30 Easy Cute Doodles Anyone Can Draw (Step-by-Step Tips)

Cute doodles follow a few simple rules: round shapes, tiny faces and confident lines. Once you know them, you can turn almost anything into something adorable in under a minute. Here are 30 to practise — each is perfect for sending to someone's lock screen.

#The 5 rules of cute doodles

1. Start with a circle or a rounded rectangle. Sharp corners feel serious; round ones feel friendly.
2. Put the face low. Eyes placed in the lower half of a shape look younger and cuter.
3. Keep eyes far apart and small. Two dots, wide apart, plus a tiny curve for the mouth.
4. Add blush. Two little ovals under the eyes do a lot of work.
5. Draw fast. One confident wobbly line beats five careful ones.

#Hearts & love

1. Classic heart — two bumps and a point. Add a face.
2. Heart with arms giving a hug.
3. Two hearts overlapping, one in each person's colour.
4. Heart balloon on a string.
5. Heart with a plaster for "get well soon".
6. Envelope with a heart seal.

#Animals

7. Cat — a circle, two triangle ears, whiskers.
8. Bunny — an oval body, two long ears, a round tail.
9. Bear — circle head, two small circle ears, oval snout.
10. Penguin — a jelly-bean shape with a white belly.
11. Duck — a teardrop body and a flat orange bill.
12. Frog — a wide smile and two eyes on top.

#Food

13. Coffee cup with steam swirls.
14. Slice of toast with a face.
15. Avocado — two halves, one with the stone.
16. Ice cream cone — a triangle and three scoops.
17. Sushi roll — a circle inside a circle.
18. Strawberry — a rounded triangle with seeds.

#Weather & sky

19. Sun — a circle with short rays and sunglasses.
20. Cloud — three bumps and a flat bottom.
21. Rainbow — three arcs, two clouds.
22. Moon — a crescent with a sleepy face.
23. Star — draw it in one stroke.
24. Raindrop with a smile.

#Little things

25. Plant in a pot — two leaves are enough.
26. Mushroom with polka dots.
27. Candle with a tiny flame.
28. Balloon bunch in three colours.
29. Gift box with a bow.
30. Speech bubble with "hi!"

#Make your doodles pop

• Limit your colours to two or three from one palette. Tuyo's palette (red, blue, sun yellow, mint, lilac, ink) was chosen for exactly this.
• Use a thicker brush for outlines on small widgets — thin lines disappear.
• Leave white space. On a lock screen, less is more.
• Add one word in handwriting: "hi", "miss u", "5pm?".

Want to send one right now? Here's how to put a drawing on someone's lock screen, or grab more ideas in 60 cute things to draw for your partner.

#Frequently asked questions

#What are easy cute doodles for beginners?

Hearts with faces, cats, clouds, coffee cups, suns with sunglasses and bunnies are all built from simple circles and take under a minute.

#How do you make a doodle look cute?

Use rounded shapes, place small eyes low and far apart, add blush marks, and draw with quick confident lines.

#What app can I use to doodle for my partner?

Tuyo lets you draw on your phone and sends the doodle straight to your partner's lock screen, home screen widget and Dynamic Island.