Drawing Mickey Mouse

What can we use if we don't have a black marker or a skin-tone color as listed in the materials?

If you don't have a black marker to trace your final pencil lines, use a dark pencil, black crayon, or permanent pen, and for the muzzle's skin tone use peach, light brown, or diluted watercolor when you color Mickey's muzzle.

My ear circles or eye ovals don't line up and my guidelines smudge—how do I fix that while following the steps?

To keep the two equal ear circles and the eye ovals aligned, use a cup or coin as a template for the head and ears, draw the vertical and horizontal placement guidelines very lightly so you can carefully erase the extra guideline lines before you trace with the marker, and wait for the ink to dry to avoid smudging when you color.

How can we adapt the drawing steps for younger children or make it more challenging for older kids?

For preschoolers, lightly pre-draw the large head circle, ear circles, and muzzle and let them add the eyes, pupils, nose, and color, while older children can add a full body, detailed shading on the muzzle, and vary black marker line thickness when tracing the final pencil lines.

What are simple ways to extend or personalize the Mickey drawing before sharing it on DIY.org?

Personalize your drawing by changing Mickey's smile or pupil placement for different expressions, adding a hat or outfit, creating a colorful background scene before you color the head and ears black and the muzzle a skin tone, and then photograph it to share on DIY.org.