Easy How to Draw a Reindeer Tutorial and Reindeer Coloring Page

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Below you'll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Reindeer and a Reindeer Coloring Page.

A drawing of a reindeer, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special that first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964. It has since been telecast every year, making it the longest continuously running Christmas TV special.

This tutorial shares an easy way for children of all ages to draw this classic reindeer. His recognizable face and body are there, just like what they have seen on TV for so many years.

If your students are just learning how to draw, have them concentrate of getting all the shapes just where they want them. Older ones though, might have fun adding shadows along the edges of his brown body. Using extra pressure with their crayons will do the trick. Oh, and the same could be done with the trees, so that Rudolph almost has the same dimensional look as he did in his debut so long ago.

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A step by step tutorial for how to draw an easy reindeer, also available as a free download.

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Reindeer Coloring Page

Reindeer Coloring page, available as a free download.

Materials for a Reindeer Drawing

  • Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.
  • Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.
  • Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they get wet. Use them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.
  • Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.
  • Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors that seem a bit richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.

Step by Step Directions to Draw a Reindeer

Time needed:45 minutes.

How to Draw Rudolph

  1. Draw the egg shaped head.

  2. Start the neck below.

  3. Continue with the torso shape.

  4. Draw the eye, mouth and nose.

  5. Add two ears and chest line.

  6. Draw the two closest legs.

  7. Draw the further legs.

  8. Erase gray lines and draw trees.

  9. Trace with marker and color.