How to Draw a Rat Step by Step for Kids

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents and they are found almost all over the world. In today’s tutorial, we are going to learn how to draw a rat.
In this tutorial, we will show you step by step drawings of rat for kids. Follow along with us to draw a rat in 8 easy steps.
Art Materials & Equipment
- Pencil
- Paper
- Marker
- Pencil Color
- Eraser (Erase If Made Mistake)
- Sharpener (To Sharp Pencil)
- Compass (Alternative)
Video Tutorial
Also Read: How To Draw a Cat
Steps To Draw A Rat
You can either follow our video tutorial or the guide below. Here is the short demo of today’s tutorial. Follow the steps below to easily draw a rat step by step.

Draw Circle Roughly

We are starting by drawing a circle roughly. Draw the circle free hand as shown in the image above. Use a pencil for drawing.
Draw a Curve

Now draw a curve attaching a circle drawn in step 1 roughly as in the image above. Here also use a pencil for drawing.
Draw Two Circle

Now draw two circles on both the right and left sides roughly as in the image above.
Compete Fairly

Now, draw fairly some parts of rats as in the image above.
Erase Rough Part

Now erase the rough part as in the image above. Use an eraser for erasing.
Draw Rat Tail

Then, draw a rat’s tail as in the image above.
Draw Rat’s Eyes

Now draw a rat’s eyes on the rat’s face as in the image above.
Draw Rat’s Nose and Whisker

Now, for the finishing part draw the nose and whisker of the rat as in the image above.
Coloring a Rat
After the drawing of a rat is completed we move forward with coloring the rat. For coloring, we had chosen some basic colors. You can fill the color according to our wish too.
As Rats are grey and black, we colored grey color to the rats.
Colour Details:
- Grey
- Black

Also Read: How To Draw a Dog
Final Image of Rat
After coloring, we get a realistic rat. You can use a pencil color (we made it digital).

Great Job
Finally, we draw a cute rat and colour it beautifully. I hope you find our tutorial easy and simple. We try our best to make an easy to follow tutorial.
This is how you can draw a rat easily with a stepwise tutorial for kids. Comment below if you find our tutorial helpful and suggest “NAME” if you have any requests or you have any problems while drawing it.