Strawberry Drawing for Kids
Children will love learning these simple steps to create a strawberry drawing for kids.
Beginners will benefit from this simple step by step lesson for learning how to draw a strawberry. This easy strawberry lesson is perfect for younger kids looking to get started with drawing.
All drawing steps are included here which make it fun and simple to follow! Plan for this drawing to take about 20 minutes, but the drawing process can actually take longer if a background is included in addition to the subject matter.
Learning to draw is much more fun when you have a easy-to-understand lesson to reference. Enjoy!
Materials
- Pencil
- Drawing Paper
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Marker (optional)
- Strawberry Drawing for Kids Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)
In today’s lesson, we are going to discover how to draw a strawberry drawing for kids on paper. The shape and proportion of each part will be considered in each step of the lesson. Observe that the blue outlines are used to show the new shapes being drawn in each in each of the steps.
Time Needed: 20 minutes
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Draw The Main Shape
Begin your strawberry artwork by drawing a big heart shape on your paper.
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Add The Seeds
Draw many small ovals inside your strawberry shape. These little ovals will be the strawberry seeds.
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Draw Leaves At The Top
Then, draw the leaves over the top of your strawberry. These green, leafy parts are known as the Calyx.
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Add The Stem
Draw a small vertical rectangle at the top of the leaves. The stem should attach near the middle of the strawberry’s top.
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Add To The Calyx
Complete your line drawing by adding more leafy parts to the Calyx.
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Color Your Drawing
Grab your red, green, and yellow drawing tools and color your strawberry drawing. Notice how I made part of the strawberry shaded with lighter and darker reds? This makes the strawberry look three-dimensional.
Strawberry Drawing for Kids PDF Download
Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for Strawberry Drawing for Kids. 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!
Sweet and Healthy
Strawberries are members of the rose family. The fruit is juicy and red, with the outer skin shaped like a bell. The only fruit with seeds at the outside is strawberries.
The strawberry is indigenous to Europe and Asia, and it is cultivated in many other regions around the world. It is also now grown and extremely popular in the United States.
Strawberries are very high in antioxidants.This, combined with the fact that they are rich in vitamins C and E makes them a favorite food for health people
The Juicy, Fruity, Strawberry!
The strawberry is one of the most well known fruits around the world. Its bright red color and textured surface really set it apart from other berries. It is grown in every state in the USA but California leads the harvest at around 10 million a year!
Where Strawberries are Used
Strawberries are diverse and are used to create different dishes and desserts. Here are some examples of the almost limitless uses of the bright red berry!
Chocolate Dipped Strawberry
A simple yet delicious treat that anyone can enjoy. Strawberries dipped in chocolate and left to harden remain an easy go-to when you find yourself with too much of the berry in your fridge.
Strawberry Jam
A delectable way to enjoy your bread in the morning. Strawberry jam is made by cutting the berry into smaller pieces and cooked in sugar syrup. The perfect way to add some sweetness to your breakfast and snacks!
Strawberry Cake
Whenever it’s strawberry season and you find yourself with an abundance of fresh strawberries, a strawberry cake is always a way to go! These cakes vary in appearance as some use strawberries to create icing, some use strawberries as a topping, while others create frosting.
Health Benefits of Strawberries
Strawberries are rich in vitamins, fiber and antioxidants. This small red fruit is also good for the heart and supplies the body HDL or good cholesterol. It’s also very helpful in lowering a person’s blood pressure. All this from an almost guilt-free and delicious snack.
Fun Facts about Strawberries
Did you know that strawberries are the first fruit to ripen each spring! There is an average of about 200 seeds on a strawberry. They are also considered as part of the rose family, hence giving them a sweet scent as they grow.
