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How to Draw Santa – Easy Santa Drawing To Try

Easy tutorial for Santa Doodle


Get into the holiday spirit with this easy Santa doodle tutorial!


Drawing Santa Claus is a fun and festive activity that’s perfect for the holiday season!

Here’s a simple step-by-step doodle guide to help you draw Santa Claus that’s sure to bring holiday cheer. It’s perfect for a festive kids drawing activity or as a beginner doodle tutorial.

Here are a few ideas for where to use your Santa doodle:

  • Decorating holiday planners, Bullet Journals, or to-do lists
  • Adding a festive touch to greeting cards, gift tags, or wrapping paper
  • Customizing DIY holiday crafts or Christmas decorations
  • A fun, screen-free Holiday activity for kids
  • Christmas-themed doodle challenges or drawing prompts

Ready to spread some Christmas cheer through your art?

Grab your pens, and let’s start drawing Santa! Ho,Ho,Ho!

How to draw Santa

Santa drawing supplies

Here are some supplies that will help you create amazing doodles:

  1. Papersketchbook or draw it in your bullet journal
  2. Our favorite drawing pen: Sakura Pigma Micron
  3. Art Pens for coloring:Tombow Dual Brush Pens
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How to Draw Santa

How To doodle Santa step-by-step

Follow along with our easy Santa doodle tutorial. Simply follow each step by drawing the part of the doodle in RED.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Decide where you want your Santa doodle on the page and start by drawing the bottom of Santa's hat. This has slightly wavy lines so it looks like fur and is thinner at one end than the other. This will make it look like the hat is on a fun jaunty angle.

Step 1 - St Nick doodle

Step 2

Next, draw your Santa's face. Leave the bottom part open as you will be drawing his mustache here.

Step 2 - Step-by-step santa doodle

Step 3

Now draw your Santa's mustache.

Step 3 - beginners drawing santa

Step 4

And then your Santa's face. We have raised his eyebrows and made his eyes look closed so that it looks like he is laughing. Santa has to by jolly, right?

Step 4 - beginners doodle santa

Step 5

Draw a small curved line at the bottom center of your Santa's mustache. This will be his mouth.

Kids christmas drawing santa

Step 6

Then draw his beard and hair. We have done this as one easy shape.

Step 6 - beginners doodle santa claus

Step 7

To create Santa's hat, start with a long curved line that wil be the top of his hat.

Step 7 - Santa claus doodle tutorial

Step 8

Then add the bobble at the bottom of the curve.

Step 8 - Santa claus drawing tutorial

Step 9

The last step is to have fun and color your Santa drawing.

Step 9 - Santa illustration

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