Halloween coloring pages
Every Halloween coloring page here gets a page of its own, with a print quality drawing, a PDF for the printer, a coloring tip for the scene, and the option to color it straight in your browser. The cute side and the spooky side both: a kawaii ghost and a grinning jack-o-lantern for the youngest, a haunted mansion and a sugar skull for anyone who wants an evening of it. No account, nothing to install.
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2-4 years Bat with its wings spread -
2-4 years Smiling jack-o-lantern with a big grin -
2-4 years Kawaii ghost -
2-4 years Kitten on a jack-o-lantern -
6 years and up Little witch with a broom -
6 years and up Dancing skeleton -
6 years and up Day of the Dead sugar skull -
6 years and up Bowl of Halloween candy -
6 years and up Trick-or-treating at the front door -
6 years and up Haunted mansion
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Cute or spooky: two ways to color Halloween
Halloween coloring pages split into two families, and the search bar knows it: people ask for cute ones and for scary ones, rarely both. This collection has both on purpose. The kawaii ghost, the grinning jack-o-lantern, the little bat and the kitten on a pumpkin are the cute side, with thick lines and big shapes for the youngest. The haunted mansion, the sugar skull and the trick-or-treaters are the busy side, for an older child or an adult.
Orange and black are the Halloween colors because of what the festival is: the harvest, with its pumpkins and autumn leaves, meeting the dark of the coming winter. That pairing came out of the Irish and Scottish festival of Samhain, brought to America by emigrants in the nineteenth century, and the carved pumpkin replaced the turnip they had used at home. Purple, lime green and white joined later, mostly from decorations and candy wrappers.
The practical consequence for coloring is simple. Orange goes on pumpkins, black on cats, bats and hats, and the sky is the place to add a third color: a deep blue or purple night behind a white moon makes every one of these drawings look like Halloween without another line being added.
Keep the ghosts and the moon white. The temptation is to color everything, and the whole effect of a Halloween drawing comes from the things that stay pale against a dark sky.
Common questions
Which Halloween coloring page is easiest for a toddler?
The jack-o-lantern with a big grin: one big orange shape, three holes and a stem. The little bat and the kawaii ghost are nearly as simple.
Are there scary Halloween coloring pages here?
Spooky rather than scary. The haunted mansion with a ghost in every window is the darkest scene in the collection; nothing here has blood or open jaws, so the whole set can go in front of a young child.
Is there a Halloween coloring page for adults?
Yes, the sugar skull: a Day of the Dead skull covered in flowers, with the finest linework in the collection. The haunted mansion also holds an adult for an evening.
Why are Halloween colors orange and black?
Orange for the harvest, pumpkins and autumn leaves, black for the dark of the coming winter. The festival grew out of the Irish and Scottish Samhain, which marked exactly that turn of the year.
Can I color these online instead of printing?
Yes. Every drawing opens in the browser: pick a color, click inside an area and it fills. Your work is saved on your own device, so you can come back to it.