How to Draw a Unicorn (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a unicorn, start with an oval body. Add a neck and head, then four legs with hooves. Finish with a striped horn, a pointed ear, a happy face and a curly mane and tail.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Yellow, pink, blue, purple and 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 an unicorn step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a wide oval for the body.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a neck on the left side of the body and a head with a round nose and a nostril dot.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw four legs under the body, each with a line for the hoof. Bend the back legs a little.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a striped horn and a pointed ear on a rounder head, a closed happy eye with lashes and a smile.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw a wavy mane down the neck and a long curly tail at the back.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the horn gold, hooves gray, mane and tail pink, blue and purple, and cheek and inner ear pink.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Round the top of the head when you add the horn and ear. The horn sits just in front of the ear.
Tip: Draw the mane and tail as big wavy curls. Curls at the ends make them look soft.
Make it yours
Rainbow unicorn
Color each curl of the mane and tail a different rainbow color.
Flying unicorn
Add a feathered wing on the side of the body and a few clouds under the hooves.
Unicorn with stars
Draw small yellow stars and hearts in the sky around the unicorn.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The horn looks like an ear
Make the horn longer and pointier than the ear, and add three or four stripe lines across it.
The legs are too short
Make each leg about as long as the body is tall, so the unicorn stands up straight.
The mane looks flat
Draw the mane as a few big S-shaped waves that end in curls, not straight lines.
Fun facts about the unicorn
The unicorn is a creature from myths. It has a single horn on its forehead and a body like a horse or a young goat. (Source: Britannica Kids)
Unicorns appear in ancient myths of India and China, and in art from ancient Mesopotamia. (Source: Britannica Kids)
The British coat of arms includes two of Scotland's national symbols, the unicorn and thistles, and two of England's, the lion and Tudor roses. (Source: Britannica Kids)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a unicorn very very easy?
Draw an oval body, a neck and head, and four legs. Add a horn, a mane and a tail. The 6 steps above follow that order.
What color is a unicorn for kids?
Any color you like, because unicorns are made up. This unicorn has a white body, a gold horn and a pink, blue and purple mane and tail.
How to draw a beautiful easy unicorn?
Give it a closed happy eye with lashes, a striped gold horn and a curly mane and tail. Pink, blue and purple make it bright.
If your mane came out wild, that's fine. Your unicorn just ran through the wind. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.