How to Draw a Castle (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a castle, start with a square wall and a round tower on each side. Add cone roofs, three blocks along the wall top and a big arched door. Finish with a flag on each roof.
- Steps
- 8 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Light gray, blue, brown, dark brown, yellow and red crayons
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw a castle step by step
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Step 1 of 8: Draw a square near the bottom middle of the page for the castle wall.
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Step 2 of 8: Add a tall round tower with an oval top over the wall's left edge. Erase the wall line inside it.
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Step 3 of 8: Add the same tower over the wall's right edge. Erase the wall line inside this tower too.
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Step 4 of 8: Draw a pointed cone roof on each tower. Erase the top curve of each oval under the roof.
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Step 5 of 8: Draw square notches into the wall top so three raised blocks stay. Erase the top line in the gaps.
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Step 6 of 8: Draw a big arched door at the bottom of the wall, a line down its middle and two small round knobs.
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Step 7 of 8: Add a short pole with a white ball on top to each roof tip and a triangle flag pointing right.
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Step 8 of 8: Color it light gray, roofs blue, flags red, knobs yellow, balls white, door brown, lines dark brown.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Make both towers the same height and width so the castle looks even.
Tip: Space the three blocks on the wall top evenly, with gaps a little narrower than a block.
Make it yours
Castle with windows
Draw a small arched window near the top of each tower.
Castle with a moat
Draw a wavy band of blue water along the bottom of your castle.
Pink castle
Color the roofs pink and the flags purple for a different look.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The towers look like flat boxes
Curve the bottom of each tower like a smile so the towers look round.
The roofs float above the towers
Start each cone right where the tower ends and make it a little wider than the tower.
The flags point different ways
Draw both flags pointing the same way, to the right.
Fun facts about the castle
A battlement is a wall top with low parts called crenels that alternate with high parts called merlons. (Source: Britannica)
Castle moats were crossed in front of the gateways by drawbridges that could be drawn back or raised from the inner side. (Source: Britannica)
In English castles, towers built to stick out from the walls were square at first but later round. (Source: English Heritage)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a castle easy?
Draw a square wall with a round tower on each side. Add cone roofs, three blocks on the wall top, a door and two flags.
How to draw a castle step by step?
Follow the 8 steps above in order: wall, left tower, right tower, roofs, wall top blocks, door and flags. Color it last.
How to draw a simple castle?
Start with a square and two tall towers, then put a cone roof on each tower. A door and two small flags finish this simple castle.
If your towers came out a little different in size, that's fine. Your castle is ready for its own fairy tale. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.