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How to Draw a Crooked House

Crooked Lantern House from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 4–6. Draw it with your class in about 15 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator14 stepsAbout 15 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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This one asks for a little more patience: overlapping shapes, pattern and detail. It is a calm, focused few minutes, and the finished drawing looks like real art.

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 crooked house

  1. Step 1. Hill

    Draw the sloping hill across the foreground.

  2. Step 2. House walls

    Build the crooked front and side walls.

  3. Step 3. Roof planes

    Add the steep front and side roof shapes.

  4. Step 4. Chimney

    Add the crooked chimney.

  5. Step 5. Tower

    Build the narrow side tower and roof.

  6. Step 6. Door

    Add the rounded front door and knob.

  7. Step 7. Lantern windows

    Place the three lantern-style windows.

  8. Step 8. Tree trunk

    Draw the twisting tree trunk beside the house.

  9. Step 9. Tree branches

    Build the crooked branch lines.

  10. Step 10. Moon

    Place the large moon behind the house.

  11. Step 11. Fence

    Add a short crooked fence in the foreground.

  12. Step 12. Roof texture

    Add a few short roof texture marks.

  13. Step 13. Clouds and bats

    Add the cloud shapes and tiny flying silhouettes.

  14. Step 14. Create

    Make one part completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add a background that tells a story. Where is it?
  • Give it a name and write it underneath.
  • Try it again tomorrow from memory.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a crooked house.

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: 10 steps, about 10 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 14 steps, about 15 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open Crooked Lantern House 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, pattern and texture) 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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