A sweet little story about a child who draws an ice cream so cheerful that the whole family wants one in real life.

The Story

Parikshet sat down with his sketchpad on a hot summer afternoon. "I am going to draw the yummiest ice cream in the world," he announced.

He started with a tall triangle for the cone. Then he drew three big scoops on top — one vanilla, one chocolate, one strawberry pink. Each scoop got a little swirl on top.

He added a tiny cherry on the very top scoop, and a few drips running down the sides like sweet little rivers. The whole drawing looked deliciously cool.

His mother walked past the table and stopped. "That ice cream looks so real," she laughed, "I can almost taste it." Parikshet's sister peeked over too and licked her lips.

"Can we have actual ice cream?" the children begged together. Mum smiled. "Only if Parikshet teaches us to draw our own first."

So all three of them sat down with crayons and paper, and the kitchen table became an ice cream parlour for the afternoon. Then, finally, came the real treat.

🌟 The Moral

When you create something with love, you can make others happy — sometimes even hungry-happy.

What This Story Is About

  • Creativity with simple shapes
  • Sharing what you learn
  • Bringing the family together with art

💭 Talk About It

  1. What flavours would you put on YOUR drawn ice cream?
  2. Can you teach a friend or sibling to draw something?
  3. What other foods would be fun to draw?

About This Story

In this drawing tutorial video, Parikshet takes you through a step-by-step guide to drawing a recognisable and fun character. Learning to draw teaches hand-eye coordination, patience, attention to detail, and the fundamental skill of breaking a complex image down into simple shapes — a technique used by professional illustrators worldwide.

What to Look For

  • Notice how Parikshet starts with simple basic shapes (circles, ovals, rectangles) before adding detail — this is the correct approach used by every professional artist and illustrator.
  • Watch the proportions of each element relative to the others — getting proportions right is often more important than perfect line quality.
  • See how he adds personality through small details — the expression, the posture, and the finishing touches are what make a drawing feel alive rather than flat.
  • Observe how he handles mistakes — professional artists understand that marks can be adjusted, lightened, or incorporated rather than treated as failures.

Words to Know

  • Proportion: The size relationship between different parts of a drawing — a character's head should be roughly a certain size relative to the body.
  • Guidelines: Light pencil marks drawn first to help position elements correctly, then erased after the final lines are added.
  • Contour line: A line that follows the outer edge of a shape, defining its form and volume.
  • Shading: Adding darker tones to create the impression of depth, shadow, and three-dimensional form in a two-dimensional drawing.
  • Iteration: Drawing something multiple times, each time getting slightly better — repetition is the only way to improve at drawing.

Talk About It!

  1. What character would you most like to learn to draw — and what simple shapes do you think make up its basic form?
  2. Why do you think learning to draw by starting with simple shapes makes it easier than trying to draw the whole thing perfectly from the start?
  3. How does following a step-by-step tutorial teach you differently from trying to copy a finished drawing directly?

What Did You Learn?

Drawing is a skill, not a talent — it can be learned by absolutely anyone who is willing to practise regularly. The secret is always to start simple, stay patient, and draw the same thing many times until your hand and eye begin to work together automatically!