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Christmas & winter · Grades 4–6 · 10 steps

How to Draw a Winter Village

Winter Lantern Village 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 educator10 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 winter village

  1. Step 1. Village ground

    Sketch a low curved snow drift.

  2. Step 2. First house

    Draw the first house walls.

  3. Step 3. First roof

    Add its pitched roof.

  4. Step 4. Second house

    Place a taller house behind it.

  5. Step 5. Second roof

    Give the second house a steeper roof.

  6. Step 6. Doors

    Add two doors in the snow.

  7. Step 7. Windows

    Add windows and crossbars.

  8. Step 8. Hanging lantern

    Draw a big lantern between the homes.

  9. Step 9. Pine and path

    Add a pine tree and winding pathway.

  10. Step 10. Stars and snow

    Finish with snowflakes and stars.

The pink line is the new part in each step.

Make it theirs

  • Add falling snow with dots or tiny stars.
  • Draw a second, smaller one beside it.
  • Fold the paper and turn it into a card for someone at home.
  • Colour last. There is no wrong colour for a winter village.

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

Open Winter Lantern Village 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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