How to Draw Poppy the Dragon & Kids Art Guides

🐉 How to draw Poppy in 6 steps

Every big drawing starts with simple shapes. The pink lines show what to add at each step.

1. Head and body
Draw a circle for Poppy's head. Underneath, draw a tall egg shape for her body, overlapping the circle a little.
2. Wings
Add a wing on each side. They look like big curly leaves with a scoop cut out of the bottom.
3. Horns and tail
Give her two little pointy horns on top of her head, and a curly tail that ends in a triangle.
4. A happy face
Two round eyes with a tiny white shine, a big smile, and two little circles for rosy cheeks.
5. Tummy stripes
Draw an oval on her body for her tummy, then add three curved stripes across it.
6. Colour her in!
Poppy is green with pink wings and golden horns, but your Poppy can be any colour you like. Rainbow Poppy? Glitter Poppy? Yes please!
Or colour her on screen →

Top tip: draw lightly with a pencil first, so it's easy to rub out. Go over your favourite lines with a pen at the end.

A magic trick with crayons and paint: the stars appear all by themselves! Grown-up help needed for the paint and glitter.

Draw secret stars. Press hard with the white crayon to draw stars, dots and swirls. You'll hardly see them yet, and that's the magic.
Paint the sky. Brush watery blue and purple paint all over the paper. Watch the crayon stars pop out as the paint slides off the wax!
Add sparkle. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle a tiny pinch of salt. As it dries, the salt makes little starry patterns. Brush it off once it's completely dry.
Glitter time. Dot a few stars with glitter glue, just like Poppy's sneezes. Leave it flat to dry.
Send Poppy flying. Cut out your Poppy from the drawing guide above and glue her into the sky.

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