How to Draw a Banana
5 easy strokes · ages 3+ · free printable worksheet
To draw a banana with a 3-5 year old, break it into 5 simple strokes: a long curvy banana, a little stem, one eye, two eyes and a happy smile. Doodle Turtle draws one line at a time and then pauses, so little hands have time to catch up before the next line appears. Doodle Turtle is free, runs in any browser, has no ads and needs no sign-up.
Step by step: 5 easy strokes
- STEP 1A long curvy banana
- STEP 2A little stem
- STEP 3One eye
- STEP 4Two eyes!
- STEP 5A happy smile
Free printable tracing worksheet
Prefer paper? Print a banana as a faint tracing outline — your child draws straight over the lines, then colours it in.
Tips for grown-ups
- Watch first, then draw. The first pass is just for looking — no pressure to keep up.
- Let the pause do the work. If your child is still drawing when the next stroke starts, tap to pause. Slower is the point.
- Big paper, fat crayons. At 3 the wrist is still learning; large movements are easier than small ones.
- Praise the trying, not the likeness. A wobbly banana that they drew themselves beats a neat one you fixed.