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How to Draw a Flamingo Float

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a flamingo float in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 ring.

Step 1: The ring
A little below the middle of your paper, draw a big wide oval for the float ring.
Step 2: The hole
Inside the ring, in its upper half, draw a smaller squashed oval for the hole you sit in.
Tip The hole sits high, so the front of the ring is fat.
Step 3: Long neck
Start at the top left of the ring. Draw a tall S neck up and back down to the ring.
Tip Fat at the ring, slim under the head, like a question mark.
Step 4: The head
On top of the neck, draw an egg head lying down, a little wider than the neck.
Step 5: Bent beak
On the right of the head, draw a fat banana beak bending down. Add a short line near its tip.
Tip The beak bends down: that is the flamingo's signature.
Step 6: Eye and smile
In the head, draw a big eye with a dot and a shine, and a small smile by the beak.
Step 7: Soft tail
Start on the ring's top right. Draw 3 round tail bumps in a low fan, back to the ring.
Step 8: Little wing
On the right side of the ring, draw a small wing: a round top and 3 soft bumps underneath.
Step 9: Shine and water
Draw a short curved shine on the ring's upper left. Draw 2 wavy water lines from side to side.
Tip Rub out the bottom of the ring under the top water line, so the float sits in the water.
Step 10: Sparkles and drops
Add a 4-point sparkle high on each side, and a little drop each side.
Step 11: Yellow and pink
Colour the sparkles yellow. Colour the ring, neck, head, tail and wing pink. Leave the eye and beak white.
Step 12: Blue water
Colour the water blue right down to the bottom and edges of your paper. Colour the drops blue.
Step 13: Black beak tip
Colour the tip of the beak black, past the short line. Your flamingo float is done!