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How to Draw a Moon (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)

To draw a moon, start with a big crescent shape that opens to the right. Add a sleepy eye with lashes, a smile and a round cheek. Finish with two stars and a fluffy cloud.

Finished cartoon sleepy crescent moon, yellow with a pink cheek, two yellow stars and a light blue cloud at the bottom
The finished moon
Steps
6 easy steps
You need
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Black marker
  • Yellow, pink and light blue crayons

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Teaching this to a class?

Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.

How to draw a moon step by step

  1. A big crescent moon shape opening to the right, with two pointed tips

    Step 1 of 6: Draw a big crescent moon that opens to the right, with a pointed tip at the top and bottom.

  2. A closed sleepy eye drawn as a curved line with four short lashes

    Step 2 of 6: Add a closed sleepy eye: one curved line with four short lashes underneath.

  3. A small round cheek under the eye and a tiny smile next to it

    Step 3 of 6: Draw a small round cheek under the eye and a tiny smile next to it.

  4. Two five pointed stars on the right, a big one at the top and a smaller one below

    Step 4 of 6: Add two five pointed stars on the right, a big one at the top and a smaller one below it.

  5. A fluffy cloud over the bottom of the moon, with the moon line inside the cloud erased

    Step 5 of 6: Draw a fluffy cloud over the bottom of the moon. Erase the moon line inside the cloud.

  6. The moon colored yellow with a pink cheek, two yellow stars and a light blue cloud

    Step 6 of 6: Color the moon and stars yellow, the cheek pink and the cloud light blue.

Tips for little artists

  • Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.

  • Tip: Draw the outer curve first, then the inner curve, so the crescent is thick in the middle.

  • Tip: Put the eye and smile in the thick middle part of the crescent.

Make it yours

  • Moon with a nightcap

    Draw a floppy hat with a pom pom on the top tip of the moon.

  • Starry night

    Color the paper around the moon dark blue and add more small stars.

  • Moon and sun

    Draw a smiling sun on the other side of the page.

Common mistakes and easy fixes

  • The crescent is too thin

    Keep the inner curve far from the outer curve in the middle.

  • The face does not fit

    Draw the face small and place it in the widest part of the moon.

  • The cloud hides the moon

    Draw the cloud low over the bottom curve and let the bottom tip peek out.

Fun facts about the moon

  • The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, getting about an inch farther away each year. (Source: NASA)

  • The same side of the Moon always faces Earth, because the Moon spins at the same rate it travels around our planet. (Source: NASA)

  • Apollo astronauts brought back a total of 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of Moon rocks and soil to Earth. (Source: NASA)

Questions grown-ups ask

How to draw a moon easy?

Draw a big crescent shape with two pointed tips. Add a sleepy eye, a smile, two stars and a cloud.

How to draw a moon step by step?

Draw the crescent, the eye, the cheek and smile, the stars and the cloud. Color the moon yellow and the cloud light blue last.

How to draw a moon for kids?

Draw two curves that meet at the tips to make a crescent. A sleepy face and two stars make it a bedtime moon.

If your moon came out extra round, that's fine. Your moon is ready for bedtime. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.

Step 1 of 6

A big crescent moon shape opening to the right, with two pointed tips
Draw a big crescent moon that opens to the right, with a pointed tip at the top and bottom.