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T-Rex Drawing for Kids How to Draw A T-Rex in 6 Easy Steps

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Draw a T-Rex in six easy steps: a tilted oval body, a huge long head, a jaw with pointy teeth, two massive legs, a tiny two-finger arm, and a long tail. Color it bright green with white teeth. Made for ages 3 and up — no signup needed, just print and draw.

At a Glance

  • Subject: How to draw a t-rex
  • Ages: 3+
  • Steps: 6 steps
  • Time: ~15 min
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Supplies: Paper, crayons

A T-Rex is a dinosaur of extremes — a huge head, massive legs, and famously tiny arms. This tutorial leans into exactly that, building the dinosaur from one tilted oval so it looks powerful without ever getting hard to draw.

✏️ Draw Your T-Rex in 6 Easy Steps

One step per box — this step by step t-rex drawing shows each new part in a different color so kids can see exactly what changed.

Step 1: The Body

Step 1 of T-Rex drawing: one big oval tilted diagonally and leaning forward, forming the T-Rex's body.

Draw one big oval tilted diagonally, leaning forward — that's the T-Rex's powerful body.

Step 2: The Huge Head

Step 2 of T-Rex drawing: one huge long head at the top of the body, longer than it is tall, with a wide squared-off snout.

Add one huge long head at the top of the body — longer than it is tall, with a wide squared-off snout.

Step 3: The Jaw, Eye, and Teeth

Step 3 of T-Rex drawing: a long jaw line along the lower head, one eye dot, a small nostril bump, and a row of pointy teeth hanging from the mouth line.

Draw a long jaw line along the lower part of the head, one eye dot, a small nostril bump, and a row of pointy teeth hanging down from the mouth line.

Step 4: The Big Legs

Step 4 of T-Rex drawing: two massive hind legs under the body, each with a big flat foot and toe lines.

Add two massive hind legs under the body, each with a big flat foot and toe lines.

Step 5: The Tiny Arm and Long Tail

Step 5 of T-Rex drawing: one tiny two-finger arm just under the head and one long thick tail sweeping out behind the body to a point.

Add one tiny little arm with two fingers just under the head, and one long thick tail sweeping out behind the body to a point.

Step 6: Color It In

Step 6 of T-Rex drawing: the finished T-Rex colored bright green with a lighter green belly, white teeth, and a black eye.

Color your T-Rex! Bright green for the body, head, legs, and tail, lighter green along the belly, white teeth, and a black eye. Great drawing!

📊 T-Rex Drawing by Age

Every age can join in — just adjust the job.

AgeWhat they can doTip
3-4Draw the tilted body oval and color the finished T-Rex bright green.The tilt is the trick — lean the oval forward like the dinosaur is mid-stomp, and even step 1 already looks alive.
4-5Add the huge long head, the jaw line with its row of teeth, and the two massive legs.Teeth hang from the mouth line, points down — teeth sitting under the line on the chin is the classic mix-up to watch for.
6+Finish all six steps, including the tiny two-finger arm and the long tail tapering to a point.Let older kids make the tail sweep low and long behind the body — it's what balances the forward lean of the head.

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The printable lays out all 6 steps one per box, big enough for little hands — kids draw right alongside each step.

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🦖 T-Rex Stomp Story

Give your T-Rex a world to stomp through: draw a row of big three-toed footprints leading up to it, a volcano or jungle trees behind it, and something small for it to look at — a tiny dinosaur, a butterfly, a sandwich. Then decide together what this T-Rex is really like: the scariest stomper in the valley, or a gentle giant who just wants a friend small enough to talk to. Write one sentence about it under the drawing (or dictate it for a grown-up to write).

What You'll Need to Draw A T-Rex

All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers. For the colors in the tutorial, have bright green ready for the body, head, legs, and tail, a lighter green for the belly side, white for the teeth, and black for the eye. Regular printer paper or a sketchbook both work.

What They're Learning

This tutorial practices drawing an oval on a tilt, judging length (a head longer than it is tall), and proportion contrast — making some parts huge and one part tiny on purpose. Kids also repeat a triangle shape for the row of teeth, taper a thick line to a point for the tail, and sequence a multi-part figure in a sensible order.

Make It Yours

Try a baby T-Rex with the same steps drawn smaller and a rounder head, a T-Rex with stripes along its back and tail, a volcano scene with the T-Rex stomping away from the lava, or a friendly T-Rex holding an ice cream cone in its tiny arm — the two fingers are just right for it.

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💡 T-Rex Drawing Tips for Parents

Step 2 is where T-Rex drawings are won or lost: kids almost always draw the head too small. Coach 'longer than it is tall' and let the head be almost comically big — a T-Rex head should look too big for the body. If the head comes out small and round, the dinosaur reads as a frog, and no amount of teeth will rescue it.

At step 3, watch the teeth: their bases sit on the mouth line and the points hang below it, inside the mouth. Teeth drawn floating under a separate line on the chin is the classic error. And at step 5, keep the arm truly tiny — kids want to 'fix' it bigger, but tiny is the whole point, and it's the part their friends will laugh about in the good way.

✏️ T-Rex Drawing Step by Step

A T-Rex fails as a drawing when it comes out as a generic lizard or a snowman with teeth. This tutorial avoids both traps with construction: a body tilted forward like it's mid-stride, and a head that is genuinely huge — longer than it is tall, with a squared-off snout. The silhouette does the work.

Every later step reinforces that silhouette. The legs are massive, the tail is long and thick and tapers to a point to balance the head, and the arm is deliberately tiny — the contrast between the biggest parts and the smallest part is the whole joke and the whole lesson.

Work through the steps in order and let your child hold the finished outline up before coloring. If it reads as a T-Rex in plain pencil — and it will — the coloring is just celebration.

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✏️ One Shape Per Step, Six Steps Total

The order is deliberate: step 1, the big oval body tilted diagonally and leaning forward; step 2, the huge long head at the top with its wide squared-off snout; step 3, the long jaw line, one eye dot, a small nostril bump, and the row of pointy teeth hanging from the mouth line.

Step 4 plants two massive hind legs with big flat feet and toe lines under the body. Step 5 adds the famous tiny arm with two fingers just under the head — look closely and there's a second, smaller arm just behind it — and the long thick tail sweeping out to a point. Step 6 colors it bright green with a lighter belly.

Notice what never happens: no step asks for more than one kind of mark. Teeth are one triangle repeated; toe lines are short strokes repeated. Repetition is how big-looking drawings stay easy.

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🦖 A T-Rex That Reads as a T-Rex

Show this outline to any kid and they'll say 'T-Rex' instantly, and it's worth knowing why: the skull is enormous compared to the body, the hind legs are thick enough to hold it up, the tail stretches out behind like a counterweight, and the arm is tiny. Those four facts are the T-Rex formula.

The teeth matter more than kids expect. They hang from the mouth line itself, points down inside the mouth — that single detail separates a dinosaur that looks right from one that looks off, and it's the fix this tutorial's step 3 is built around.

The stance is upright and leaning forward, like the dinosaur is stomping toward something interesting. That lean, set up in step 1's tilted oval, gives the finished drawing its energy before a single detail is added.

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FAQ

❓ T-Rex Drawing FAQs

What is the easiest way to draw a T-Rex?

Start with one big oval tilted forward for the body, then add the parts that make a T-Rex a T-Rex: a huge long head, a jaw with pointy teeth, two massive legs, one tiny arm, and a long tail. Big head, big legs, tiny arms — get those proportions and the dinosaur draws itself.

What age is this T-Rex drawing for?

It's made for ages 3 and up. The body and head are simple ovals, and younger kids can do the body, head, and coloring while older kids add the teeth, legs, and tiny arm themselves.

What supplies do we need?

A pencil, an eraser, paper, and crayons or markers. For colors you'll want bright green, a lighter green for the belly, white for the teeth, and black for the eye.

Is the printable really free?

Yes — every printable on MomYouNeedThis is 100% free, including this T-Rex drawing tutorial. There is no signup, no email, and no catch — just download, print, and draw.

How do I print it?

Open the PDF and choose Print, then set the scale to 100% (sometimes called Actual Size) so the steps print at full size. The tutorial is designed for regular US Letter paper, and plain printer paper works perfectly.

Why are the T-Rex's arms so tiny?

Because real ones were! A T-Rex's arms were about the size of a grown-up's arm on a body as long as a bus. This drawing plays that up — one tiny two-finger arm under the head, with a second, smaller arm just visible behind it.

How do I draw the T-Rex's teeth?

The teeth hang down from the mouth line like a row of little triangles — bases on the line, points below it, inside the mouth. Keep them on the line itself; teeth drawn under a separate chin line is the most common T-Rex mistake.

Can my T-Rex be a different color?

Absolutely — nobody has ever seen a real T-Rex's skin color, so your child can't get it wrong. Try a purple T-Rex, a red one, or one with stripes along the tail. The huge head and tiny arms keep it a T-Rex in any color.

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