This cute cookie drawing comes from Art for Kids Hub, where a dad and his daughter draw side by side. You draw a chocolate chip cookie with a happy face, and next to it a tall glass of milk with a face of its own. They look like best friends. The whole thing takes about six minutes, and every shape is one a young kid can manage.
You need a black marker, a sheet of paper and colored pencils or markers for the finish.
Why a bumpy circle makes a good cookie drawing
A smooth circle reads as a ball or a plate. A bumpy edge reads as a cookie right away, because real cookies crack and spread in the oven. That is the main trick here. Wobbly lines are welcome. The chocolate chips do the rest. Small, uneven shapes look like chips. Round dots look like sprinkles or spots.
The glass of milk is there to give the cookie a partner, and it teaches one useful drawing idea: a curve at the bottom and an oval at the top turn two straight lines into a 3D cup.
Paper, markers and coloring supplies
Plain printer paper works for practice. For a finished picture, a heavier drawing pad stops marker ink from bleeding through. A fine point black permanent marker gives the bold outline you see in the video. Kids who are nervous about mistakes can sketch in pencil first and trace over it.
The video colors with colored pencils. Brown for the cookie, darker brown for the chips, pink for the bow and cheeks, and light blue along the edges of the glass so the milk stays white in the middle.
Size matters more than supplies. Let the glass and the cookie fill most of the page. Big shapes leave room for the faces and are much easier for small hands to color without going over the lines.
Santa's cookies and milk for Christmas Eve
This drawing doubles as a Christmas Eve plate for Santa. Have your kid draw it on folded cardstock as a note that sits next to the real cookies, or add a plate under the pair and write a message to Santa above it. Pair it with a Santa drawing or a gingerbread man for a full holiday set. If you want to bake the real thing, a basic sugar cookie recipe is an easy match.
Cookie drawing ideas to try next
- A sugar cookie with sprinkles instead of chips.
- A cookie with a bite taken out, drawn as a bumpy notch on one side.
- A stack of three cookies, each with a different face.
- A kawaii food page: add a donut, a cupcake or a slice of pizza with the same big shiny eyes.
- A peppermint cookie next to a candy cane.
Common cookie drawing problems
- The cookie looks like a rock. Keep the bumps small and even all the way around.
- The glass looks flat. Make sure the top oval curves back behind the rim, and that the bottom line curves down.
- The eyes look odd. Put both highlight circles in the same spot, top of the eye, so they look at you.
- Coloring covers the face. Color around the eyes and leave the highlights white.
New to drawing? Start with how to draw for the basics.
