How to Draw a Groundhog (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a groundhog, start with a flat oval for the hole. Add a rounded body rising out of it, then a round head with two ears. Finish with a face, two square teeth and two paws on the edge of the hole.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Brown, tan and dark brown 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 groundhog step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a long flat oval near the bottom of the page for the burrow hole.
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Step 2 of 6: Draw a tall rounded body rising out of the hole. Erase the hole line inside the body.
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Step 3 of 6: Add a round head on the body and two round ears. Erase the lines inside the head.
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Step 4 of 6: Draw two black eyes with white dots, an oval nose, a line down to a smile and two square teeth.
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Step 5 of 6: Add two round paws resting on the front edge of the hole, each with two toe lines.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the fur brown, hole dark brown, nose black, inner ears, muzzle and belly tan. Keep teeth 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: Shade the tan inner ears, muzzle and belly as soft ovals with no outline. Keep the teeth and eye dots white.
Tip: Start the body's side lines on the hole's rim, so the groundhog looks like it climbs out of the hole.
Make it yours
Groundhog Day shadow
Draw a gray shadow on the ground next to the hole for Groundhog Day.
Snowy hole
Draw a white snow mound around the hole and a few snowflakes in the sky.
Spring meadow
Draw green grass and a few small flowers around the hole.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The groundhog floats above the hole
Start the body's side lines on the rim and erase the hole line inside the body.
The teeth look like sharp fangs
Draw two square teeth side by side right under the smile, with one line between them.
The paws hang below the hole
Rest the round paws on the front edge of the hole, inside the body's side lines.
Fun facts about the groundhog
The groundhog, also called the woodchuck, is one of 14 species of marmots, a subgroup of the squirrel family. (Source: National Geographic)
Groundhogs build burrows that can be anywhere from eight to 66 feet long, with several entrances and rooms. (Source: National Geographic)
According to legend, if the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on February 2, the U.S. can expect six more weeks of winter. (Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a groundhog easy?
Draw a flat oval hole and a rounded body rising out of it. Add a round head with two ears, a face with two square teeth and two paws on the rim.
How to draw a groundhog step by step?
Follow the 6 steps above: hole, body, head with ears, face, then paws. Color the fur brown, the muzzle, belly and inner ears tan and the hole dark brown.
How to draw a groundhog face?
In this drawing the face has two black eyes with white dots, an oval nose and a smile. Draw two square teeth under the smile and color the muzzle tan.
If your groundhog's head came out a little bigger or smaller, that's fine. Your groundhog is ready to peek out of its hole. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.