20 Easy Tiger Drawings for Kids to Try

Step 1 draw a big circle for the head. Step 2 add two ears, two dot eyes, a nose, and a smiley mouth. Step 3 add three short stripes on the head and one on each cheek.

This is the easiest tiger of all and the perfect first one for young artists. A circle, two ears, a smiley face, and a few stripes make a cheerful tiger with no hard parts.

AvoidDon’t add lots of stripes; a few big ones are easier and look great.

Pro tipMake the circle nice and big so there is room for the smiley face.

Step 1 draw a circle head and a bigger circle body below it. Step 2 add two front legs and a curly tail. Step 3 add ears, a smiley face, and a few stripes.

A sitting tiger is an easy first full body because it is just two circles stacked. The head sits on a bigger round body with two little legs in front.

AvoidDon’t draw long legs; short legs keep the sitting pose simple.

Pro tipMake the body bigger than the head so the tiger sits steady.

Step 1 draw a long oval for the body and a circle head at one end. Step 2 add four straight legs down and a long tail. Step 3 add ears, a face, and stripes across the back.

A standing side-view tiger is the classic animal shape — a long body on four legs. It teaches kids to draw a whole animal from the side.

AvoidDon’t bend the legs; straight simple legs are easier.

Pro tipDraw the four legs like simple tubes coming straight down.

Step 1 draw a row of pointy grass lines. Step 2 pop a tiger head up behind them. Step 3 add ears, eyes, and a few stripes above the grass.

A tiger peeking over some grass is a little scene that is still very easy. The grass is just a few pointy lines, and you only draw the top of the tiger.

AvoidDon’t draw the tiger’s body; the grass hides it.

Pro tipDraw the grass as simple up-and-down zigzag points.

Step 1 draw a big circle and a line down the middle. Step 2 put the eyes, nose, and mouth even on both sides. Step 3 match a stripe on the left with one on the right.

Drawing the tiger face big and even like a mask is bold and fun. Folding the paper or matching both sides teaches kids about symmetry in a playful way.

AvoidDon’t rush one side; try to make both halves the same.

Pro tipDraw a light line down the middle and match both sides.

A curled sleeping tiger is one round shape, so it is very easy and very cozy. Closed eyes are just two little curved lines.

Step 1 draw a big curled C shape for the body. Step 2 tuck a head in with two closed curved eyes. Step 3 wrap the tail around and add a few stripes.

Draw closed eyes as two little smile-shaped lines.

Don’t draw legs; a sleeping tiger tucks them away.

Step 1 draw two simple sitting tigers next to each other. Step 2 give them both smiley faces. Step 3 add a little heart or sun above them.

Two little tigers side by side make a sweet friends picture. Drawing the same easy tiger twice gives kids good practice and a happy pair.

AvoidDon’t make them far apart; friends stand close together.

Pro tipDraw the second tiger just like the first for a matching pair.

Step 1 draw a simple standing or sitting tiger. Step 2 add a rainbow of curved lines above. Step 3 color each rainbow band a different color.

A tiger under a rainbow is bright and cheerful and great for practicing colors. The rainbow is a few curved lines and fills the picture with color.

AvoidDon’t worry about exact rainbow colors; any bright bands look happy.

Pro tipDraw the rainbow as stacked curved lines, one inside the other.

Step 1 draw a sitting tiger beside an oval pond. Step 2 add a simple fish in the water. Step 3 add a few water ripples and a curious tiger face.

A tiger peeking at a fish in a pond is a simple story picture. The pond is an oval, the fish is a triangle tail and a circle, and it teaches a little scene.

AvoidDon’t add lots of fish; one is plenty for a simple scene.

Pro tipDraw the fish as a circle with a triangle tail.

Step 1 draw a simple tiger with arms stretched forward. Step 2 add a wavy cape flowing behind. Step 3 add a few speed lines and a brave face.

A super tiger with a flying cape is exciting and fun to imagine. The cape is a wavy shape behind the body, and the tiger flies with arms out.

AvoidDon’t draw the tiger standing still; stretch it out to fly.

Pro tipDraw the cape as a wavy flag behind the tiger to show flying.