How to Draw a Slime: Easy 10-Step Guide for Kids

Ready to bring a squishy character to life? This tutorial is perfect for young artists ages 5 and up. All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and some paper to master this fun, drippy slime design.

10 Steps

🎯 Final Result

A colorful, finished slime character drawing, perfect for kids to use as a reference.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Sketching the Base Shape

A light pencil sketch of a single oval on a white background, serving as the foundation for the slime character.

Draw a light, loose oval in the center of your page. Teacher’s Tip: Keep your pencil strokes very faint here; this is just a guide to help you place your slime, and you’ll erase it later!

Step 2: Creating the Drip Effect

The oval shape now has a wavy, dripping bottom edge created by connected U-shaped lines.

Extend a long, wavy line downward from the oval. Use 'U' shapes to create the drips. Teacher’s Tip: Think of melting ice cream—the more irregular your 'U' shapes are, the more natural the slime will look.

Step 3: Cleaning Your Canvas

The slime outline remains, but the internal guide lines have been erased, leaving a clean silhouette.

Gently erase the original oval guide lines inside your slime shape. Teacher’s Tip: Use a soft eraser and brush away the crumbs so your paper stays clean for the final details.

Step 4: Adding Texture Layers

Additional curved lines added to the slime's body to suggest volume and a dripping texture.

Add more curved lines between the drips to create depth. Teacher’s Tip: Layering these lines makes the slime look thick and gooey rather than flat.

Step 5: Giving the Slime a Face

The slime character now has two large, expressive eyes and a wide, squiggly mouth.

Draw two large, irregular ovals for eyes and a 'W' shaped line for a silly mouth. Teacher’s Tip: Make the eyes slightly different sizes to give your slime a fun, quirky personality.

Step 6: Refining the Gooey Look

Wavy lines added across the surface of the slime to represent ripples and gooey movement.

Add wavy lines across the body to emphasize the liquid texture. Teacher’s Tip: Vary the length of your lines so the slime looks like it's constantly moving.

Step 7: Adding Bubbles

Small circles and blobs drawn on the slime to simulate air bubbles within the liquid.

Draw small circles and irregular shapes scattered on the body. Teacher’s Tip: These represent air bubbles trapped in the slime, making it look more realistic!

Step 8: Adding Falling Droplets

Small, separate blobs drawn below the main slime body to show falling liquid droplets.

Draw small, detached droplets beneath the main slime. Teacher’s Tip: This creates a sense of action, as if the slime is actively dripping off the page.

Step 9: Final Facial Details

Detailed eyes with pupils, eyelashes, and eyebrows added to the slime character.

Add pupils to the eyes and draw simple eyebrows and eyelashes. Teacher’s Tip: Adding eyebrows helps show emotion—try making them angled for a grumpy slime or arched for a surprised one!

Step 10: Bring It to Life with Color

The completed slime drawing, fully colored in vibrant green with shading and highlights.

Time to color! Use bright greens, purples, or blues. Teacher’s Tip: Use a darker shade of your main color near the bottom of the drips to create a simple shadow effect.