How to Draw a Candy
7 easy strokes · ages 3+ · free printable worksheet
To draw a candy with a 3-5 year old, break it into 7 simple strokes: a round candy, a twisty wrapper end, the other end, a stripe, another stripe, one eye and two eyes. Doodle Turtle draws one line at a time and then pauses, so little hands have time to catch up before the next line appears. Doodle Turtle is free, runs in any browser, has no ads and needs no sign-up.
Step by step: 7 easy strokes
- STEP 1A round candy
- STEP 2A twisty wrapper end
- STEP 3The other end!
- STEP 4A stripe
- STEP 5Another stripe!
- STEP 6One eye
- STEP 7Two eyes!
Free printable tracing worksheet
Prefer paper? Print a candy as a faint tracing outline — your child draws straight over the lines, then colours it in.
Tips for grown-ups
- Watch first, then draw. The first pass is just for looking — no pressure to keep up.
- Let the pause do the work. If your child is still drawing when the next stroke starts, tap to pause. Slower is the point.
- Big paper, fat crayons. At 3 the wrist is still learning; large movements are easier than small ones.
- Praise the trying, not the likeness. A wobbly candy that they drew themselves beats a neat one you fixed.