How to Draw Parts of the Arm and Hand for Kids

1. Begin the parts of the arm and hand for kids outline by drawing the muscles of the shoulder and biceps. Use overlapping curved lines to craft the muscles.

2. Continue the lower line to form the elbow, side of the lower arm, and side of the hand.

Extend another curved line from the bicep to form the opposite side of the arm. Contour the muscle with a curved line.

3. Use curved lines that double back on themselves to draw the thumb and fingers. Then draw a curved line across the top of the palm, below the fingers.

4. Draw the last two fingers using curved lines that double back on themselves. Then contour the palm and arm muscles with curved lines.

5. Contour the elbow, wrist, and knuckles of the fingers with short lines.

Then, begin drawing another hand above the shoulder. Use curved lines that double back on themselves to form the finger and thumb.

6. Finish drawing the fingers using curved lines that double back on themselves. Enclose rounded fingernails at the tips of the thumb and finger. Unlike the other hand, this one is viewed from the back.

7. Finish drawing the fingernails at the tips of the fingers. Contour the knuckles and the back the hand with short lines. Label the shoulder, and draw a straight line from the term to the shoulder muscle.

8. Working clockwise, label the bicep, wrist, palm, forearm, elbow, upper arm, and armpit. For the forearm and upper arm, use brackets to point out the entire part.

9. Work counterclockwise around and between the hands, labeling the little finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, fingernail, knuck, thumb, and hand.

Draw straight lines between the vocabulary terms and the parts they describe.

Your parts of the arm and hand for kids outline is complete. Color your diagram.