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How to Draw a Fourth of July Parade Float

13 steps · Tricky · about 10 min

Draw a Fourth of July parade float in 13 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: float and wheels.

Step 1: Float and wheels
Draw a long box with 2 wheels under it. From its top draw 2 short posts up to a rail.
Tip A parade float is a decorated trailer with people riding on it, waving.
Step 2: Two heads and eyes
Above the rail draw 2 round heads a gap apart. On the left head draw 2 round eyes.
Step 3: More eyes and smiles
Draw 2 eyes on the right head too. Give the left kid a small smile, the right a wide one.
Step 4: Hair and party hat
On the left head draw a swoosh of hair. On the right head draw neat hair and a party hat.
Step 5: Necks and T-shirts
Draw 2 neck lines under each head. From the necks draw T-shirts, one sleeve up, stopping at the rail.
Step 6: Waving arms
Start at each raised sleeve, draw a bent arm getting thinner, stop at the wrist, and add a fist.
Tip Let the fist grow out of the wrist, with no line across it.
Step 7: Star on a pole
High between the riders draw a big 5-point star. From the rail draw a straight pole up to it.
Step 8: Flags and ground
Along the front of the float draw a sagging string with 6 triangle flags. Add a ground line below.
Step 9: Peach skin
Colour the faces, necks, arms and fists peach. Leave the eyes white.
Step 10: Yellow star and hair
Colour the big star and the right kid's hair yellow.
Step 11: Red shirt and float
Colour the right kid's shirt and the float red, leaving the flags white.
Step 12: Blue shirt and wheels
Colour the left kid's shirt, the rail, the wheels, every other flag and the party hat blue.
Step 13: Brown hair
Colour the left kid's hair brown. Go over your lines and you are done.