How to Draw a Parrot (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a parrot, start with a round head and a big hooked beak. Add an eye with a ring around it and an oval body. Finish with a layered wing, a long tail and feet on a branch.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Red, yellow, blue, gray and 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 parrot step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a round head with a big curved hooked beak on the left side.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a round eye with a shine dot and a ring around it.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a big oval body under the head, leaning a little to the right.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a folded wing on the right side with three layers of feathers. Erase the body line under it.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw a long tail with three feathers, two feet and a branch with a twig. End the branch at the tail.
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Step 6 of 6: Color it red, wing yellow and blue, tail blue, beak and feet gray, branch brown. Leave the eye 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 almost as big as the eye area. A big hooked beak looks like a parrot.
Tip: Draw the tail long, past the bottom of the branch.
Make it yours
Green parrot
Color the parrot green with a yellow face and a blue wing tip.
Talking parrot
Draw a speech bubble next to the beak and write a word in it.
Parrot in the jungle
Draw big green leaves around the branch.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
It looks like a duck
Draw the beak hooked and curved down, not flat and wide.
The wing is too small
Make the wing almost as long as the body, with three layers of feathers.
The feet float
Draw the branch right under the body, then wrap the toes over its top.
Fun facts about the parrot
There are 279 parrot species, and they all have a curved beak and zygodactyl feet. (Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)
Parrots tend to favor using one foot more than the other, just like people are right- or left-handed. (Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)
The kakapo of New Zealand is the heaviest parrot. It can weigh up to 6.6 pounds, too heavy for its size to fly. (Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a parrot easy?
Draw a round head with a big hooked beak and an eye with a ring. Add an oval body, a layered wing, a long tail and feet on a branch.
How to draw a parrot for kids?
Start with the head and beak, then the eye, the body, the wing, and the tail with the feet and branch. Color it red with a yellow and blue wing last.
How to draw a parrot on a branch?
Draw the parrot first, then a branch across the bottom of the body. Wrap the toes over the top of the branch and let the tail hang down past it.
If your parrot's tail came out extra long, that's fine. Your parrot is showing it off. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.