Set sail with this boat clipart gallery of 12 drawings: a cheerful sailboat, a kayak, a cruise ship, a tall ship, a friendly pirate ship, a pirate kid, an anchor, a submarine and a speedboat. Each vessel floats on a clear PNG background, so you can drop it onto blue paper waves, a beach party sign or an ocean unit slide.
Hit Download PNG to save a boat, or Copy to paste it into your file right away. Test the white sails against navy with the background preview, since pale boats can fade on white paper. Fill the water around them with creatures from our ocean animals clipart and sand and shells from the beach clipart page.
Boat Clipart and Sailboat Clipart
Small boats bob onto summer flyers, lake camp signs and calm reading corners. Pick a cartoon sailboat for young kids or the painted one for cards.
A little red sailboat smiles under a striped sail and a tiny flag. It makes a cheerful marker for a summer reading chart.
Try this Move it across a paper sea on a summer reading chart, one wave for each book read.
A white sailing boat leans into the wind with two full sails, painted in soft blues. It suits a retirement card or a lake house sign.
Try this Print it on the front of a farewell card for a teacher who loves weekends on the lake.
A bright yellow kayak rests with a red paddle laid across it and a small dry bag tied on. It fits camp flyers and outdoor packing lists.
Try this Add it to a summer camp packing list beside boxes for a life jacket, sunscreen and a water bottle.
Ship Clipart: Cruise Ship, Tall Ship and Ship Clipart Black and White
Big ships carry people and goods around the world. Use these for travel units, history lessons and coloring.
A big white cruise ship glides along with blue stripes and rows of round windows. Bold flat shapes keep it clear on a vacation slide.
Try this Use it on a world travel slide that marks ports on a map with small dots.
A three masted tall ship sails with every sail full, drawn with fine rigging lines. It is right for explorer and ocean history reports.
Try this Put it on a fourth grade explorers report next to a compass and a simple ocean map.
An old paddle steamboat with two smokestacks and a big side wheel, drawn in clean outline. It is a great coloring page for a river history unit.
Try this Have third graders color it and label the paddle wheel, the stacks and the pilot house.
Pirate Ship Clipart and Pirate Clipart
These pirates are all smiles and treasure maps, with no weapons in sight. They suit pretend play, party invites and treasure hunt clues.
A wooden pirate ship with patched sails and a lookout basket, drawn in muted retro tones. It anchors a pirate party invite nicely.
Try this Use it as the main picture on a pirate birthday invite that reads like a treasure map clue.
A grinning kid pirate peers through a spyglass while a green parrot sits on one shoulder. It is a fun pick for a treasure hunt clue card.
Try this Tape it to the first clue card of a classroom treasure hunt that ends at the book bin.
A black three cornered pirate hat with gold trim and a curling red feather sits inside a white sticker edge. Cut it out for party props and name tags.
Try this Print it large, glue it to a craft stick and use it as a photo booth prop at a pirate party.
Anchor Clipart, Submarine Clipart and a Speedboat
Finish your nautical set with an anchor, an underwater boat and a fast speedboat. Two of them come in black and white for cutting and coloring.
A ship's anchor with a coiled rope looped around its stem, all in one dark shape. Nautical decals and party banners love a bold outline like this.
Try this Cut a row of them from navy card stock and string them as a nautical party banner.
A round little submarine with portholes and a periscope, traced in thin ink lines. Children may shade the hull and sketch fish peeking through the windows.
Try this Add it to an ocean zones worksheet and ask kids to draw sea creatures in each porthole.
A white motor boat speeds forward with a red stripe and a curl of spray. It fits summer lake signs and speed and motion lessons.
Try this Use it on a motion lesson chart comparing the speed of a kayak, a sailboat and a motor boat.
Boats and Ships in the Classroom
- Pre-K: Try a sink or float lesson with the cute sailboat as the header, then sort real objects into two tubs.
- Kindergarten and grade 1: Sort vehicles by where they go. Boats here, planes from our airplane clipart page and cars from the car clipart page make three clear groups.
- Grades 2 and 3: The steamboat and tall ship help kids compare old and new ways to travel by water. The cruise ship stands in for today.
- Grades 4 and 5: Pair the tall ship with explorer reports and the submarine with ocean zones and deep sea research.
Hosting a Friendly Pirate Party
A pirate party is easy to pull together with a few pictures. Use the retro pirate ship on the invite and write the date as a map clue. Print the pirate hat sticker large for photo props and small for name tags.
For a treasure hunt, put the kid pirate on each clue card and hide the cards around the room or yard. The last clue can lead to a box of stickers or books. Hang an anchor banner by the door and you are ready. Paper waves cut from blue card stock under each boat make a simple table runner, and splashes from our water clipart page fill the gaps between them.
Questions people ask
Is this boat clipart free to use?
For lessons, family crafts and any project nobody pays for, yes, and leaving off a credit is fine. Each boat stays ours, so it cannot be sold as a file or slipped into a bundle. Making nautical goods to sell? Write to us from the Contact page, and hold off printing until we reply.
Do you have ship clipart black and white?
Yes. The paddle steamboat and the submarine are plain outlines for coloring, and the anchor is a solid black silhouette. Print them in black ink only.
Is the pirate ship clipart kid friendly?
Yes. The pirate ship, the kid pirate and the hat show treasure, maps and a parrot, with no weapons. They work for school parties and pretend play.
Which sailboat clipart works on a card?
The watercolor sailboat has soft blues that look calm on a card. The cute red sailboat is better for kids, charts and summer flyers.
Do you have cruise ship clip art for travel slides?
The flat color cruise ship has bold edges that show up well on a screen. Copy it onto your slide and add a dotted line for the route.
Can I print the anchor clipart for a banner?
Yes. Print the anchor silhouette at about 3 inches wide on card stock, cut it out and string several on a ribbon for a nautical banner.
