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How to Draw a Banana (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)

To draw a banana, start with one long curved shape. Add a stem at the top, a small tip at the bottom and a long peel line. Finish with a happy face and five small spots.

Finished cartoon banana with a happy face, yellow with a brown stem, tip and spots, pink cheeks and black eyes with white shine dots
The finished banana
Steps
6 easy steps
You need
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Black marker
  • Yellow, brown and pink 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 a banana step by step

  1. A long curved banana shape, narrow at the top right and round at the bottom left

    Step 1 of 6: Draw a long curved banana shape, narrow at the top right and round at the bottom left.

  2. A short tube stem in place of the round top end, and a small oval tip on the narrowed bottom end

    Step 2 of 6: Add a short tube stem on the top end and a small oval tip on the bottom. Erase the old round ends.

  3. One long curved peel line running down the middle of the banana to the tip

    Step 3 of 6: Draw one long curved peel line running down the middle of the banana to the tip.

  4. A happy face with two black eyes and a smile in the middle, with the peel line erased behind the face

    Step 4 of 6: Add two black eyes and a smile in the middle. Erase the part of the peel line behind the face.

  5. Five small spots on the peel, an oval and a dot near the top and an oval and two dots near the bottom

    Step 5 of 6: Draw five small spots: an oval and a dot near the top, an oval and two dots near the bottom.

  6. The banana colored yellow with a brown stem, tip and spots, pink cheeks and black eyes with white shine dots

    Step 6 of 6: Color the banana yellow and the stem, tip and spots brown. Add pink cheeks. Leave the eye dots 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: Make the banana thicker in the middle and thinner near the stem.

  • Tip: Keep the face small so there is room for the spots above and below it.

Make it yours

  • Banana bunch

    Draw two more bananas behind the first one, all joined at the stems.

  • Peeled banana

    Draw three wavy peel flaps hanging down from the top of the banana.

  • Fruit friends

    Draw an apple and an orange with faces next to your banana.

Common mistakes and easy fixes

  • It looks like a moon

    Add the short stem on top and the small tip at the bottom.

  • The banana is too thin

    Leave a wide gap between the two long curved lines in the middle.

  • The face runs off the edge

    Draw the face in the widest part of the banana.

Fun facts about the banana

  • Bananas grow grouped in clusters called hands, with 10 to 20 bananas in each hand. (Source: Britannica)

  • A banana plant is a gigantic herb that grows a false trunk 10 to 20 feet high. (Source: Britannica)

  • Wild bananas are full of large seeds, but the bananas we eat today do not have working seeds. (Source: Britannica)

Questions grown-ups ask

How to draw a banana easy?

Draw one long curved shape, then a stem on top and a tip at the bottom. Add a peel line, a face and a few spots.

How to draw a banana step by step?

Draw the banana shape, the stem and tip, the peel line, the face and the spots. Color it yellow with brown spots last.

How to draw a banana for kids?

Use one long curve for the whole banana. A happy face and pink cheeks make it a cute fruit character.

If your banana came out extra curvy, that's fine. Your banana has its own smile. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.

Step 1 of 6

A long curved banana shape, narrow at the top right and round at the bottom left
Draw a long curved banana shape, narrow at the top right and round at the bottom left.