How to Draw a Poop Emoji
Draw a poop emoji using pencil, paper, and colored pencils. Practice basic shapes, facial expression, and simple shading to create a neat character.
About this tutorial
Draw a poop emoji using pencil, paper, and colored pencils. Practice basic shapes, facial expression, and simple shading to create a neat character.
What you need
Instructions
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Step 1
Gather your materials and put them on a clear workspace.
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Step 2
Sharpen your pencil and colored pencils so they draw clean lines.
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Step 3
Draw a rounded swirl shape like a soft-serve ice cream to make the poop body.
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Step 4
Add two small oval eyes near the top center of the swirl.
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Step 5
Draw tiny circles inside each eye and leave them white as shiny highlights.
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Step 6
Draw a small curved smiling mouth below the eyes.
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Step 7
Sketch two or three gentle curved lines across the swirl to show layers.
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Step 8
Darken the main outline and the face lines with your pencil to make them clear.
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Step 9
Erase any extra sketch marks to tidy up the drawing.
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Step 10
Shade the lower folds and the area under the mouth with a darker brown colored pencil for shadow.
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Step 11
Color the rest of the poop with a mid-tone brown using even strokes.
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Step 12
Gently lift a tiny spot on the top with your eraser to make a bright highlight.
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Step 13
Share your finished poop emoji drawing on DIY.org.
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Fun facts
How do I draw a poop emoji step by step?
Start by lightly sketching a soft spiral of three rounded tiers to form the poop shape. Smooth the outline so each tier blends into the next and erase extra lines. Add two oval eyes and a simple curved smile; adjust the expression with eyebrows or blush marks. Shade the lower curves and base for depth, layer brown colored pencils from light to dark, and finish highlights with a white pencil or eraser for a neat, characterful drawing.
What materials do I need to draw a poop emoji?
You’ll need a pencil (HB or 2B) for sketching, a good eraser and a sharpener. Use plain drawing paper and a set of colored pencils with browns, tan, black, white and optional pink for cheeks. A kneaded eraser or white pencil helps highlights; a blending stump or finger can soften shading. Optional: fine-liner pen to outline and scissors if you plan to make stickers.
What ages is drawing a poop emoji suitable for?
This activity suits toddlers through teens with adaptations. Ages 4–6 enjoy a simplified swirl and bold eyes with adult help for pencil control. Ages 7–11 can practice shape accuracy and basic shading to build fine motor skills. Ages 12+ can add detailed textures, lighting, and expressions. Supervise very young children with sharp tools, and let older kids experiment more independently.
What are some fun variations and safety tips for this activity?
Try variations like sunglasses, hats, bow ties, rainbow or pastel colors, or making stickers, cards, and repeating patterns. Experiment with shading styles (cross-hatch or smooth blend) or watercolor washes for playful effects. These variations teach shapes, expression, and shading. For safety, keep small items and sharpeners away from very young children, supervise scissors, and ensure a clean workspace to avoid smudges.
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Need help?
What can we use if we don’t have brown colored pencils or a sharpener?
Use crayons or washable markers for the mid-tone and darker brown areas and a handheld pencil sharpener or carefully whittle the pencil with a craft knife so you can still draw clean lines as instructed.
My swirl looks lopsided and the layers don’t show—how can I fix that?
Lightly restep the rounded soft-serve swirl with a sharpened pencil in several passes, add two or three gentle curved lines across the swirl for layers, then darken the final outline and shade the lower folds with a darker brown to build depth.
How can I adapt this drawing for different ages?
For younger kids, pre-draw a big rounded swirl and let them stick to adding the two oval eyes, mouth, and broad coloring with crayons, while older kids can refine the curved layer lines, practice subtle darker-brown shading under the mouth, and lift a tiny highlight with an eraser for realism.
What are some ways to enhance or personalize the finished poop emoji?
Add accessories like a tiny hat or bow, change the expression, boost the top highlight with a white gel pen or the eraser trick, or scan the colored drawing to make stickers to share on DIY.org.