How to Make Caterpillar Drawing

Do you want to know how to draw a caterpillar for beginners? Just follow the easy step-by-step instructions and you'll be ready to color this drawing in just a few minutes. Plus, there are lots of ideas for crafts that you can make with this caterpillar drawing.

We'll use a few simple techniques to make the drawing, we'll start by drawing the basic round shape to make the head, then add the body, the antennae, and a cute little face.

You can also find step-by-step instructions to draw a butterfly.

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This short tutorial can be done by both digital and traditional methods. This means that you can use a digital drawing tablet or a pencil and paper.

If you're looking for cartoon animal drawings, then this is a good place to start. Once you're done, you'll be able to upload your finished drawing to your cutting machine and cut a template using your simple caterpillar drawing.

You can print the instructions and the template below. Follow this tutorial and watch the video to learn how to draw a caterpillar drawing.

Want to make a whole bunch of cute caterpillars? Copy and paste or just duplicate the first caterpillar that you made and move them around the canvas any way that you like.

Make a vibrant drawing by using a rainbow inspired set of colors to color the caterpillar body and feet.

To personalize your drawing, you can add a name just under the caterpillar. Here are three ways that you can add text to your drawing.

For a step by step tutorial on how to do this in Inkscape, sign up for my So Simple SVG Quotes course.

How to Draw an Easy Caterpillar

Let's start by gathering your materials to draw the caterpillar.

Drawing Supplies

Digital Drawing Supplies

iPad

Apple pencil

Procreate

Paper Drawing Supplies

Drawing pencil

Drawing Paper

Art markers or Colored Pencils

Light Table for Tracing (optional)

I like to use graphic software programs like Inkscape, Affinity Designer, or Procreate to make my easy cartoon drawings. Inkscape is an open-source graphic software. Which means it's free to use. Sometimes, I use an online Inkscape drawing app if I'm not at my home computer.

I'll use Procreate for this drawing. The brushes that I use are

Procreate brush
Round brush
Marker brush

You can use any brushes that you like.

Draw a Caterpillar Step by Step

For the first step, we're going to make a small circle for the head.

Quick Tip: To get a perfect circle, draw a circle, and hold the pencil tip down for a few seconds. The circle will automatically set to a perfect shape.

Draw a semi-circle that starts from the top right side of the caterpillar head and ends at the bottom right side of the head. Repeat this step six more times.

You can vary the size and shape of the semicircles to make the body look more organic. Just make the last semicircle slightly smaller than the others.

Now that I've drawn the body, I'll add some feet to this little guy.

Draw Caterpillar Feet

To make the feet, I'll draw a small pair of v shapes under each semicircle. I thought about making little boot style feet, but I prefer the look of the v shape.

They still have a cartoon feel but also look like real caterpillar feet.

How to Draw a Caterpillar Face

Draw a cute little caterpillar face using a few simple strokes.

I'll draw circles for the eyes, and put a curved line in each circle.

Then I'll draw another curved line below to give him a smile.

The next step is to give him antennae. I'll draw two lines going from the top of his head and end each line with an open circle.

The caterpillar drawing outline is complete and you can move on to coloring the outline.

Coloring the Caterpillar Drawing

You're ready to color your drawing of a caterpillar.

To do this, use the fill bucket tool (fill bounded areas tool). Make sure that your areas are bounded (that means that they are closed with no gaps).

If you have gaps, use my tip above to create perfect closed shapes.

I created a separate layer under my outline for the coloring step.

Choose a brush, I used the round brush and the marker brush. Then, color in each section.

Your easy caterpillar drawing is done. Ready to make more?!

If you liked this lesson, you'll love my So Simple SVG Files course. I will walk you through the steps to make digital drawings using simple shapes in Inkscape. You'll also learn how to transfer your drawings to your craft projects and get better use from your cutting machine.

Want more easy drawings for starter projects like this? Check out my collection of animal drawings.

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Crafts to Make with a Caterpillar

The nice thing about digital drawings is that you can upload them to a cutting machine and make print and cut designs for lots of craft projects.

Here are some crafts that you can make with your caterpillar drawing:

caterpillar t-shirt
caterpillar mug
caterpillar cards

Those are just a few ideas to get you started. Check out some of these ideas for easy crafts that you can try.

Imagine all of the crafts that you can make with the caterpillar drawing. You can make lots of fun paper, fabric, leather or vinyl crafts.

If you have a Cricut or Silhouette machine and a heat press, you can make iron-on t-shirts. Of course, you can use scissors to cut out the caterpillar but a cutting machine will make it even easier.

As you can see, you can take your drawing and put it on tons of physical crafts!

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Make sure to save this to your favorite drawing board on Pinterest. Click the link below to save it for later.

Feel free to add a photo of your drawing to the pin so that I can see your cute caterpillar.

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

Digital Drawing Supplies
Paper Drawing Supplies

Notes

Color Tips

If you are making a digital drawing, make sure to close any gaps. This will make it easier to color the drawing using the fill bucket tool.

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