You can send people emojis from your cell phone - or you can use these easy emoji drawing ideas to permanently record them on paper! Write a note, send a card, or decorate an object - the possibilities are endless.
11 Easy Emoji Drawing Ideas
Kiss Emoji
Pucker up and draw this winking kiss emoji! Its lips are shaped like the number "3" to simulate the shape of a pucker, and a heart represents the act of blowing a kiss.
Unicorn Emoji
The unicorn emoji is used to symbolize uniqueness. The emoji includes the unicorn's head, horn, and mane. Why be normal when you could be a unicorn?
Laughing Emoji with Hands
This emoji has a big, open-mouthed, toothy grin and eyes that are squinted in laughter. It's a reminder to not take yourself too seriously and don't sweat the small stuff.
Crying Laughing Emoji
Have you ever laughed so long and hard that it brought tears to your eyes? When something is really funny, you can show how you feel with this crying, laughing emoji.
Crying Emoji
Above, you learned how to draw an emoji that was crying from laughter. This emoji, on the other hand, is crying tears of sadness. It has a tear, a frown, and furrowed brows.
Poop Emoji
This fun and silly emoji is triangular in shape. It has large, wide-open eyes and an open, smiling mouth. It expresses happiness, bathroom topics, or mild disgust.
Tongue Out Emoji
This emoji has a smiling, open mouth with its tongue sticking out. One eye is closed in a wink. This emoji is used to symbolize humor, sarcasm, or the idea that you're not taking yourself too seriously.
Emojis: Happy Emoji
A smiley face is the most classic of all emojis. This one has an upturned, smiling mouth. The smile extends to the eyes, which are closed in glee.
Wink Emoji
Wink, wink! This emoji has a smiling mouth and one eye that is closed in a wink. It is used to express playfulness, humor, or flirtation.
Cute Heart
There are lots of heart emojis. Sometimes, they are given faces to express even more emotion. This heart has a wink and smile. Pair her with the male smiley heart, below.
Cute Heart Smiley Face
This heart is also a winky smile. Pair him with the female winking smiley heart, above. They are quite the flirtatious pair!
More About Drawing Emoji
If you're a kid, it probably seems like emojis have always been a part of communication. But millennials remember a time when emojis were limited to emoticons - and older generations recall when there were no emojis at all!
The first emojis became available on Japanese cell phones in 1997. By the early 2000s, the colorful smiley faces and other icons had taken the world by storm.

Emojis grew out of emoticons, which were invented in 1982. Have you ever seen a smiley face made from a colon and a parenthesis? That's an emoticon. 🙂
Below, you will find lots of your favorite emojis - hearts, smiley faces, unicorns, and piles of poop. Some are smiling, winking, laughing, or crying.
Can you combine elements from the different tutorials to create even more emojis?

The entire purpose of emojis is to help you express yourself - to say things more easily than you could in words. We hope that these drawing guides empower you to do just that.

See a Google Web Story of this Emoji Drawing Ideas Blog Post.