How to Draw a Snow Globe

Start near the top middle of your page and draw a big circle all the way around. This is the glass globe that holds the snow and the scene. Make it large, about half the width of your paper, so you have room to draw inside. If freehand feels tricky, trace around an upside-down bowl or a wide cup.

From the bottom of the globe, draw two short lines going down and slightly out, one on each side. They look a bit like shoulders. Now connect them at the bottom. Do not draw a straight line here. Curve it down so it matches the round bottom of the globe. That curve makes the snow globe base look 3D, like it sits on a table.

Draw a curved line across the top of the base, right under the globe. Add another curved line near the bottom. Now you have a band around the base. Fill the middle with small circles spaced evenly across. You can swap the circles for tiny trees, snowflakes, holly, or the words Merry Christmas if you want something different.

Inside the bottom of the globe, draw a line on each side that curves down and meets the globe near the base. Then draw a wavy line across from one side to the other to connect them. This is the pile of snow at the bottom of the snow globe. Your scene will stand on it, so keep it fairly low.

This is where you can pause and draw your own scene. To follow along, draw two U shapes for the snowman heads. Make one bigger and put the smaller one right next to it so they touch. They could be a dad and a kid or two friends. You could also space them apart if you want them throwing snowballs.

Draw two circles for eyes on each snowman. Add a small circle in the top right of each eye, then color the big circles in black and leave the little ones white. That makes them look friendly. Below the eyes, draw a sideways V for each carrot nose, pointing them toward each other, and close each one with a small C.

Under each carrot, make a smile out of small dots, like bits of coal. Add eyelashes to one if you like. For the Santa hats, draw a curve across the top of each head, then a fluffy band over it. Draw a big curve over the top that bends down to the side and finish with a round pom pom. Keep the hats inside the snow globe.

Draw a curve down from each head to the snow ground for the bodies. If your snowmen overlap, the second body tucks behind the first. Add two little button dots down the front of each one. Then draw bent lines for stick arms on the outside, with a small V on each hand for fingers. One snowman can hold a snowball.

The last drawing step is the snow. Draw small circles all over the inside of the globe, around the snowmen and up near the glass. Spread them out so they look like they are floating and falling. Circles are the easy version. Older kids can turn a few into little snowflakes. Add a few dots to the snow ground too.

Color the inside of the globe light blue and leave the snowmen and snow dots white. The blue is what makes the snow show up. Color the hats red and the carrot noses orange. For the base, the video uses red with green bands and yellow dots. Colored pencils make it easy to work around the small snow dots.