How to Draw a Cherry Pie: Easy 10-Step Guide for Kids

Ready to bake up some art? This tutorial is perfect for young artists ages 5 and up. All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and your favorite markers or crayons to create a sweet, cartoon-style cherry pie that looks good enough to eat.

10 Steps

🎯 Final Result

A vibrant, finished illustration of a delicious cherry pie with a slice taken out, ready for coloring.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Sketching the Top Crust

Pencil sketch showing the initial curved top line of a pie with scalloped crust details on one side.

Draw a long, gentle curve for the top of the pie. Add a series of small, overlapping bumps at one end to start the scalloped crust. Tip: Keep your pencil lines light so you can easily adjust the shape later!

Step 2: Completing the Scalloped Edge

Drawing showing the completed scalloped pie crust edges on both sides of the top line.

Continue the crust on the opposite side using a series of 'U' shaped lines. These represent the pinched dough edges. Tip: Try to keep your 'U' shapes consistent in size to make the crust look uniform.

Step 3: Defining the Crust Depth

Adding depth to the pie crust with wavy lines beneath the top edge.

Draw long, wavy lines beneath the top crust to give the pie some thickness. Tip: Imagine you are drawing the side of a real pie tin; keep the lines smooth and flowing.

Step 4: Cutting the Slice

Sketch showing a missing slice of pie with internal depth lines.

Extend the wavy line and double it back to show where a slice has been removed. Add a curved line inside the top to show the interior of the pie. Tip: This is the 'wow' factor of your drawing, so take your time with the perspective.

Step 5: Sketching the Base

Drawing the bottom base of the pie with curved lines.

Connect the slice area to the opposite side and sketch the bottom of the pie using curved lines. Tip: Use gentle, rounded strokes to make the pie look like it’s sitting in a round tin.

Step 6: Adding the Filling

Adding the gooey pie filling texture with curved lines.

Complete the crust outline and draw the yummy filling inside the pie using soft, curved lines. Tip: Think of the filling as a thick, gooey liquid—don't make the lines too straight!

Step 7: Steam Vents

Adding three teardrop-shaped steam vents to the top of the pie crust.

Draw three teardrop shapes on the top crust. These are the steam vents! Tip: Make them different sizes to give your pie a more natural, homemade look.

Step 8: Drawing the Cherries

Adding cherries with stems on top of the pie crust.

Draw circles on top of the pie for the cherries. Add a small dimple and a stem to each one. Tip: Cherries aren't perfect circles, so feel free to make them slightly lopsided!

Step 9: The Plate and Crumbs

Drawing the plate underneath the pie and adding small crumb details.

Draw a large circle around the base to create the plate. Don't forget to add a few small circles for crumbs! Tip: Crumbs add a fun, realistic detail that makes your drawing look professional.

Step 10: Adding Color

The finished, colored drawing of a cherry pie on a plate.

Bring your pie to life with color! Use deep reds for the cherry filling and golden browns for the crust. Tip: Use a lighter shade of red for the highlights on the cherries to make them look shiny.