How to draw a castle, step by step
Draw a castle in eight steps: a wide middle block, two tall towers on either side, pointed roofs on each tower, the battlements along the top, an arched door, windows, and a flag. Almost every line is straight, which makes castles far easier than they look.
Before you start
- Build it as three rectangles: a wide one in the middle, a tall thin one on each side.
- Battlements are just square notches cut out of the top edge — count them out loud as you go.
- The door is a rectangle with a rounded top, centred on the middle block.
Step by step
- Draw the left tower
- Draw the right tower
The remaining 6 steps are in the app
This guide shows how the castle begins. The full set of 8 steps — plus the colouring stage at the end — lives inside Draw Along, where each line draws itself on screen and your child traces over it.
What usually goes wrong
- Making the towers different heights by accident. Draw both tower tops before the roofs.
- Drawing too many battlement notches. Three or four per edge is enough.
- Forgetting the flag. It is one triangle and it finishes the whole drawing.
What age is this for?
Ages 5-10. The counting in the battlements is a nice side effect.
Drawing it in the app
Castles reward neatness in a way animals do not, so this is a good drawing for a child who is starting to care about their lines being straight. In Draw Along it sits with the princess, the prince and the pumpkin carriage in one Fairy Tale set.