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Kids will enjoy learning these simple steps to create an ant drawing!

Enjoy this simple step by step lesson for learning how to draw an ant. This easy ant lesson is perfect for younger kids looking to get started with drawing.

All drawing steps are included here which make it fun and easy to follow! Plan for this drawing to take about 20 minutes, but the art-making process may actually take longer if a background is drawn in addition to the subject matter.

Trying to learn to draw is much more fun when you have a easy-to-understand lesson to follow. Keep practicing!

Materials

• Pencil
• Drawing Paper
• Crayons or Colored Pencils
• Black Marker (optional)
• Ant Drawing Printable PDF (see bottom of lesson)

This lesson will instruct you how to draw an ant. We will draw attention to the shapes of each part and variety of outlines created making sure that the drawing looks great.

Time Needed: 20 minutes

1. Begin At The Middle Part Of The Body

   

   Using your pencil, draw the middle part like a sideways number 8 shape, with the bigger part on the left side.

2. Draw The Lower Body

   

   Then on the right side, draw the lower part of the ant which is shaped like a beehive, but tilted.

3. Draw The Details On The Head

   

   Then on the left side of the body, draw its head and antenna. Do not forget to add the oval-shaped eyes inside the head.

4. Draw The Left Feet

   

   This insect has three left feet which are long and quite zigzaggy.

5. Add The Right Feet

   

   Now draw the other three legs. These are partially hidden by the insect’s body.

6. Complete Your Drawing

   

   The red carpenter ant needs shading and highlights. Color in your ant drawing so it looks real!

Ant Drawing PDF Download

Click the link below to view or download this drawing lesson. The PDF is a printable drawing lesson for Ant Drawing. The last page of the downloadable PDF includes a coloring book page with just the outlines and an extension exercise for prompting kids to get creative!

Preview Ant Drawing Drawing PDFDownload PDF

One of the Strongest Creatures on the Planet!

Ants are fascinating creatures. They have been on the planet for about 100 million years! In that time, they have been used in various experiments and have been able to do some amazing things. For example, Australian bull ants have been able to carry things that weigh 20 times more than their own body weight!

They use their strength and numbers to lift and carry heavy objects. If a second grade student was as strong as an ant, he or she would be able to pick up a car!

Ants have a respiratory system which is quite different from ours.

Instead of having lungs, oxygen is absorbed through small holes located all over the body. The holes, called spiracles, allow oxygen to be absorbed directly into the bloodstream from the air outside the body.

Since blood is usually carrying nutrients to all parts of the ants, the oxygen is carried to each of the different cells rather than staying in lungs to be breathed in again.

Another way ants extract oxygen is through its abdomen. The spiracles in their abdomen allow them to extract oxygen from the air they take in through their mouths. It’s a very efficient system in a very small package.

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1. Thanks for the help in my project!

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2. tks it is so great

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