The kissing emoji — that cheerful yellow face with puckered lips blowing a little heart — is one of the most-used emojis in the world. Its simple round shape and clear expression make it a quick, fun drawing that teaches the basics of cartoon emotion. Parikshet shows you how.

🖍️ What You Need

  • Pencil and eraser
  • Yellow marker for the face
  • Red or pink for the heart and lips
  • Black fine-tip pen for the features

How to Draw the Kissing Emoji Step by Step

  1. Draw the circle — a large, near-perfect circle for the emoji face. Trace a round object for a clean edge.
  2. Add the eyes — one eye is a normal curved arch (like a relaxed closed eye), and the other is a flat closed line or a wink. The classic kissing emoji has one eye open or both gently closed.
  3. Draw the eyebrows — two gentle curved eyebrows above the eyes, raised slightly for a warm, affectionate expression.
  4. Add the puckered lips — the key feature. Draw a small oval or figure-8 shape just off-centre, representing the lips puckered to blow a kiss.
  5. Draw the heart — a small red or pink heart floating just beside the lips, as if it has been blown out. Draw the heart with two rounded bumps on top meeting at a point below.
  6. Add rosy cheeks — two soft pink circles on the cheeks for a warm, affectionate glow.
  7. Colour — bright yellow face, red lips and heart, pink cheeks.
  8. Refine — make sure the heart sits right next to the puckered lips so it reads clearly as 'blowing a kiss'.
💡 Parikshet's Tip: The puckered lips plus the floating heart are what make this emoji read as 'blowing a kiss' rather than just smiling. Place the small heart right beside the lips — the closer and clearer that connection, the more obvious the gesture.

🌟 Did You Know?

Emojis originated in Japan in the late 1990s — the word 'emoji' comes from the Japanese 'e' (picture) and 'moji' (character). There are now over 3,600 official emojis, and a new batch is approved each year by a group called the Unicode Consortium. The 'Face Blowing a Kiss' emoji is consistently among the most-used emojis worldwide for expressing love and affection.

Other Easy Emojis to Draw

  • Heart eyes — replace both eyes with red hearts for an 'in love' look
  • Laughing — squinted eyes, wide grin, and two tear drops
  • Cool — black sunglasses and a slight smile
  • Surprised — wide round eyes and a small open O mouth

🎯 Try This: Draw an Emoji Emotions Chart

  1. Draw 9 yellow circles in a 3x3 grid.
  2. Give each one a different emotion: happy, sad, angry, kissing, laughing, surprised, in-love, cool, sleepy.
  3. Change only the eyes and mouth for each — the face shape stays the same.
  4. Label each emotion underneath. You now have an emotions poster!