Easy Octopus Drawing for Kids

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How to draw an octopus – cartoon style

Learn how to draw an octopus – outline octopus drawing sketch – step by step tutorial guide for beginners.

What You Will Need

  • An A4 size plain white paper.
  • A pencil.
  • An eraser.

Please note: use a light HB pencil to draw all the shapes. Once it is perfect, you can add a second layer with a dark tone. For this tutorial purpose, I’m using the dark outline.

Step 1: Draw a curve line

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Step 2: Draw a small curved line for the octopus head

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Step 3: Draw the oval shape eyes like this

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Step 4: Draw two small lines for the eyebrows

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Step 5: Let’s draw a laughing mouth like this

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Step 6: Draw a line in between the mouth. It will create the teeth and tongue

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Step 7: Draw a curve line shaped design for hair

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Step 8: Draw one more hair design. It will create the cuteness on the face

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Step 9: Draw a curve line for the tentacle

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Step 10: Draw a curve line & complete the tentacle

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Step 11: Draw a curve for the second tentacle

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Step 12: Draw a parallel curve & complete the tentacle

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Step 13: Draw the third tentacle

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Step 14: Draw the fourth tentacle

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Step 15: Draw the fifth tentacle curve

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Step 16: Draw a lollypop

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Step 17: Draw a parallel curve & complete the fifth tentacle

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Step 18: Draw a curve line for the sixth tentacle

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Step 19: Draw a line or stick

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Step 20: Draw a rectangle shape

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Step 21: Draw diagonal lines. It is the yummy ice cream

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Step 22: Draw the sixth tentacle curve line

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Congratulations! Have fun with coloring

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You have successfully drawn this image. You can also keep expressing your creativity for this drawing, and you can do this by adding some extra details and additions. Be sure to have fun and experiment with shading on it as you finish the picture! 

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