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How to Draw a Birthday Balloon Arch
Draw a birthday balloon arch in 11 easy steps, about 8 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 doorway.
Step 1: The doorway
Start on the ground on the left. Go up, across the top, and down to the ground on the right.
Tip A balloon arch is a big rainbow of balloons over a party door.
Step 2: The door
Inside the doorway draw a tall box door. Add a small round knob and 2 panels, short above tall.
Step 3: Balloons up the left
Start on the ground left of the doorway. Draw round balloons, each touching the last, up to the top corner.
Tip Make some a bit bigger and some a bit smaller.
Step 4: Balloons over the top
Keep the balloons going over the top of the doorway, still touching, to the other top corner.
Step 5: Balloons down the right
Bring the balloons down the right side to the ground, so the arch lands on both sides.
Step 6: Confetti
Above and beside the arch draw a few bits of floating confetti: tiny circles and short dashes.
Step 7: The ground
Draw the ground line from edge to edge under the doorway, touching the bottom balloons.
Step 8: Yellow balloons
Go over your lines. Colour every third balloon yellow, starting at the bottom left, and the confetti dots.
Step 9: Sky balloons
Colour the balloon after each yellow one sky blue.
Step 10: Pink balloons
Colour the rest of the balloons pink.
Step 11: Frame and door
Colour the frame sand and the whole door wood brown. Your balloon arch is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a birthday balloon arch, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
