Smiley Face Drawing for Kids

Kids are very much familiar with smiley faces. Even though minimal in appearance, the fandom for smileys among children is maximal. They love these cute faces so much, and that is the reason why the markets abound with t-shirts, balloons, toys, and many other products with cute smiley faces on them. Let us offer this smiley drawing exercise as a gift to bring a smile to our children’s cute faces. They will be very interested in engaging in such drawing and painting activities. 

Expressing emotions on the internet has become much easier with the introduction of smileys. It has become an inevitable part of popular culture since the late 20th century. Activities like how to draw a smiley will help kids better understand the structure of a smiley and how each smiley differs from one another. Moreover, it offers a chance for them to explore and discover several unknown smileys. Apart from building their drawing skills, BYJU’S smiley face drawing will help them strengthen their general knowledge regarding the history, evolution, and popularity of smiley faces. 

Smiley, Ideogram and Emoticons 

By considering the consumption of smileys in the present times, we can define it as a basic ideogram, similar to that of emoticons, that is used as a form of communication. Kids might not be familiar with the terms like ‘ideogram’, ‘emoticons’ etc. Let us use this drawing exercise to make them familiarise themselves with these terminologies. An ideogram is simply a graphical representation of an idea or a concept to provide information. They are universal symbols that are independent of any particular language. An emoticon, which is also known as an emote, is the combination of emotion and icon. They are formed using punctuation marks, numerals, and letters to express an individual’s emotion. All these techniques are used as a time-saving method to smoothen communication. To better understand the shape and structure of smiley faces, kids can refer to the following drawing and colouring images. 

Drawing a Smiley Face

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Colouring a Smiley Face

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Drawing Made Simple – How to Draw a Smiley Face for Kids?

There are numerous ways by which a smiley face can be sketched. Kids can either draw a single smiley face with a single emotion or multiple faces with multiple emotions. There are grinning faces, faces with tears of joy, slightly smiling faces, upside-down faces, smiling faces with heart eyes, winking faces, thinking faces, neutral faces, pensive faces etc. So when asked to depict a smiley face, kids can choose any one of these. Here, we have included the step-by-step instruction for drawing a slightly smiling face. Kids can easily follow the guidelines and master drawing smileys. 

• Before starting sketching, collect paper, a pencil, eraser, compass, marker, and yellow and black colours. 
• By adjusting the radius of the compass, draw a circular figure in the middle of the paper. It forms the outline of the slightly smiling smiley face. 
• Sketch two vertical oval shapes inside the circular figure. Arrange them above the middle part of the circular figure in such a way that it forms the eyes. Assure that the distance between the eyes and the outline is equal on both sides. 
• Draw the mouth. Use a simple curved line and arrange it in the lower part of the circular figure in such a way that it forms the mouth of the slightly smiling smiley. 
• Redraw the outline using a black marker. A dark, indelible marker will help the drawing to stand odd and attractive. 
• Fill the circular figure with a yellow colour. If interested, kids can apply colour blending techniques to improve their visual quality. 
• Complete the process by filling the eyes with black colour. 

Drawing exercises offer unlimited fun for kids. Parents can offer kids’ learning exercises like short stories, essays, and poems from BYJU’S website to make the process more entertaining and informative.