Pumpkin Coloring Pages
Pumpkin coloring pages with a friendly jack-o'-lantern: triangle eyes, a grin with two square teeth, a leaf and a curly vine. Free as an A4 or Letter PDF.
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Pumpkin coloring pages for young children need a face that is friendly rather than frightening, and this jack-o’-lantern keeps it simple: two triangle eyes and a wide grin with two square teeth. The pumpkin is plump and wider than it is tall. Three curved ribs run from top to bottom. A short, bent stem sits on top, a pointed leaf leans out to the left, and a curly vine with a little loop springs out to the right.
Leaf vein or no vein
Both versions have 8 spaces to fill: the pumpkin, the stem, the leaf, two eyes, the mouth and two teeth. The easy page, for ages 3 to 5, uses bold outlines and drops the thin vein on the leaf. The standard page keeps the vein. Its lighter lines are a better match for colored pencils and ages 6 to 8.
Halloween and harvest ideas
At home the pumpkin makes a calm activity before trick-or-treating or after carving a real one, and in class it fits a Halloween party, a fall harvest topic or a lesson on shapes. Real pumpkins come in many colors, so orange, white or even green all work. The vine curls out to the right of a wide pumpkin, so the A4 or US Letter file has to print at 100 percent to keep both inside the margin.
What to color
- A wide, round pumpkin with three curved rib lines
- A bent stem on top
- A pointed leaf on the left and a curly vine with a loop on the right
- Two triangle eyes
- A big smile with two square teeth
Tips
- Color the eyes and mouth yellow first so the pumpkin looks lit from inside.
- Use two shades of orange and follow the rib lines to make the pumpkin look round.
- Give the teeth the same orange as the pumpkin so they look carved.
- Color the leaf green and the stem brown, then trace the vine with a green pencil.
- When the pumpkin is done, draw a night sky, a moon or a front step around it.
Pumpkin fun facts
- Pumpkins are fruits, because they grow from a flower and hold the plant's seeds.
- The first jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland and Scotland were carved from turnips and other root vegetables.
- A pumpkin is about 90 percent water.
- Each pumpkin vine grows separate male and female flowers, and bees carry pollen between them.
Classroom ideas
- Pre-K (ages 3 to 5): color the bold pumpkin and name the shapes in the face: two triangles, a curved smile and two rectangles.
- Kindergarten: after looking at a real pumpkin together, children color the page and share three words that describe it.
- Grade 1: children draw a new face on the back of the sheet, then write one sentence about how their jack-o'-lantern feels.
- Grade 2: use the page in a plant life-cycle lesson, from seed to sprout to vine to pumpkin.
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Frequently asked questions
What is missing from the leaf on the easy pumpkin?
The thin vein. The easy page, for ages 3 to 5, has thick outlines and leaves it out, while the standard page, for ages 6 to 8, uses lighter lines and keeps it. Both show the same jack-o'-lantern with 8 spaces to color.
Is this pumpkin scary?
No. The face has simple triangle eyes and a wide, happy smile with two square teeth, so it suits even very young children at Halloween.
What shapes make up the face?
Two triangles for the eyes, a curved smile and two square teeth. Preschoolers can name each shape before they color it.
Is orange the only choice for this pumpkin?
No. Real pumpkins come in many colors, so orange, white or even green all work. Two shades of orange that follow the curved rib lines make the pumpkin look round.
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