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Halloween · Grades 2–4 · 12 steps

How to Draw a Pumpkin Under the Moon

Pumpkin Moon Watch from The Drawing Fix™. An easy step-by-step drawing for Grades 2–4. Draw it with your class in about 10 minutes, one step at a time. Free to use and print. No sign-up.

By Christopher Allen · Ontario elementary educator12 stepsAbout 10 minutesUpdated Nov 5, 2026
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Each step builds on the one before. Students learn to see a pumpkin under the moon as a few simple shapes, then add the details that make it theirs.

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 pumpkin under the moon

  1. Step 1. Pumpkin

    Draw the large pumpkin body.

  2. Step 2. Pumpkin ridges

    Add three curved pumpkin ridges.

  3. Step 3. Stem and leaf

    Add the bent stem, then one leaf.

  4. Step 4. Face

    Add two eyes and a small crooked smile.

  5. Step 5. Telescope tube

    Draw the long telescope tube pointing up.

  6. Step 6. Telescope lens

    Add the round lens at the end.

  7. Step 7. Tripod

    Add the telescope stand under the tube.

  8. Step 8. Moon

    Draw a large moon in the upper left.

  9. Step 9. Ground

    Add a soft ground line and two grass marks.

  10. Step 10. Stars

    Add a few simple stars in open spaces.

  11. Step 11. Tiny night visitor

    Add one tiny flying shape in the distance.

  12. Step 12. Create

    Add one Halloween detail that is completely yours.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add a night sky: a moon, stars and a few bats.
  • Give it a spooky face, or a silly one.
  • Colour it with only three colours.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a pumpkin under the moon.

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: 8 steps, about 5 minutes. Good for a brain break or the last few minutes before recess. Full Focus: all 12 steps, about 10 minutes, with the extra detail.

Open Pumpkin Moon Watch 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 and pattern) 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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