12. Trace with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color with markers, adding more layers for shadows.

Nutcracker Ballerina

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Christmas Candle

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1. Draw a tall rectangle. 2. Add some curvy melted wax at the top.

3. Erase the lines inside the melted wax.

4. Draw a wick.

5. Draw a flame around the wick. 6. Draw one leaf. 7. Draw another leaf. 8. Add the center leaf lines inside.

9. Draw three circles for berries. 10. Erase the overlapping lines inside the berries.

11. Trace with a fine tip perma-nent black marker. Color the candle, draw circles for snow.

12. Fill in the blue background. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows around the edges.

Christmas Candle

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Christmas Elf

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1. Start the face. 2. Add two matching ears. 3. Draw the hat band. 4. Add the hat top and bell.

5. Draw the neck and collar. 6. Start the body below. 7. Add cuffs and zig-zag hem. 8. Draw two hands and two legs.

9. Add a belt and shoes. 10. Draw leg stripes, eyes and mouth.

11. Finish with bangs, eyebrows and nose.

12. Trace with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color with markers, adding more layers for shadows.

Christmas Elf

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Christmas Tree

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1. Draw the top triangle tree shape.

2. Draw a second one under-neath.

3. Draw a third one underneath. 4. Draw a fourth one under-neath.

5. Draw a fifth one that sits on a bumpy line of snow.

6. Draw a horizon line. 7. Draw two mountains in the background.

8. Add a star and string to the tree.

9. Fill in the tree with circle ornaments.

10. Add trees in the background, and candy and presents in the foreground. Erase inside lines.

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color and draw circles for snow.

12. Fill in the sky. Add extra green and gray for shadows.

Christmas Tree

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Elf Legs

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1. Start the tops of the shoes with two curvy Vs.

2. Draw the backs of the shoes, making sure the shapes are symmetrical.

3. Draw the front of the shoes, making sure the shapes are symmetrical.

4. Draw the top edge of the two shoes.

5. Add a ball at the end of each toe.

6. Draw the inside leg lines. 7. Draw the outside leg lines. 8. Add the bottom band of the shirt.

9. Draw the sides of the shirt. 10. Fill the stockings with six lines to make the stripes.

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color everything in.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the clothes an beneath the shoes.

Elf Legs

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Gingerbread Cookie

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1. Draw the left side of the head. 2. Draw a matching right side of the head.

3. Draw one arm. 4. Draw a matching arm.

5. Draw one leg. 6. Draw one matching leg. 7. Draw the eyes and mouth. 8. Add squiggly decorations on the arms and legs.

9. Draw a bow tie and buttons. 10. Add an edge to the right side to give the cookie thickness.

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color everything in.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the frosting decorations. Add gray shadow.

Gingerbread Cookie

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Gingerbread House

10. Add a gingerbread cookie and horizon on the other. Erase the inside lines.

11. Trace with a permanent black fine tip marker. Color the house. Draw circles for the snow.

9. Draw a lollipop and horizon line on one side.

7. Add a chimney. 8. Add candy to the house front.

6. Add a window.4. Draw the drippy frosting roof. 5. Draw a door.

3. Add the side of the house.1. Start the bottom of the house. 2. Add the roof.

12. Fill in the blue sky. Add shadows to the house with extra marker coloring.

The Grinch

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1. Draw the left side of the face. 2. Draw a matching right side of the face.

3. Add the fluffy hat band. 4. Start the folded hat top.

5. Finish the folded hat top and ball.

6. Draw two slanted eyebrows. 7. Draw the eyes underneath. 8. Add the nose and wrinkled brow lines.

9. Add fur shapes on the cheeks, and two neck lines.

10. Add fluffy collar and then the shoulders.

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color everything in.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the face and clothes. Add gray shadows.

The Grinch

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Nutcracker

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1. Start the bottom of the head. 2. Draw the crown on the top of the head.

3. Start the jacket with a collar. 4. Add jacket torso and belt.

5. Add belt buckle and bottom of jacket.

6. Draw the legs below. 7. Draw two matching boots. 8. Draw the sleeves and hands.

9. Draw the teeth in a rectangle. 10. Add beard and buttons to jacket.

11. Draw the eyes, moustache and hair.

12. Trace with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color with markers, adding more layers for shadows.

Nutcracker

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Pickup Truck and Tree

1. Draw a rectangle for the truck bed. 2. Add the truck front. 3. Add the truck cab.

4. Draw the back wheel well. 5. Draw the front wheel well. 6. Draw the back wheel.

7. Draw the front wheel. 8. Add the windows and fender details. 9. Start the tree.

10. Finish the tree. Erase the lines that are grayed out.

11. Trace with a permanent black fine tip marker. Color the truck. Draw circles for the snow.

12. Fill in the blue sky. Add shadows to the truck with extra marker coloring.

Poinsettia

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1. Draw a cluster of circles, about 10 or so.

2. Draw two angled lines for the first petal.

3. Connect the top of the petal. 4. Draw the angled sides of two more petals.

5. Connect the tops of the petals.

6. Draw the angled sides for the bottom two petals.

7. Connect the tops of the petals.

8. Fill in the in between spaces with one row of petals.

9. Add another row of petals. Try to make them a little irregular.

10. Finish the petals with a line inside for the creast.

11. Trace the drawing with an thin permanent black marker. Color circles yellow, and the petals red.

12. Add shadows to the petals by shading with more red marker.

Poinsettia

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Rudolph

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1. Start the head with a C shape.. 2. Add a mouth and nose. 3. Start the neck and chest. 4. Finish with the belly shape.

5. Draw a left back leg. 6. Draw a left front leg. 7. Add the two legs on the other side.

8. Draw the ears.

9. Add big eye and chest line. 10. Draw horizon line and background triangle trees,

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color everything in.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the body and trees. Add gray shadows.

Rudolph

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Santa’s Face

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1. Draw a hat band. 2. Start the head and cheeks below.

3. Fill in the center with nose and moustache.

4. Draw mouth lines below.

5. Draw two outer eyes. 6. Draw circles inside each. 7. Draw two eyebrows. 8. Start the beard on one side.

9. Finish the beard on the other. 10. Add a hat on top of the band. 11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color everything in.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the body. Add gray shadows to the white.

Santa’s Face

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Old Fashioned Sleigh

1. Draw line with a curve for the sleigh blade. 2. Add a matching line on the inside. 3. Start the bed of the sleigh with a curve.

4. Continue the line with a curve up. 5. Draw the bed corners as shown. 6. Finish the bed with a curve in the middle.

7. Add curved padding to the sleigh bed. Connect bed to blade with lines.

8. Draw a matching inside line in the bed. 9. Start drawing boxes for presents.

10. Add ribbons to the boxes. 11. Finish with bows to the presents. 12. Trace with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color with markers, leaving empty circles for snow.

Snowman

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1. Draw a circle for the head. 2. Draw a larger circle below. 3. Draw another larger circle below.

4. Start the hat at an angle.

5. Draw the curved brim of the hat.

6. Add hat band, and then draw the snowmant’s face.

7. Start the scarf around the neck.

8. Add the two ends of the scarf.

9. Draw two stick arms. 10. Add the buttons and horizon line. Erase inside gray lines.

11. Trace with a permanent black fine tip marker. Color and draw circles for snow.

12. Fill in the sky with blue. Add shadows with a gray marker.

Snowman

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Hanging Stockings

1. Draw a hanging rope line. 2. Start the stocking band in the middle. 3. Finish the band and add a loop around the rope.

4. Finish the stocking below the band. 5. Start the stocking band on the left. 6. Finish the band and add a loop around the rope.

7. Finish the stocking below the band. 8. Start the last stocking band. 9. Finish the band and add a loop around the rope.

10. Finish the stocking below the band. 11. Trace with a permanent black fine tip marker. Color the stockings. Draw circles for the snow.

12. Fill in the blue sky. Add shadows with extra marker coloring, if desired.

Toy Soldier

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1. Draw the torse. 2. Draw the head. 3. Add the hat above the head. 4. Draw two arms.

5. Draw the legs and feet. 6. Add details to the hat. 7. Draw the face. 8. Draw the belt.

9. Add the buttons and fringe. 10. Draw the curtain and floor. 11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color the soldier.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the clothes and curtain.

Toy Soldier

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Christmas Sweater

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1. Draw the neck of the sweater. 2. Start the left sleeve. 3. Start the matching right sleeve.

4. Draw the underside of the left sleeve.

5. Draw the underside of the right sleeve.

6. Draw the two matching cuffs. 7. Draw a bottom band. 8. Add lines inside the cuffs and band.

9. Draw a snowman inside, add some detail lines if you wish.

10. Fill in the sweater with snow flakes.

11. Trace the drawing with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color the sweater.

12. Add extra layer of marker to make shadows in the snowman and the sweater.

Christmas Sweater

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Winter Town

1. Start a house with angled roof. 2. Add another house and side roof. 3. Add a smaller building and roof.

4. Draw a house facade with stair-step roof. 5. Start a clock tower in the background. 6. Add window and door details to left house.

7. Add window and door details to next house. 8. Add windows and details to clock tower. 9. Draw a window with awning.

10. Finish the last house with a door, windows, and roof details.

11. Draw a small lantern in space on the right. 12. Trace with a fine tip permanent black marker. Color with markers, leaving empty circles for snow.

Draw a Winter Landscape

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1. Draw the snow banks. 2. Space out 3 tree trunks.

4. Add branches to the middle tree. 5. Add branches to the right tree.

7. Draw shadows that point to the moon.

3. Add branches to the left tree.

6. Draw a moon.

8. Color the trees black and shadows gray. 9. Color the sky, leaving spots for snow.

Winter Landscape

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