In this paper, we report the realization of an artificial biomimetic superhydrophobic polystyrene (PS) surface by direct copy of a natural lotus leaf, using a simple template method at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. We characterized the water sliding behavior by measuring the contact angle (CA), sliding angle, sliding volume, and sliding speed (SS) of the lotus leaf (CA=153.4°, SS = 319.4 mm/s), copied lotus leaf, negative silicone template, flat silicone and PS control surfaces, and final PS artificial leaf (CA=149.0°, SS=416.7 mm/s); the last one displays properties comparable with those of lotus. This template method needs neither expensive instruments nor complicated chemical treatments. An adequate optimization of this molding process into automated industrial procedures will lead to a new, innovative, cheap concept for the largescale industrial development of superhydrophobic surfaces, also starting from their intrinsically hydrophilic counterparts, as here demonstrated for PS.