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How to Draw a Banana Boat
Draw a banana boat in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the waves.
Step 1: The waves
Below the middle, draw a line of gentle wave bumps across the page. Add a few ripples below.
Step 2: The big banana
On the waves, draw a huge banana lying on its back, tips curling up. Its bottom hides in the water.
Tip A banana boat is one giant blow-up banana that kids ride like a horse.
Step 3: Ridge, stem, tip
From the left tip, draw a long ridge curve along the banana, stopping near the right tip. Add a stem.
Step 4: Three handles
On top of the banana, draw 3 little hoops standing up, evenly spaced, each starting and stopping on it.
Step 5: Rider: head and helmet
Above the banana draw a round head. Rule a helmet line across: start on its left, stop on its right.
Tip Leave room under the head for the body.
Step 6: Rider: face and body
Dot 2 eyes and draw a smile. From the chin, draw a rounded vest down to the banana.
Step 7: Rider: arm and leg
Draw a bent arm from the shoulder to a hand on the first handle. Hang a leg and shoe over.
Step 8: Second rider: head
Behind the first rider draw a second head. Start its helmet line left, stop right. Add eyes and a smile.
Step 9: Second rider: body
Start at the second chin. Draw a vest down to the banana and stop. Add an arm, leg and shoe.
Step 10: Tow rope
From the stem, draw a short curved rope going up towards the left edge of the paper.
Tip The speedboat pulling the banana is out of sight.
Step 11: Yellow banana, brown ends
Go over your lines, then colour the banana yellow. Colour the stem and the right tip brown.
Step 12: Red and orange vests
Colour the first rider's vest, arm and leg red, and the second rider's vest, arm and leg orange.
Step 13: Peach faces, blue sea
Colour the faces and hands peach. Colour the sea blue, from the waves down to the bottom of the paper.
Step 14: Helmets and shoes
Colour the first helmet blue and the second helmet green, and colour both shoes blue. Your banana boat is off!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a banana boat, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
