How to draw a chick, step by step
Draw a chick in five steps: one round shape for the body and head together, a small triangle beak, a dot for the eye, a little wing curve, and two thin legs. The whole bird is one circle plus four small marks, which is why it works for very young children.
Watch each line draw itself, then pause and draw along.
Before you start
- A chick is one shape, not two. The head and body are the same circle — drawing them separately is what makes chicks look like ducks.
- The beak sits slightly above the middle of the circle, not at the edge.
Step by step
- Draw the round body
- Draw the wing lines
- Draw two round eyes
- Draw the pointy beak
- Draw the thin legs
What usually goes wrong
- Making the body oval instead of round. A chick reads as a chick because it is almost a perfect ball.
- Drawing long legs. Chick legs are barely longer than the beak.
What age is this for?
Ages 3-5. This is usually the first drawing a child finishes without help.
Drawing it in the app
A chick is a good place to start because there is nothing to get wrong — a wobbly circle still looks like a chick. In Draw Along, each of these five lines appears one at a time on the screen, and your child traces over it with a finger before the next one shows up.