Super Mario is the most famous video game character in the world — the cheerful red-capped plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom. With his red hat, big moustache, and blue dungarees, Mario is iconic and fun to draw. Parikshet shows you how step by step.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Red and blue markers
  • Brown for the moustache and hair
  • Skin-tone pencil
  • Black pen for outlines

How to Draw Super Mario Step by Step

  1. Draw the head — a rounded head with a big round nose.
  2. Add the cap — Mario's red cap with a brim, and a white circle on the front with a red 'M' inside.
  3. Draw the face — two oval eyes, the big round nose, and Mario's famous bushy brown moustache (a wide shape under the nose).
  4. Add the hair and ears — sideburns of brown hair and round ears.
  5. Draw the body — a sturdy body in blue dungarees (overalls) over a red shirt.
  6. Add the dungaree details — two big yellow buttons on the dungaree straps.
  7. Draw the arms, gloves, and boots — arms with white gloves and big brown boots.
  8. Colour — red cap and shirt, blue dungarees, brown moustache and hair, white gloves.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: Mario's red cap with the 'M', his big round nose, and his bushy moustache are the three features that make him unmistakable. Even a rough figure with a red 'M' cap and a big moustache reads as Mario. Don't make the moustache too small — it should be wide and bold.

🌟 Did You Know?

Mario first appeared way back in 1981 in the game 'Donkey Kong', where he was originally called 'Jumpman'! He was made a plumber with a moustache and cap partly because of the limits of early game graphics — the moustache saved having to draw a mouth, the cap saved drawing hair, and the big nose made his face clear on tiny old screens. Mario is now the mascot of Nintendo and has starred in hundreds of games.

Super Mario Key Features

  • Red cap with 'M' — a white circle with a red M
  • Big round nose — and a bushy brown moustache
  • Blue dungarees — with two yellow buttons
  • Red shirt and white gloves — his classic outfit

🎯 Try This: Draw Mario in the Mushroom Kingdom

  1. Draw Mario jumping with his fist in the air.
  2. Add a question-mark block (?) above him and a gold coin.
  3. Draw a green pipe and a Goomba enemy.
  4. Add hills, clouds, and a castle in the background.