25 Halloween Pumpkin Coloring Pages - Free!

Halloween

How scary! Do you not think the Halloween pumpkin we colored looks terrifying? It was so much fun to paint! Especially because while we did it we were getting ready for this very special time of year, Halloween!

Would you like to explore the gallery? We prepared a whole bunch of Halloween pumpkin coloring pages. That way you can get in the mood and decorate your home with the most incredible Halloween pumpkin images to color. What do you say? Let's go!

Do not be afraid, the animated Halloween pumpkins will not hurt you, quite the opposite, by painting them with the best techniques you can think of you will be able to guide the good souls with their light. That is why it is so important that you make the Halloween pumpkins for kids the most beautiful of all.

If you have run out of ideas to color them, what do you say to using markers? With the pointillism technique you could create a lot of textures on your pumpkin. But if you want more variety, you could combine watercolors with chalk. It will surely look great!

And during these celebrations do not forget that at Coloring Together we have a spine-chilling gallery with the most incredible pumpkins of all. Send us a photo! We will gladly publish it in the gallery so everyone gets spooked by your pumpkin. But because of how beautiful it is!

The clock is ticking, Halloween has arrived, are you ready to paint the Halloween pumpkins to color that are the spookiest of all? A little orange and black will not hurt, let's get to work!

Halloween Pumpkins coloring pages

Why color halloween pumpkins pictures?

The Halloween pumpkin is a very popular decoration at Halloween, which is usually carved by hand. It is surely hard work!

The most popular image usually carved into the pumpkins is that of a monstrous face. And it is very scary! Also, while it is nighttime, a candle is placed inside it to light it up on Halloween eve.

It is said that pumpkins come from a very popular Irish tale, in which a stingy farmer named Jack tricked the devil. When he died he did not get into heaven or hell, so he was left in the dark not knowing where to go. The devil, as a mockery, threw him an ember that Jack placed in a turnip.

What a terrifying story! But that is not the only interesting thing there is about pumpkins. Would you not like to learn more? At Coloring Together we gathered very surprising fun facts on top of the Halloween pumpkin images to color. Let's go! You will not regret it.

Learn while coloring Halloween Pumpkins

Do you know where the tradition of decorating pumpkins for Halloween started? It was in Ireland and Scotland!
One of the versions about the origin of Halloween pumpkins comes from the legend of stingy Jack. It is said that the devil went looking for a swindling farmer who managed to trick him. When he died he was rejected from heaven and hell, condemned to wander with a turnip that lights his way.
In Ancient Greece, the pumpkin was a fruit with a bad reputation, since it was used to suppress libido in both men and women.
One version about the tradition of using pumpkins at Halloween comes from Celtic celebrations. It is said that they had a tradition called “Samhain” where the dead were summoned before the harvest. In it, hollow turnips were used to make lanterns as a tribute to the dead.
The Halloween pumpkin tradition comes from Ireland, and instead of pumpkins they used hollow turnips. However, when the Irish arrived in America, they did not have their own turnip crops, so they used pumpkins.
A long time ago, in Catalonia, there was a tradition that when a suitor went to eat at the girl's house, if he was accepted by the family he was offered fire for his tobacco. On the other hand, if he was served a plate of pumpkin, it meant he had been rejected.
The carved pumpkins refer to the legend of Jack of the lantern, so the face that is carved is really Jack's during his journey through purgatory.
The tradition says that Halloween pumpkins should be lit on the eve and placed in the windows of homes, to scare away evil spirits and guide the good souls.
Halloween pumpkins are not only used to scare away spirits, but also to prepare delicious dishes. It is common at this time of year to make pumpkin cake or pumpkin pie, very typical in the United States.
The largest Halloween pumpkin in the world was carved by Ray Villafane and weighed 1,815.5 pounds. Amazing!