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How to Draw a Soapbox Racer
Draw a soapbox racer in 12 easy steps, about 9 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: big helmet.
Step 1: Big helmet
A little above the middle of your paper, draw a big round circle for the driver's helmet.
Tip Everything leans a little left: the cart is rolling downhill.
Step 2: Visor, eyes, smile
Inside the helmet, draw a wide rounded visor window. In it, draw 2 round eyes and a small smile.
Tip Leave a gap between the eyes, and keep the smile inside the visor.
Step 3: The wooden box
Under the helmet, draw a big slanted box leaning left, wider than tall. Add 2 plank lines across it.
Tip A soapbox racer is just a wooden crate on wheels.
Step 4: Body in the box
Start on the box top. Draw a rounded body up to the chin and back down to the box top.
Step 5: The nose plank
From the front of the box, draw a long thin plank sticking out downhill, lower than the box top.
Step 6: Arm and rope
From the shoulder, draw a bent arm and fist. Rule a rope from the plank up to the fist.
Tip The rope runs into the closed fist and stops there, like a rein.
Step 7: Number and flag
Draw a circle with a 7 on the box. From the back corner, draw a pole up to a flag.
Step 8: Two wheels
Under each end of the box, draw a wheel touching the box, with a small hub in the middle.
Tip Make both wheels the same size.
Step 9: The hill
Rule a long slanted hill line under both wheels, lower on the left.
Step 10: Grey hubs, peach fist
Colour the wheel hubs grey and the fist peach.
Step 11: Yellow flag, wood box
Colour the flag yellow, and the box and the nose plank wood brown.
Step 12: Helmet, shirt, wheels
Colour the helmet red around the visor, the shirt green and the wheels black around the hubs. All done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a soapbox racer, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
