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A yellow house with a red pointy roof, a brown door with a round top, two blue windows and a chimney.
The finished drawing.

How to draw

How to Draw a House

  • Starter (level 1 of 5)
  • 8 min
  • 6 steps
  • Ages 3–7 (a guide, not a rule)
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Draw on paper: Paper, Pencil. Optional: Eraser, Crayons or markers in any colors.

Draw it on the screen

A house starts as a big square with a pointy roof on top. Then you add the parts that make it a home: a door to walk in, windows to look out of and a chimney on the roof. Who lives in your house? Draw them in the windows!

Rather color it? Print the house coloring page.

Step by step

  • New lines: purple, thick and glowing
  • Lines you already drew: gray
  1. Step 1 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 1 of 6 Draw a big square near the bottom of your paper.
  2. Step 2 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 2 of 6 Draw a pointy roof on top, a little wider than the square.
  3. Step 3 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 3 of 6 Draw a tall door in the middle, standing on the bottom line. Add a dot for the doorknob.
  4. Step 4 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 4 of 6 Draw two square windows, one on each side of the door.
  5. Step 5 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 5 of 6 Draw a cross in each window.
  6. Step 6 diagram, with the new lines highlighted
    Step 6 of 6 Draw a chimney on the roof.
A yellow house with a red pointy roof, a brown door with a round top, two blue windows and a chimney.

You did it!

Your drawing does not have to look like this one. Every artist draws a little differently.

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Tips for this drawing

Helpful hints

  • Start the roof a little past one corner of the square, go up to a point, then come down a little past the other corner.
  • Leave a space between each window and the door.

Common mistakes

  • The roof is smaller than the house, like a little hat. Make the roof a little wider than the square on both sides.
  • The door floats in the middle of the wall. The bottom of the door sits right on the bottom line of the house.

Make it simpler

Draw the square, the roof and the door. Skip the windows and the chimney.

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