43 Easy Space Drawing Tutorials for Kids

What's that fiery object in the sky? It's a comet! Comets are balls of ice and rock that form long, majestic tails when they orbit near the sun. Comets are predictable and return at regular intervals - what is the next comet you can see?

Chewy is a furry, seven-foot-tall alien from a galaxy far, far away. This beloved Wookie from Star Wars is ready to be your co-pilot and loyal friend.

Can you name all the planets in our solar system? This helpful chart will allow you to map the Sun, our central star, and its major planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

When a face-hugger alien attaches to a human host, this bipedal xenomorph alien will soon burst from their chest. This dangerous creature is the star of the Alien film franchise.

From the viewpoint of an observer on the Earth, the sun and the moon appear to chase each other across the sky. This has inspired many mythological stories and artwork like this smiling celestial combination.

If you could walk on an alien planet, what would you see? Let your imagination run wild amid this barren landscape of growing crystals, bubbling goo, and ringed planets on the horizon.

Let your dreams take flight when you learn how to draw this classic rocket ship with a round viewport window and fiery ignition.

You can use a telescope to explore the stars from your own backyard. Put the pieces together to build your own!

The Sun is the nearest star to our home, the Earth. Energy and heat from the sun make life possible. Say hello to this smiling stellar portrait.

One astronaut compared the Earth to a "sparkling blue and white jewel... a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery." Learn to love our lovely home with the help of this planet drawing tutorial.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a flying saucer! UFOs have captured our imaginations for decades. Who's in the cockpit of this one?

Do you dream of becoming an astronaut one day? Outfit this cute character in his spacesuit and helmet.

NASA's iconic black and white space shuttles have flown historic missions. Houston, do we have a problem? Not with the help of this step-by-step tutorial.

Who's the cutest in the galaxy? We'll give you a hint - he's small, green, and 50 years old, with an appetite for frogs, soup, and blue cookies. It's Grogu!

When humans first imagined aliens, they dreamed up "little green men." Learn how to draw this classic Martian visitor.

The helmet is a vital part of an astronaut's equipment. It gives him air to breathe, protects him from radiation, and serves as the window through which he views the galaxy.

Galaxies are massive collections of stars, planets, black holes, and more. Our own Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy like this one.

You can look up at the night sky and ponder just how small we are, "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." You can also learn the names of individual stars and constellations.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star... master this visual representation of a gaseous celestial body.

Some people call them shooting stars, but meteors are actually space rocks burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. Draw several to create a stunning meteor shower!

The moon has phases due to the moon's position relative to the sun. Sometimes the moon is full, and sometimes it is a crescent. We've added a friendly, smiling fairytale face.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the light from the sun. You can use this simple diagram for your next science fair project.

Outer space is vast and filled with many amazing things. Draw this backdrop of stars, spiral galaxies, Jupiter, and a ringed planet like Saturn.

"When you wish upon a star, it makes no difference who you are..." Make magic happen with this three-dimensional shooting star.

For millennia, people did not know what stars really looked like. Our ideas of these glimmering, far-away objects have culminated in cute characters like this one.

Gather your crew - it's time to blast off! Learn how to draw this futuristic rocket in classic sci-fi style.

At night, the sky above us looks black. But in the daytime, Earth's atmosphere bends light from the sun to create cheerful blue skies.

Saturn is famous for its rings, which make it one of the most recognizable of the Local Group planets. Learn how to draw this gas giant.

Centuries ago, men set their sights on Mars, the red planet. They imagined alien civilizations and human colonization. What do you think we'll find when we finally get there?

The moon is our closest neighbor. It is one-fourth as wide as Earth, one-fiftieth the Earth's size, and nearly 240 thousand miles away.

Is that glow in the sky a star? An airplane? Or maybe a UFO? Learn how to draw an alien spaceship in a classic flying saucer style.

The first picture of a black hole was captured in 2019. In this drawing, you can see the dark event horizon, the spinning accretion disc, and the bright ejecta on each side of the singularity.

Thousands of satellites like this one circle the Earth. Draw its winglike solar panels, communication disk, and planets and stars in the background.

This tethered astronaut wears a classic spacesuit with a large helmet. From the smile on his face, it is clear that he is happy to be there!

Asteroids are rocky bodies. They come in many shapes, but this one is basically round but pock-marked by numerous craters.

Legends of the Man in the Moon have long been a part of our folklore. The crescent moon is often drawn with a face like this one.

Many people imagine aliens as having large heads, slender necks, huge, dark eyes, and fewer facial features than we have.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. From Earth, it appears bright due to its dense cloud cover. Use a circle and squiggly lines to draw this hot, toxic world.

Mercury is one of the smallest planets and the closest to the sun. A rocky surface covered in craters, Mercury looks a lot like the moon.

The pattern of Earth's continents, oceans, and polar ice caps is unmistakable. This cartoon planet also sports eyes, eyelashes, and a smiling mouth.

This ice giant hangs out in the far reaches of our solar system. Because of its rings, it appears to be sideways, perhaps the result of a long-ago collision with another planet.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Its roiling storms - especially the Great Red Spot - make it easy to identify and draw.

Like Uranus, Neptune is an ice giant, but it lacks visible rings (though it has five unseen rings).