How to Draw an Eagle (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw an eagle, start with a round head and a big hooked beak. Add an eye, a body with a zigzag neck line, a folded wing and a tail. Finish with feet gripping a branch.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Brown, yellow, gray and tan 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 an eagle step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a round head with a big hooked beak pointing to the right.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a round eye with a shine dot and a small curved brow line above it.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw an oval body with a zigzag neck line. Erase the bottom of the head circle.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a folded wing on the left and three tail feathers. Erase the old oval and draw a rounder body.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw two feathered legs and feet with gray claws on a branch. Erase the tail ends behind the branch.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the eagle brown, beak and feet yellow, claws gray, branch tan. Keep the head and tail white.
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 the beak big and curved. The hook at the tip makes it look like an eagle.
Tip: Leave the head and tail white. The white next to the brown makes it a bald eagle.
Make it yours
Flying eagle
Draw both wings spread wide out to the sides instead of folded.
Eagle in its nest
Draw a big round nest of sticks under the eagle instead of the branch.
Eagle in the sky
Add a blue sky, a few clouds and a sun behind the eagle.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
It looks like a parrot
Make the beak hooked and yellow, and keep the head white with a zigzag neck line.
The wing hides the whole body
Draw the wing on the left side only, so the round front of the body still shows.
The feet float above the branch
Draw the branch first, then wrap the toes and claws over its top edge.
Fun facts about the eagle
At about six feet wide and four feet deep, bald eagle nests are the largest of any bird in North America. (Source: National Geographic)
Baby bald eagles are completely brown. They don't get the white markings of their parents until they are five years old. (Source: National Geographic)
Bald eagle couples mate for life and return to their nests each year. (Source: National Geographic)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a simple eagle?
Draw a round head with a hooked beak, then an oval body with a zigzag neck line. Add a folded wing, a tail and feet on a branch.
How to draw an eagle for kids?
Start with the head and beak, then the eye, the body, the wing and tail, and the feet on a branch. Color it brown last and keep the head and tail white.
How to draw an eagle head?
Draw a round head with a big hooked beak pointing to one side. Add a round eye with a shine dot and a small brow line, then a zigzag line under the head.
If your eagle's beak came out extra big, that's fine. Your eagle looks proud of it. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.