How to Draw a Jack-o’-Lantern – Easy Step-by-Step Halloween Drawing for Kids
Mar 06, 2026
Carved eyes, a glowing smile, and a round pumpkin shape come together as kids follow simple steps to draw a spooky jack-o’-lantern.
Step 1: Draw an elongated pumpkin stem that has an upward spiral with a wavy base.
Step 2: On the left end of the stem, draw a long, curving line that runs downward to begin the body of the pumpkin.
Step 3: Draw another long curve on the left to complete the pumpkin-shaped round shape.
Step 4: Inside your pumpkin, trace a large oval curve to create the middle part.
Step 5: Draw two curved lines from the bottom and top inside the pumpkin to mark the segments of the pumpkin.
Step 6: Create two short lines at the top of the pumpkin to show its ridges.
Step 7: Draw a curly, curly vine to the left from the stem.
Step 8: Create a second vine line parallel to the first and curl the top.
Step 9:Draw a second vine to the left, with a slight curl towards the end.
Step 10: Create a small spiral on the vine on your left.
Step 11: Draw a curved line over the pumpkin, connecting it to the vines.
Step 12: Begin drawing a jagged leaf shape on your left side.
Step 13: Fill in your outline of the leaf.
Step 14: The leaf veins should be drawn from the centre to the outside.
Step 15: Draw a wide, curving smile on the mouth of the pumpkin.
Step 16: Put teeth in and a tongue in the mouth.
Step 17: Create two eyes in triangles, as well as an elongated triangle nose.
Step 18: Clean up the drawing by removing the lines and adding face detail. And your jack o lantern drawing is completed successfully.
How to Draw a Jack-o'-Lantern – A Happy Pumpkin Adventure for Kids
Seeing a lit-up carved pumpkin and thinking to yourself, 'I wonder if I could draw that? You definitely can! Jack-o-lantern drawings are a great beginner-friendly drawing activity! We like to turn drawing at Monkey Pen into a new adventure filled with playful learning.
What makes a jack-o'-lantern so fun to draw?
Jack-o'-lanterns truly are adventurous. Pumpkins can be carved with any expression and are not limited to being round and orange. Drawings of jack-o'-lanterns can be silly, angry, scary or any myriads of emotions.
Did You Know?
It used to be that carved pumpkins were used to “carve” out darkness and “welcome” in the light. With Monkey Pen’s easy-to-draw videos, you can draw jack-o’-lanterns to spread light and joy, and you can also explore how to draw a witch to create more fun Halloween characters.
When children draw Jack O'Lanterns, they canuse art to tell a new story and to have fun with shapes and expressions.
Where Do I Begin with Jack-o'-Lanterns?
Small and fun is the secret. You do not need to have the best materials or the straightest lines. Creating a jack-o'-lantern can be like drawing a face.
- For the pumpkin, just make a round shape.
- For the eyes, use triangles or circles.
- And for the mouth, just make a smile using a curve.
And that is it! For children, learning how to draw Jack O'Lanterns is a great first step because the emphasis is on having fun, not perfection.
Monkey Pen Drawing Videos – Fun for Kids.
Monkey Pen Drawing Videos are designed for younger audiences. Our videos are designed to be fun and to guide children through drawing at their own pace, turning the process into a game. Everyone loves the jack o' lantern drawing video. Parents appreciate the content because:
- It is entirely safe for children
- children remain engaged without becoming bored
- children learn while having fun.
Where to Find Practice Sheets?
Monkey Pen provides children with the opportunity to explore their own drawings by repeating the drawing process multiple times. Practice builds confidence, and Monkey Pen offers fully playable, printable worksheets focused on step by step drawing worksheets that children can complete at their own pace. Kids can draw faces, try new characters, and even create their own pumpkins.
Make Your Pumpkin Special!
There is no limit to what your pumpkin can be; give your pumpkin a huge laughing mouth or lots of tiny stars or leaves around it, or turn it into a dancing or sleeping pumpkin. Drawing a jack-o’-lantern is the best opportunity to create something new, and you can also enjoy connect the dots printable activities to reveal fun shapes before drawing.
A tiny thought before you go: since drawing jack-o’-lantern faces is a great way to be creative, each drawing gives children the opportunity to use their imagination, and they can also try color by number free activities to add bright colors to their creations.
Take your pencil and begin your jack o' lantern drawing. Allow your pumpkin to smile in the way only it can. Perhaps next time, your drawing will be the most joyful pumpkin of all!
