How to Draw a Dinosaur Footprint
Young artists will have a wonderful time learning how to draw a dinosaur footprint in today’s art lesson.
Follow along with these simple 6 drawing steps. You will learn the fundamentals for drawing a dinosaur footprint.
This lesson only takes about 20 minutes and has a PDF near the bottom of the lesson you can easily print or download. The pdf guide even contains a coloring-book-like page with just the line art. This pairs perfectly with crayons. This is useful for very young kids looking for some extra guidance and simply looking to color in a dinosaur footprint.
Learning to draw is much more fun when you have a easy to understand lesson to reference. Keep practicing!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- How to Draw a Dinosaur Footprint Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)

In this beginner’s lesson, we are going to discover how to draw a dinosaur footprint with your drawing materials. Be sure to observe the different sizes and shapes within the artwork of the dinosaur footprint. The pencil lines in each step is outlined in blue so you can see the current parts that you should be drawing.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Draw The Base Of The Left Footprint
Create a U-shaped line to form the base of the dinosaur’s footprint.
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Form The Toes
Form the toe prints by drawing a wavy line.
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Add The Claws
Add the claw prints above the toes by drawing small triangles.
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Draw The Right Footprint
Similar to the left footprint, start by making an outline of the right footprint’s base with a U-shaped line. Then, form the shape of the toes attached to the base.
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Attach The Claws
Draw small triangles above the toe prints to form the claws.
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Complete The Drawing Of A Dinosaur Footprint
Let’s finish our dinosaur footprint drawing by adding some color! Use a brown crayon to shade the footprints. You can also use a darker shade of brown on the edges to add some color variation.
How to Draw a Dinosaur Footprint PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for How to Draw a Dinosaur Footprint. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!