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How to Draw a Spider (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)

To draw a spider, start with a big round body and a smaller round head on top. Add big eyes and a smile. Finish with four bent legs on each side and a thread going up.

Finished cute cartoon spider hanging on a gray thread, black with eight legs, white eyes with black pupils and pink cheeks
The finished spider
Steps
6 easy steps
You need
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Black marker
  • Black, 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 spider step by step

  1. A big round body

    Step 1 of 6: Draw a big round body.

  2. A smaller round head on top of the body, with the body line inside the head erased

    Step 2 of 6: Add a smaller round head on top. Erase the body line inside the head.

  3. Two big eyes with a ring, black pupils and shine dots, and a small smile on the head

    Step 3 of 6: Draw two big eyes with a ring, black pupils and shine dots, and a small smile.

  4. Four bent legs on the left side of the body

    Step 4 of 6: Add four bent legs on the left side of the body. Draw each leg with two thin lines.

  5. Four matching bent legs on the right side and a thin thread going straight up from the head

    Step 5 of 6: Draw four matching bent legs on the right and a thin thread going straight up from the head.

  6. The spider colored black with white eyes, black pupils, pink cheeks and a gray thread

    Step 6 of 6: Color the spider black and the thread gray. Leave the eyes white and add pink cheeks.

Tips for little artists

  • Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.

  • Tip: Bend each leg once, like a knee, so the spider looks like it can walk.

  • Tip: Space the four legs evenly from the top of the body to the bottom.

Make it yours

  • Spider on a web

    Draw a web of straight lines and curved rings behind the spider.

  • Colorful spider

    Color the spider purple or green and give it a few spots.

  • Spider with a hat

    Draw a small hat or a bow on top of the head.

Common mistakes and easy fixes

  • The spider has too few legs

    Count four legs on the left and four on the right before you ink them.

  • The face disappears when colored

    Leave the eyes white and keep the smile line dark so it shows on the black.

  • The legs are straight sticks

    Bend every leg once and draw it as two thin lines.

Fun facts about the spider

  • Most spiders have eight eyes. Experts can often identify a spider just by looking at its eye pattern. (Source: Smithsonian Education)

  • All spiders make silk, but not all of them spin webs to catch their food. (Source: Smithsonian Education)

  • Spider silk is made of protein. It is produced in glands inside the spider's abdomen. (Source: Smithsonian Education)

Questions grown-ups ask

How to draw a simple easy spider?

Draw a big round body with a smaller round head on top. Add a face, four bent legs on each side and a thread going up.

How to draw a spider for kids?

Start with the body and head, then the face, the four left legs and the four right legs with the thread. Color it black and leave the eyes white.

How to draw a spider step by step?

Draw the body, the head, the eyes and smile, the left legs, then the right legs and thread. The 6 steps above follow that order.

If your spider's legs came out a little wiggly, that's fine. Your spider is ready to climb. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.

Step 1 of 6

A big round body
Draw a big round body.