How to Draw 3D Shapes Step by Step

Step up students' creativity and understanding of 3D shapes with these "How to Draw 3D Shapes" worksheets. There are step-by-step visual instructions (no words!) for how to draw the 3D shapes cone, pyramid, sphere, cube, and cylinder. After drawing the 3D shape, students are asked to bring their drawings to life by transforming their sketch of a 3D shape into a real-life object. Including five pages, bring your students an activity that supports their mathematical understanding of how 3D shapes are formed and reinforces the fact that 3D shapes are all around us! What will you transform your sketch of a cube into? An ice cube? A Rubix cube? Or maybe even a gift box! You will love seeing the imaginative and clever ways your students transform their 3D sketches into real-life objects!

These can be used whole class, in small groups, as work for early finishers, or as homework. When completed these worksheets make a great display on a bulletin board or used as a class discussion prompt.

K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

K.G.A.3 Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”).

K.G.B.4 Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/“corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

There are 5 PDF ready to print pages included in this download. Each page is for a different 3D shape. The 3D shapes students will draw are: cube, cone, cylinder, sphere, and pyramid.