How to Draw a Lamb (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a lamb, start with a fluffy cloud shape for the body. Add an oval head, one floppy ear and four thin legs with hooves. Finish with a closed happy eye and a small smile.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Light tan and dark gray 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 lamb step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a big fluffy cloud shape with round bumps all around for the body.
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Step 2 of 6: Add an oval head on the top right of the body. Erase the body lines inside the head.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a long floppy ear hanging down the left side of the head. Erase the head line inside it.
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Step 4 of 6: Add four thin legs under the body, two at the back and two at the front, each with a hoof line.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw one closed eye as a curve that bends up and a small smile at the front of the head.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the head, ear and legs light tan and the hooves dark gray. Leave the fluffy body 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: Keep the two back legs close together and the two front legs close together, with a gap in the middle.
Tip: Draw the eye as a curve that bends up in the middle, like a little rainbow, so the lamb looks happy.
Make it yours
Lamb with a bow
Draw a small bow or a bell on a ribbon around the lamb's neck.
Black lamb
Color the fluffy body gray or black and keep the head light tan.
Lamb in a meadow
Draw green grass under the hooves and a few flowers around your lamb.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The body looks like a smooth egg
Draw the body as many round bumps joined together, like a cloud.
The ear sticks up like a horn
Let the ear hang down from the top of the head along its left side.
The legs look too thick
Draw each leg with two thin lines and a short curved hoof line near the bottom.
Fun facts about the lamb
A lamb is a sheep that has not yet reached one year of age. (Source: Britannica)
Domestic lambs are strong enough to follow their mothers on the first or second day after birth. (Source: Britannica Kids)
The normal pregnancy of a ewe, or female sheep, lasts about 147 days. (Source: New Mexico State University)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a lamb easy?
Draw a fluffy cloud shape for the body and an oval head on the top right. Add one floppy ear, four thin legs with hooves and a happy face.
How to draw a lamb step by step?
Follow the 6 steps above: body, head, ear, legs with hooves, then the eye and smile. Color the head, ear and legs light tan and the hooves dark gray last.
How to draw a lamb face?
In this drawing the face has one closed eye and a small smile on an oval head. Draw the eye as a curve that bends up and put the smile near the front of the head.
If your lamb's wool came out extra bumpy, that's fine. Your lamb looks soft and fluffy. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.