How to Draw an Airplane (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw an airplane, start with a long rounded body shaped like a capsule. Add a big wing, a tail fin and a small back wing. Finish with round windows, a cockpit window and a stripe.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Light blue and red crayons
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw an airplane step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a long rounded body shaped like a capsule.
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Step 2 of 6: Add a big wing slanting down and back from the middle. Erase the body line inside the wing.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a narrow tail end with a tall fin and a small back wing. Erase the old round back end.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a row of four round windows along the body.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw a sloped nose with a cockpit window and a long stripe line below it. Erase the old round nose.
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Step 6 of 6: Add a line under the stripe. Color fin and stripe red, plane and cockpit light blue, windows white.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Space the four windows evenly. Draw the middle two first, then the outer two.
Tip: Make the wing slant back toward the tail. It makes the plane look like it is moving.
Make it yours
Plane in the clouds
Draw fluffy clouds and a sun around the airplane.
Plane with a banner
Draw a long ribbon flying behind the tail with a word on it.
Your own airline
Color the plane in your favorite colors and draw a star on the tail fin.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The wing points forward
Slant the wing down and back, toward the tail.
The windows are uneven
Draw a light pencil line along the body first and put each window on it.
The tail looks stuck on
Narrow the back of the body first, then grow the tail fin out of the top line.
Fun facts about the airplane
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer made a 12-second flight of 120 feet with Orville piloting. (Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
The best flight on December 17, 1903, with Wilbur at the controls, covered 852 feet in 59 seconds. (Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
The highest altitude reached in any of the Wright brothers' first four flights was about 10 feet. (Source: NASA)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to draw a plane in an easy way?
Draw a long capsule for the body, then a big wing slanting back. Add a tail fin, round windows, a cockpit window and a stripe.
How to draw an airplane for kids?
Start with the body, then the wing, the tail, the windows and the cockpit with the stripe. Color it light blue with a red tail fin and stripe last.
How to draw an airplane window?
Draw small circles in a row along the body, all the same size. Draw the cockpit window at the front as a rounded shape that follows the nose.
If your airplane's wing came out a little big, that's fine. Your plane is ready for takeoff. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.