Vehicles and Things • Easy drawing • Ages 4–8

How to Draw a Car for Kids

Four easy visual steps turn one rounded outline into a smiling little car. A calm, screen-free drawing activity designed for beginner artists ages 4–8.

Difficulty: Easy Age guide: 4–8 Time: 4-8 minutes 4 visual steps
Finished car drawing
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The car starts as one curvy outline with a hump in the middle for the roof, drawn in a single flowing line. Because the whole body arrives in step one, the rest is simply adding wheels, windows and a face.

Make it your own

Take it slowly together and let your young artist choose where this car is driving.Give the car racing stripes and a number, add luggage or a surfboard on the roof, or draw a winding road with hills behind. A friendly driver waving through the window adds a story.

Draw a car in four steps

Step 1: Draw one curvy outline with a rounded hump in the middle for the roof and a lower bonnet at the front.
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Step 1

Draw one curvy outline with a rounded hump in the middle for the roof and a lower bonnet at the front.

Step 2: Add two round wheels below the body, each with a smaller circle inside, and join them with a straight base line.
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Step 2

Add two round wheels below the body, each with a smaller circle inside, and join them with a straight base line.

Step 3: Draw a rounded window shape in the roof hump and split it down the middle with one straight line.
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Step 3

Draw a rounded window shape in the roof hump and split it down the middle with one straight line.

Step 4: Finish with two eyes, round cheeks and a small smile on the front, plus a headlight.
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Step 4

Finish with two eyes, round cheeks and a small smile on the front, plus a headlight.

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