Easy How to Draw a Sloth Tutorial and Sloth Coloring Page

Learn how to draw a Sloth in what has to be one of his happiest poses. Those long claws were definitely made for hanging.

Sloth Drawing

Did you know that there are two different species of sloth, and it's the three-toed sloth that looks like he's always smiling? They live in the tropical forests of Central and South America, and I'm sure could use all the support they can get to keep their habitats from shrinking.

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Sloth Coloring Page

Time lapse of Sloth drawing tutorial

Materials for a Sloth Drawing

  • Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase. Buying the pre-sharpened ones will save busy teachers a lot of time.
  • Eraser. Large ones you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.
  • Black Sharpie Marker. These fine point permanent marker pens make nice black outlines, have a good tip for coloring, and never bleed when they get wet. Use them with good ventilation and add extra paper underneath to protect your tables.
  • Prang Crayons. These are a bit softer than other crayons so they sometimes look like oil pastels. They also have a some nice brown shades that Crayola does not have unless you buy their larger boxes.
  • Crayola Crayons. The reliable brand that always works well. The 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors that seem a bit richer and warmer than the ones Prang has.

Directions to Draw a Sloth Step by Step

Time needed:1 hour.

How to Draw a Sloth

  1. Draw an oval head and connected body.

  2. Add a branch above.

  3. Connect the body to the branch with a back leg.

  4. Add a front arm.

  5. Draw the far arm and leg with claws.

  6. Start the face with an outline.

  7. Draw the inside face features.

  8. Add leaves to the tree. Erase the gray lines.

  9. Trace with a marker and color with crayons.

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