Halloween was originally a holiday that celebrated fall, but legend has it that on this night, ghosts visit the world. In order to scare the ghosts away and light their way back, people would light bonfires and serve food to the ghosts so that their families would not be harmed.

Later, this day was used as a festival for children and adults to have fun. Children often dress up in monster costumes, carry jack-o'-lanterns, and shout "trick or treat" as they go from house to house asking for candy, and the fun goes on until late at night.

Jack-o'-lanterns are one of the symbols of Halloween, and the orange color of pumpkins is also the iconic color of Halloween. On this day, people will use different sizes of pumpkins as home decorations, and also carve pumpkins to make jack-o-lanterns.

Pumpkin lamps originated in ancient Ireland, where turnips were first used to make "jack-o'-lanterns". When immigrants came to the United States, they found that pumpkins were more common and more useful than turnips, so they changed to using pumpkins and lighting candles inside.

For today's drawing tutorial, let's learn how to draw a jack-o'-lantern. This is a three-dimensional Halloween decoration and this is represented by its eyes, nose and mouth.

If you want to try to draw this Halloween jack-o-lantern, it won't be a difficult task, but you need to concentrate while drawing its face.We will start by drawing the face of this pumpkin lamp, so read on together!

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

√ Draw a Jack-O-Lantern PDF (Click to download for free.)

√ Drawing Papers (You can get it easily and I would say almost any paper can be used.)

√ Pencils / Markers / Crayons / Watercolors (Remember to use a pen with a fine tip when outlining.)

FOR WHOM:

Preschoolers and kids of all ages

TIME NEEDED:

About 1 hour

INSTRUCTIONS:

How to Draw a Jack-O-Lantern Step by Step

Step 1 Draw a triangle and add a line inside. Draw another symmetrical eye.

Step 2 Draw a triangle just below the eyes. Add a horizontal line inside it.

Step 3 Below the nose, draw this jack-o'-lantern's big mouth. This is the most difficult step.

Step 4 Go past the eyes and mouth and draw an upright oval.

Step 5 Draw an oval to the left of that oval. Do the same on the right side.

Step 6 Continue to add an oval to each side.

Step 7 Add another oval to each side. These ovals are progressively smaller.

Step 8 Draw a curve on the top of this pumpkin. Then add its vine.

Step 9 Finally color this three-dimensional jack-o'-lantern and this Halloween symbol is complete.

Guys, have you learned how to draw a jack-o'-lantern yet?