How to Draw a Snow Globe: Easy 10-Step Winter Art Guide

Bring a touch of winter magic to your sketchbook with this easy snow globe drawing tutorial. Designed for young artists ages 6+, this activity uses basic shapes to build a complex-looking holiday scene. Grab your pencil, eraser, and markers to start creating your own miniature snowy world.

10 Steps

🎯 Final Result

A colorful, finished snow globe drawing featuring a snowman, cottage, and pine trees.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Sketching the Sturdy Base

Three stacked rounded rectangles forming the base of a snow globe on a white background.

Start by drawing the base of the globe using three stacked, rounded rectangles. Teacher's Tip: Keep your pencil lines light and loose; this base acts as the anchor for your entire drawing, so don't press too hard yet!

Step 2: Defining the Glass Dome

Large curved line forming a dome over the base with wavy lines inside representing snow.

Draw a large, smooth arc on top of the base to create the glass dome. Inside, add wavy lines at the bottom to represent snowdrifts. Tip: Imagine the dome is a giant bubble—keep the curve consistent for a professional look.

Step 3: Adding the Christmas Tree

A simple Christmas tree made of jagged triangles topped with a star inside the snow globe.

Sketch a pine tree using stacked, jagged triangles. Top it off with a four-pointed star. Tip: Don't worry about making the tree perfectly symmetrical; real pine trees are wonderfully irregular!

Step 4: Decorating and Starting the Snowman

Christmas tree with ornament circles and a snowman base made of three stacked circles.

Add small circles as ornaments on your tree, then draw three overlapping circles below to form the body of a snowman. Tip: Make the bottom circle the largest to give your snowman a stable, grounded appearance.

Step 5: Giving the Snowman Personality

Snowman with a bucket hat, carrot nose, and broomstick inside the globe.

Draw a bucket hat, a carrot nose, and a friendly smile on your snowman. Add a broomstick using two straight lines and a small brush at the top. Tip: Use a tiny triangle for the nose to make it look sharp and pointy.

Step 6: Sketching the Winter Cottage

A small cottage with a snow-covered roof drawn behind the snowman.

Draw a small house behind the snowman using simple straight lines for walls and a peaked roof. Add a layer of snow on the roof. Tip: Keep the house slightly smaller than the snowman to create a sense of depth.

Step 7: Adding Cottage Details

Cottage with a door, chimney, and snowdrifts added to the scene.

Add a rectangular door, a chimney, and a doorknob. Use ovals to draw soft snowdrifts around the base of the house. Tip: A little chimney smoke adds a cozy, warm feeling to your winter scene.

Step 8: Filling the Background

Cottage with a side window and an additional pine tree in the background.

Draw a window on the side of the house and add another pine tree in the background to fill the space. Tip: Use overlapping lines to make the background tree look further away than the one in the front.

Step 9: Adding the Falling Snow

Completed snow globe outline with falling snow represented by small ovals.

Finish the background tree and scatter small ovals throughout the inside of the globe to represent falling snow. Tip: Vary the size of the ovals to create a sense of depth—larger ones look closer to the glass!

Step 10: Bringing It to Life with Color

Fully colored snow globe drawing with blue glass tones and brown base.

Your outline is ready! Use light blue for the glass dome to suggest liquid, and earthy browns for the base. Tip: Use a white gel pen or leave small white spots to create a 'glittery' highlight effect on the glass.