An igloo is a dome-shaped house built from blocks of snow, and it is wonderfully easy to draw because it is basically a half-circle filled with brick-like lines. This tutorial shows you how to draw an igloo house step by step, including the curved entrance tunnel and the snowy block pattern.

🖍️ What You Need

  • White or light-blue paper
  • Pencil and eraser
  • Black fine-liner
  • Light blue and grey colouring pencils
  • Optional: white paper works best so the snow shows

How to Draw an Igloo House Step by Step

  1. Draw a large half-circle (a dome) for the main body of the igloo.
  2. At the front, draw a small archway sticking out — this is the entrance tunnel.
  3. Inside the dome, draw curved horizontal lines that follow the dome's shape, like layers stacking up.
  4. Add short vertical lines between the curved layers to create the snow-block bricks.
  5. Draw the brick pattern on the entrance tunnel too.
  6. Add a little snowy ground line under the igloo.
  7. Trace everything in black and rub out the pencil.
  8. Lightly shade the bricks with pale blue and grey so it looks like icy snow.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Make the brick lines follow the curve of the dome, not straight across. Curved blocks make the igloo look round and three-dimensional instead of flat.

🌟 Did You Know?

The word 'igloo' comes from the Inuit word 'iglu', meaning house. Real igloos can stay surprisingly warm inside — body heat and a small lamp can raise the inside temperature well above freezing, even when it is bitterly cold outside!

Add These to Your Snowy Scene

  • A friendly penguin or polar bear beside the igloo.
  • Falling snowflakes in the sky.
  • A glowing yellow light inside the entrance.
  • Snow-capped mountains in the background.

🎯 Try This: Build a Whole Snow Village

  1. Draw two or three igloos of different sizes.
  2. Connect them with little snow paths.
  3. Add an aurora (northern lights) with wavy green lines in the sky.
  4. Colour the scene in cool blues and whites.