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Thanksgiving & fall · Grades 6–8 · 15 steps

How to Draw a Barn

Harvest Barn from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 6–8. Draw it with your class in about 20 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator15 stepsAbout 20 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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A challenge drawing for older students. Structure first, detail last. Good practice for line control, proportion and slowing down.

Before you start: a pencil, an eraser, a sheet of paper and something to colour with.

Draw lightly at first. Dark lines come at the end, once the shapes look right.

Step-by-step: how to draw a barn

  1. Step 1. Roof

    Draw the angled barn roof with the bent sides.

  2. Step 2. Walls

    Draw the barn walls under the roof.

  3. Step 3. Barn doors

    Draw the big double doors.

  4. Step 4. Door crosses

    Add an X across each door.

  5. Step 5. Hayloft window

    Add the square hayloft window.

  6. Step 6. Roof planks

    Draw two plank lines across the roof.

  7. Step 7. Weather vane

    Add the weather vane on top.

  8. Step 8. Silo

    Draw the tall silo on the right.

  9. Step 9. Silo dome

    Add the round dome on the silo.

  10. Step 10. Silo bands

    Add three curved bands on the silo.

  11. Step 11. Fence

    Add a fence on the left.

  12. Step 12. Pumpkins

    Place three pumpkins in the field.

  13. Step 13. Moon and stars

    Add a moon and two stars.

  14. Step 14. Ground

    Draw a long rolling ground line.

  15. Step 15. Create

    Make one part completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add a background: a fence, falling leaves or a pumpkin patch.
  • Write one thing you are thankful for underneath.
  • Colour it with fall colours only: red, orange, yellow and brown.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a barn.

Teaching it with the projector

The projector version draws each step slowly on the board, pauses while students copy it, then checks in before the next step. Nobody has to talk, so you are free to walk around and help.

Quick Fix: 11 steps, about 10 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 15 steps, about 20 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open Harvest Barn on the projector → It works on any classroom screen. No accounts, no student names, no ads.

Curriculum connections

Visual arts: the elements of design (line, shape, space and proportion) and creating art for a purpose. Language: listening to and following multi-step directions. Directed drawing also builds fine motor control and focus.

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