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How to draw a skeleton

Six steps, one pencil, about twelve minutes. Watch the video, follow along on paper, then bring your skeleton to life.

Ages 6–13Paper + pencilAbout 12 minutes

Watch it first

The whole skeleton in 20 seconds

Press playEvery stroke, in the order you draw it

Draw it step by step

Six steps to a skeleton

New lines are purple. Lines you already drew turn light.

1

Start with the skull

Draw one big circle near the top of your paper. Wobbly is fine — a wobbly skull looks friendlier.

2

Jaw, backbone, and hips

Hang a wide jaw under the circle like a soup bowl. Run one line down the middle for the backbone, then end it in a second bowl for the hips.

3

Give it a face

Two big round eye sockets sit high on the skull, with a small triangle nose under them. Colour all three in dark so they show up from across the room.

4

Arms and legs

Draw a shoulder line across the backbone, then hang two arms and two legs off the frame like bendy sticks. Send one arm up — this skeleton is dancing.

5

Ribs and teeth

Three pairs of curved lines off the backbone make the rib cage, widest in the middle. Then one smile across the jaw with three short lines crossing it for teeth.

6

Finishing touches

Round hands, two little feet, and a bow tie at the neck. Now this skeleton is yours.

Go further

Now draw a skeleton doing your favourite dance move.

Practice on paper

The magic part

Animate your drawing with AI

Finished drawing? In a Kubrio project, your kid turns this paper skeleton into a real animated film — with Kubrio's AI thinking partners at their side. The little wave below is a wink; the real clips go much further.

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