Easy How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon Tutorial and Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page

Easy How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon Tutorial and Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page

Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial for how to draw a Hot Air Balloon and a Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page. For more of a challenge, try drawing three of them!

Easy How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon Tutorial and Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page

Learning how to draw a hot air balloon is an easy way to show students how, with just a few lines, to make a flat circle look like a round ball. The vertical lines that go from the top to the bottom do the trick, and when curved and spread out, make the flat circle SHAPE suddenly looks like it has FORM. Bright colors in those stripes will enhance the look even more.

Anyone who has seen photos of hot air balloon festivals know that they are made with many, many different designs on them, so students should feel free to custom design their own. I just recommend that they start with the stripes shown here to first get their 3D look in place, and then take off from there.

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How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon diagram — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips
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Easy Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page

Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips
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Draw Realistic Hot Air Balloons

How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips
How to Draw a Hot Air Balloon diagram — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips
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Three Balloons Coloring Page

Hot Air Balloon Coloring Page 2 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips
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Drawing Materials

  • Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.
  • Pencils. I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.
  • Black Marker. A permanent marker will give you a dark black color.
  • Crayons. The larger packs are nice for more color choices.
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Step by Step Directions

Time needed: 25 minutes.

How to draw an Easy Hot Air Balloon

  1. Draw (or trace) a large circle.

    Hot 1 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  2. Add the balloon opening at the bottom.

    Hot 2 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  3. Attach a basket.

    Hot 3 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  4. Draw a curved vertical stripe.

    Hot 4 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  5. Draw another stripe on either side.

    Hot 5 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  6. Add two curved horizontal lines.

    Hot 6 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  7. Add decorative scallops.

    Hot 7 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  8. Finish the basket and add a sky.

    Hot 8 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

  9. Trace with marker and color.

    Hot 9 — Activity Craft Holidays, Kids, Tips

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Originally published in artprojectsforkids.org