How to Draw a Mouse (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a mouse, start with a round head and two big round ears. Add a pear shaped body with two feet, then a face with three whiskers on each side. Finish with a long tail that curls at the tip.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Gray and pink 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 mouse step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw one big round circle for the head.
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Step 2 of 6: Add two big round ears behind the top of the head, each with a smaller circle inside.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a pear shaped body under the head and two round feet at the bottom, each with two toe lines.
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Step 4 of 6: Add two round black eyes with a white dot, a small oval nose and three whiskers on each side.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw a long thin tail with two lines from behind the right side of the body. Curl the tip.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the head, body, ears and feet gray, the inner ears, nose and tail pink. Keep the dots 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: Stop the ear lines where they touch the head so the ears sit behind it.
Tip: Draw the whiskers so they start outside the face and cross the edge of the head.
Make it yours
Mouse with cheese
Draw a yellow wedge of cheese with round holes next to one foot.
Sleepy mouse
Draw closed eyes as two small curved lines instead of round eyes.
Brown mouse
Color the head, body, ears and feet light brown instead of gray.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The ears look small
Make each ear more than half as wide as the head.
Body lines show inside the feet
Stop the body lines where they meet the feet, or erase them.
The tail looks like a stick
Draw the tail with two lines close together and curl the tip.
Fun facts about the mouse
Mice use their senses of smell and hearing to find their way around. (Source: Britannica Kids)
It takes about three weeks for a litter of house mice to be born. (Source: Britannica Kids)
House mice can jump up to 12 inches from the floor onto a flat surface. (Source: University of California IPM)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a mouse very easy?
Start with a circle for the head and add two big round ears. Then draw a pear shaped body, a simple face and a curly tail.
How to draw a mouse step by step?
Draw the head, the ears, the body with feet, the face and the tail. Color it gray and pink last.
How to draw a mouse for kids?
Use big simple shapes: a circle head, round ears and a pear shaped body. The 6 steps above add one part at a time.
If your mouse came out a little wobbly, that's fine. Your mouse has its own cute face. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.