Free Activity Page: How to Draw A Cartoon Girl with a Big Smile | Step-by-Step Drawing Instructions for Kids

by | Apr 7, 2025 | Free Activity Pages, How to Draw Books for Kids

Learn How to Draw a Cartoon Girl with a Big Smile — Straight from “How to Draw: Silly Faces”!

Looking for a fun, engaging, and creative way to get your kids drawing? We’ve got just the thing! To celebrate the joy of silly expressions and imaginative characters, we’re giving away a free step-by-step drawing activity page from our book How to Draw: Silly Faces. And today’s freebie is a cartoon girl with a big smile—complete with bright eyes and a cartoon style that kids absolutely love.

This cartoon girl step-by-step drawing guide is perfect for beginners, making it easy to follow along, build confidence, and complete a finished drawing from start to finish. Whether your child is new to drawing or already loves sketching, this cartoon girl is a fantastic way to introduce character design and facial expressions in a way that’s fun and approachable.

So grab some pencils and paper and draw the cartoon girl in 6 easy steps! Once your child finishes drawing this silly cartoon girl, they’ll be ready to dive into dozens more silly, happy, surprised, and goofy faces—just like the ones waiting inside the book.

How to Draw: Silly Faces


Why How to Draw: Silly Faces Is a Must-Have for Young Artists

Once you’ve had fun with the free cartoon girl drawing page, it’s time to level up! How to Draw: Silly Faces is packed with 50 unique characters, featuring cartoon girls, boys, men, women, aliens, and more—each with its own quirky expression, fun personality, and easy-to-follow drawing instructions.

This book is more than just a collection of silly-looking faces—it’s a complete beginner’s drawing experience that helps kids develop skills while having a great time. It’s also a fantastic tool for kids (or anyone!) who want to design their own cartoon characters.

Here’s what makes it a standout in any young artist’s collection:


1. Step-by-Step Drawing Made Easy

Every page in How to Draw: Silly Faces follows a clear, simple step-by-step process. Kids can build up each character one small line at a time, starting with basic shapes and ending with a fully-formed silly face. This method keeps the process fun, reduces frustration, and helps kids feel proud of their finished artwork.

No previous drawing experience? No problem. Each guide is designed so that even absolute beginners can follow along successfully.


2. Develops Drawing Skills That Grow with Them

Behind every silly face is a skill that helps young artists grow. As kids progress through the book, they’ll:

  • Practice symmetry and balance
  • Learn to draw expressive eyes, mouths, and eyebrows
  • Understand how lines and shapes build up into recognizable characters
  • Improve pencil control and fine motor skills
  • Gain confidence in their drawing ability, one page at a time

This isn’t just fun—it’s foundational learning wrapped up in an entertaining and rewarding activity.

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3. Encourages Creative Thinking

While each drawing starts with a step-by-step guide, there’s plenty of room for personalization. Kids can customize hairstyles, add funny accessories, change colors, or even combine features from multiple faces to make brand-new characters.

Encouraging kids to experiment like this sparks creativity and helps them see drawing as an open-ended, imaginative process—not something that has to be “perfect” every time.


4. Great for a Variety of Ages

Designed primarily for ages 5–12, How to Draw: Silly Faces is flexible enough to work across a range of age groups. Younger kids will enjoy the simple steps and silly expressions, while older kids can challenge themselves by refining their lines, trying new drawing tools, or experimenting with more advanced variations.

It also makes for a great rainy-day activity, screen-free fun at home, or a classroom favorite during art time.

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5. Perfect for Independent or Guided Learning

Whether your child prefers to draw solo or sit down with a parent, teacher, or sibling, this book works both ways. The steps are clear enough for self-paced learning, and the goofy subject matter makes it a joy to share with others.

Bonus: It’s also great for group activities. Imagine each kid in a group drawing the same silly face and adding their own personal twist. The results are always delightful—and no two look exactly alike.


6. It’s Packed with Variety and Expression

One of the best things about How to Draw: Silly Faces is the range of characters and emotions. You’ll find:

  • Happy and cheerful faces
  • Confused or surprised expressions
  • Funny and exaggerated looks
  • Mischievous, worried, sleepy, and super-silly characters

This variety keeps things interesting and gives kids a chance to explore the wide world of facial expressions, which can lead to better storytelling, comic-making, and original character creation later on.


7. An Awesome Addition to the Drawing Book Series

If you’ve picked up any of our other beginner drawing books, you know how much care goes into the instructions, themes, and designs. How to Draw: Silly Faces is a proud part of that same collection—and it fits perfectly alongside other themed books like “Grumpy Faces,” “Goofy Faces,” or “Cool Stuff.”

But it stands out in its own right by focusing on pure silliness. Kids love drawing things that make them laugh, and this book delivers on that with page after page of ridiculous, imaginative fun.

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8. Screen-Free Fun with Real Benefits

In a world where kids spend more and more time on screens, finding an activity that’s both fun and enriching can feel like a challenge. This book helps check all the boxes:

  • ✅ Entertaining
  • ✅ Skill-building
  • ✅ Easy to start (just add pencil and paper)
  • ✅ Quiet-time approved
  • ✅ No batteries or apps needed

It’s the kind of activity you can feel good about encouraging—and one that kids will actually want to do.


9. Makes a Great Gift

Looking for a creative birthday present? A stocking stuffer that’s not candy? A prize for a classroom, art camp, or drawing contest?

How to Draw: Silly Faces makes a wonderful gift for:

  • Young artists
  • Budding cartoonists
  • Kids who love to draw silly things
  • Parents and teachers seeking screen-free entertainment

It’s gender-neutral, laugh-out-loud fun, and offers real artistic value at the same time.

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Free Cartoon Girl Drawing Activity Page (save and print):

Draw the Cartoon Girl

Try the Free Drawing Page, Then Dive In

If you haven’t already, be sure to download the free step-by-step activity page featuring our cartoon girl with a big smile. It’s a great example of what you’ll find throughout the book—and it’s a great confidence boost for first-time users. Once your child completes their drawing, they’ll be eager to try more.

And when they do, How to Draw: Silly Faces will be waiting with 49 more funny characters to bring to life.

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Ready to Get Started?

There’s no better time than now to encourage creativity, build artistic skills, and have a blast drawing silly faces.

So grab your copy of How to Draw: Silly Faces today, print out the free cartoon girl drawing page, and get ready for a whole bunch of giggles, grins, and goofy art time fun.

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Meet The Author & Artist

Kevin Coulston is a children’s book author, illustrator, cartoonist, and member of the National Cartoonists Society. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 100 books, including instructional drawing books, activity books, comics, graphic novels, and children’s picture books.

His popular How to Draw, Trace Then Color, and Draw by Grid series have helped thousands of aspiring young artists learn to draw through simple, approachable lessons featuring hundreds of Kevin’s original cartoon characters.

Kevin is also the creator of the comic series Dylan McVillain and The Adventures of a 4th Grade Space Captain, as well as the children’s picture book series Alexis and the T-Rexes. In addition to his publishing work, Kevin created, wrote, illustrated, and animated the web series Bad Jokes with Ugly Folks, starring legendary voice actors Rob Paulsen and Tara Strong.

Kevin believes anyone can learn to draw—and that learning is a lot more fun when the characters you’re drawing are weird, silly, and just a little ridiculous.

What Our Customers Are Saying

“The author really does a great job demonstrating how easy (and rewarding!) it can be to draw seemingly ordinary things you (and your little ones!) may feel too intimidated to try drawing without the step-by-step guide! Putting already-known shapes together and making something new and original is a fantastic way to learn! And recognizing that you can add your own twists and personality to your drawings makes all the difference. I think it’s a fun, original approach to building confidence for a lifelong hobby. I have the ebook copy, and can only imagine how great a physical copy would be!”

– Daenarah [Amazon Review]

“There are several of these fun books by this author. My kids and I have had a lot of fun with these. It’s a great activity to do as a family and see how they all turn out. Almost like a sip and paint but more of a juice box and draw.”

– Allison B. [Amazon Review]

My kids can’t wait to start drawing these monsters in their illustrations! The many different moods of the monsters appeal to their different personalities. We love the many options, styles, and opportunities to expand upon the characters. Recommended for all ages!

– Kasey [Amazon Review]

“Kevin has put out many books on drawing and animation, and has such a great feel for HOW to explain the process. His art is so expressive and kid-friendly, but his real strength is in his ability to really explain and show how it’s done, making it accessible to kids and adults. I’m a firm believer that not everyone who “can do” can teach, but Kevin does both beautifully! Pick this up and watch kids have a blast making robots of all sorts, while learning great fundamental art skills at the same time!”

– Tom R. [Amazon Review]

“My 5yo LOVES this book! The drawings are cute and the instructions are easy to follow along with. She gets a kick out of drawing muffin monsters and ketchup monsters and it actually keeps her pretty focused for long periods of time.”

– Monica [Amazon Review]

“This is a fantastic book for kids who love art, cartoons, comic books, or just having fun! There are a lot of characters to choose from, and really easy step-by-step instructions to follow. You child will have a blast drawing these fun, silly characters! And just in time for Easter baskets!”

– Bestmomever [Amazon Review]

“This is a very good book for kids that want to learn to draw, my sons love it and Kevin does a great job of making drawing fun and not intimidating. Highly recommended for the long summer hours!”

– David D. [Amazon Review]

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