Light up Halloween with our free printable jack-o’-lantern coloring page, featuring three cheerful carved pumpkins with three different smiling faces.
These friendly Halloween pumpkins are perfect for experimenting with classic orange, glowing yellow, autumn red, spooky green, purple, black, or completely unexpected rainbow colors. Each jack-o’-lantern already has its own expression, so kids can imagine that the three pumpkins have different names, personalities, and Halloween adventures.
Create traditional orange pumpkins glowing on a porch, turn them into a colorful pumpkin family, surround them with bats and ghosts, or add a moonlit Halloween sky behind them.
Grab your crayons, colored pencils, or markers and let these three smiling jack-o’-lanterns shine.
🎃 Meet Our Three Jack-o’-Lanterns
This printable features three carved pumpkins, each with a different friendly Halloween face.
That makes the page especially useful for playing with:
- Different pumpkin colors
- Facial expressions
- Light and shadow
- Halloween color palettes
- Patterns
- Background scenes
- Character stories
You can make all three pumpkins match or deliberately make each one completely different.
Maybe the biggest pumpkin is bright orange, another is creamy white, and the third is purple with a green stem.
For many more witches, ghosts, pumpkins, black cats, cauldrons, scarecrows, and spooky characters, visit our Coloring Pages of Halloween.
🧡 Color Classic Orange Jack-o’-Lanterns
Orange is the most familiar jack-o’-lantern color, but one orange crayon doesn’t have to do all the work.
Try combining:
- Yellow-orange
- Pumpkin orange
- Burnt orange
- Rust
- Red-orange
Use darker orange in the grooves between the pumpkin’s ribs.
Add lighter orange toward the raised middle sections.
This simple variation can make a flat pumpkin look much rounder.
🌟 Make the Jack-o’-Lanterns Glow
Imagine there is a light shining inside each carved pumpkin.
Color the openings around the:
- Eyes
- Nose
- Mouth
with bright yellow.
Add a little orange around the edges.
Keep the very center pale yellow or almost white.
This creates the illusion that light is shining outward from inside the pumpkin.
🕯️ Create a Warm Candlelight Effect
For a cozy Halloween glow, try:
Center: Pale yellow
Next layer: Golden yellow
Outer glow: Orange
Then keep the pumpkin itself darker.
The contrast between a deep orange shell and bright yellow face can make the jack-o’-lantern appear illuminated.
You could even darken the background so the glowing faces become the brightest part of the page.
🌙 Color a Halloween Night Scene
Add a nighttime background.
Try:
- Navy
- Indigo
- Purple
- Black
Then draw:
- Crescent moon
- Stars
- Bats
- Clouds
- Bare trees
The darker the background, the more dramatic the yellow jack-o’-lantern faces can look.
Perhaps the pumpkins are sitting on a porch waiting for trick-or-treaters.
🌈 Create Rainbow Jack-o’-Lanterns
Orange is optional.
Make one pumpkin:
Red
Another:
Blue
The third:
Purple
Or color the pumpkin ribs in rainbow order:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Keep the carved faces glowing yellow.
A rainbow pumpkin can still be unmistakably Halloween.
🤍 Color a White Pumpkin
Real cultivated pumpkins and squash can appear in colors other than bright orange.
Try a creamy white jack-o’-lantern.
Use:
- Ivory
- Cream
- Pale gray
Add darker gray or beige in the grooves.
Keep the carved openings bright yellow.
A white pumpkin glowing against a black or purple background can look especially spooky.
💚 Create a Green Jack-o’-Lantern
Use:
- Lime
- Olive
- Forest green
Add a brown stem.
Maybe this is a magical pumpkin that never turned orange.
Give it a purple glow instead of yellow.
Add bubbles or stars around it and imagine a witch enchanted it.
💜 Create a Purple Halloween Pumpkin
Purple and orange are a classic Halloween combination.
Try:
Pumpkin: Purple
Stem: Green
Face: Yellow
Add orange stars around the background.
Maybe the other two pumpkins stay orange so the purple one becomes the unusual member of the group.
🖤 Create a Goth Jack-o’-Lantern
Try a darker palette.
Use:
- Charcoal
- Black
- Deep purple
- Burgundy
- Silver
Keep the glowing face pale yellow or white.
Add:
- Spiderwebs
- Moths
- Crescent moon
- Dark flowers
Then continue the darker aesthetic with our Goth Coloring Pages.
🩷 Create a Pastel Halloween
Halloween doesn’t have to be dark.
Try:
- Blush pink
- Lavender
- Mint
- Peach
- Baby blue
Make each pumpkin a different pastel shade.
Add tiny black bats or stars for contrast.
The result can become a cute Halloween design rather than a spooky one.
🎨 Give Every Pumpkin a Different Color Scheme
Because there are three jack-o’-lanterns, give each one a personality through color.
Pumpkin 1: Classic
Orange, brown, yellow.
Pumpkin 2: Magical
Purple, green, gold.
Pumpkin 3: Candy
Pink, turquoise, rainbow.
Display the three together as one unusual pumpkin family.
😊 Notice the Different Pumpkin Faces
One of the most fun parts of this printable is that the pumpkins don’t all have the same expression.
Look carefully at:
- Eyes
- Mouths
- Teeth
- Shape of the smile
How does each face make the pumpkin seem different?
One may look excited.
Another might seem mischievous.
Another could look as though it knows a secret.
Color can strengthen those personalities.
😄 Give Each Jack-o’-Lantern a Personality
Decide which pumpkin is:
- Silly
- Brave
- Shy
- Mischievous
- Friendly
- Sleepy
Give each one a name.
Maybe:
Pumpkin: Jack
Pumpkin: Glow
Pumpkin: Boo
Or try:
- Patch
- Ember
- Pumpkin Pete
- Lantern
- Spooky
- Squash
- Flicker
- October
Write the names underneath.
✏️ Design New Jack-o’-Lantern Faces
The printed page gives you three examples.
Now draw your own pumpkin.
Try creating a face that looks:
- Happy
- Surprised
- Angry
- Sleepy
- Scared
- Silly
Change the shapes of the eyes and mouth.
A few simple triangles and curves can create completely different expressions.
😂 Create the Silliest Pumpkin Face
Forget scary Halloween faces.
Draw a pumpkin with:
- Giant teeth
- Tiny eyes
- Curly eyebrows
- Tongue sticking out
- Mustache
Maybe it wears glasses.
Perhaps one tooth is missing.
Give your silly jack-o’-lantern a ridiculous name.
👻 Create a Spooky Pumpkin Face
Want something scarier?
Try:
- Narrow eyes
- Sharp teeth
- Jagged mouth
- Pointed eyebrows
Add dark shadows around the face.
Draw bats and a foggy moon behind it.
Keep the glowing openings bright yellow.
The stronger contrast can make the pumpkin feel much more eerie.
🐱 Create a Cat Jack-o’-Lantern
Draw a new pumpkin with:
- Triangle ears
- Whiskers
- Cat-shaped eyes
Maybe it is a black-cat-inspired pumpkin.
Color the pumpkin orange and add a dark cat silhouette behind it.
Then explore even more cats and Halloween characters in our Coloring Pages of Halloween.
👻 Create a Ghost Pumpkin
Give the pumpkin:
- Round eyes
- Wavy ghost mouth
Add white ghosts floating around it.
Perhaps the jack-o’-lantern is trying to imitate its ghost friends.
Color the ghosts pale blue or lavender around the edges while leaving most of them white.
🧙 Create a Witch Pumpkin
Draw a pointed hat on one of the jack-o’-lanterns.
Use:
- Black
- Purple
- Green
- Orange
Add a buckle or stars.
Maybe the pumpkin belongs to a witch’s garden.
Draw a broom leaning nearby.
🦇 Create a Bat Pumpkin
Add little bat wings on either side.
Make the pumpkin dark purple or black.
Use glowing orange eyes.
Draw a full moon behind it.
Now the jack-o’-lantern has become a completely new Halloween creature.
🎩 Give the Pumpkins Halloween Hats
Draw:
- Witch hat
- Top hat
- Party hat
- Crown
Give every pumpkin something different.
Perhaps Halloween is actually one enormous pumpkin costume party.
👓 Add Silly Accessories
Try adding:
- Glasses
- Bow tie
- Mustache
- Flower crown
- Headphones
Maybe one pumpkin is wearing sunglasses even though it is nighttime.
The simple three-pumpkin page can become an entire cast of characters.
🍂 Add Autumn Leaves
Jack-o’-lanterns belong naturally in a fall setting.
Draw leaves around the pumpkins.
Use:
- Yellow
- Gold
- Orange
- Rust
- Red
- Burgundy
- Brown
Mix several colors inside individual leaves.
Add acorns and twigs.
For much more autumn inspiration, explore our 54 Coloring Sheets for Autumn.
🌻 Create a Pumpkin Patch
Imagine the three carved pumpkins came from a pumpkin patch.
Add:
- Pumpkin vines
- Leaves
- Fence
- Hay bales
- Barn
- Scarecrow
Draw several uncarved pumpkins in the background.
Use different sizes and colors.
Maybe the three jack-o’-lanterns are the only pumpkins that have magically come alive.
🚜 Add a Fall Farm
Expand the pumpkin patch into a complete farm.
Draw:
- Tractor
- Barn
- Corn
- Sunflowers
- Fence
- Trees
Use golden autumn colors.
This creates a softer seasonal scene that works beyond Halloween itself.
For more pumpkins, leaves, houses, squirrels, and fall scenery, visit our Fall Coloring Pages.
🌽 Add a Corn Maze
Draw tall corn stalks behind the pumpkins.
Maybe they are sitting at the entrance to a corn maze.
Add a sign:
THIS WAY
or
ENTER IF YOU DARE
Perhaps something mysterious is hiding inside.
🌾 Add a Scarecrow
Draw a scarecrow behind the jack-o’-lanterns.
Give it:
- Straw hat
- Patchwork shirt
- Gloves
Use autumn reds, browns, golds, and greens.
Then decide whether the scarecrow is friendly or spooky.
🏡 Put the Pumpkins on a Porch
Create a classic Halloween scene.
Draw:
- Front door
- Steps
- Welcome mat
- Porch railing
Place the three jack-o’-lanterns along the steps.
Add a Halloween wreath to the door.
Maybe there is a bowl of candy waiting nearby.
🕸️ Add Spiderwebs
Draw webs in the corners.
Start with several lines radiating from one point.
Then connect them with curved lines.
Add a tiny spider.
Color the web pale gray or silver.
Maybe one pumpkin is absolutely terrified of the spider.
🦇 Add Halloween Bats
Draw several simple bat silhouettes.
Use:
- Black
- Charcoal
- Purple
Place them against a yellow moon.
Vary their sizes so some appear farther away.
🌕 Add a Full Halloween Moon
Draw a huge circle behind the pumpkins.
Color it:
- Pale yellow
- Cream
- Gold
- Orange
Then make the sky dark purple or navy.
Add bat silhouettes crossing the moon.
The pumpkins can glow below.
🏚️ Add a Haunted House
Draw a crooked mansion in the distance.
Include:
- Tall windows
- Chimneys
- Pointed roof
- Broken fence
Color the windows yellow so they look illuminated.
Maybe the three jack-o’-lanterns are guarding the entrance.
👻 Add Friendly Ghosts
Draw several floating white shapes.
Give them different expressions.
Maybe:
- One happy
- One surprised
- One sleepy
Leave their bodies mostly white and add pale blue or lavender shading.
Now the jack-o’-lanterns have Halloween friends.
🍬 Add Trick-or-Treat Candy
Scatter imaginary candy around the pumpkins.
Draw:
- Wrapped sweets
- Lollipops
- Candy corn
- Chocolate bars
Use bright colors.
Maybe the pumpkins are guarding the candy bowl.
🪣 Draw a Trick-or-Treat Bucket
Design your own Halloween bucket.
Make it:
- Pumpkin-shaped
- Ghost-shaped
- Cat-shaped
Fill it with colorful candy.
Write the owner’s name on the front.
🎃 Where Did Jack-o’-Lanterns Come From?
The history of jack-o’-lanterns is more interesting—and more complicated—than simply saying ancient Celts carved pumpkins.
Pumpkins are native to the Americas, so pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns were not part of ancient European Halloween traditions.
In Ireland, Scotland, and parts of Britain, people carved faces into root vegetables such as turnips. Stories and customs surrounding these lanterns evolved over time and became connected with Halloween.
After immigrants brought related traditions to North America, pumpkins became an especially convenient carving material.
They were larger, easier to hollow out, and already important autumn crops.
Over time, the glowing carved pumpkin became one of the most recognizable symbols of American Halloween.
🥔 Before Pumpkins, There Were Turnips
Imagine carving a turnip instead of a giant pumpkin.
Traditional carved turnip lanterns could look surprisingly eerie.
They often had:
- Small eyes
- Jagged mouths
- Deep carved features
Draw a turnip lantern next to your three pumpkins.
Use:
- Cream
- Tan
- Purple
- Pale yellow
Which looks scarier?
A cheerful orange pumpkin or a wrinkled carved turnip?
🌎 Pumpkins Came From the Americas
Pumpkins and other squashes have deep histories in the Americas.
Archaeological and botanical research shows that squashes were among the earliest domesticated crops in the Americas, with domestication extending back thousands of years.
The bright orange pumpkins commonly associated with modern jack-o’-lanterns are the result of a much longer history of cultivation and selection.
That helps explain why the familiar pumpkin jack-o’-lantern developed on this side of the Atlantic rather than in ancient Europe.
🎃 Pumpkin or Squash?
Pumpkins belong to the squash family of cultivated plants.
Different varieties come in many:
- Shapes
- Sizes
- Colors
Some are bred primarily for eating.
Others make especially good carving pumpkins.
A coloring page gives you the freedom to combine those possibilities.
Draw a tiny pumpkin beside an enormous one.
Make one round and another tall.
🧡 Jack-o’-Lanterns Became an American Fall Icon
By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, carved pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns had become strongly associated with American autumn and Halloween celebrations.
Historic newspapers, photographs, decorations, and museum objects show jack-o’-lantern imagery appearing throughout popular Halloween culture.
Smithsonian collections preserve jack-o’-lantern decorations and lanterns from the twentieth century, including paper and papier-mâché examples that could glow from lights placed inside.
So even when real pumpkins weren’t used, the carved-pumpkin face remained instantly recognizable.
📰 Explore Vintage Halloween Jack-o’-Lanterns
Old Halloween decorations often look quite different from modern cute pumpkins.
They may have:
- Narrow eyes
- Huge mouths
- Strange expressions
- Bold black-and-orange designs
Use vintage Halloween art as inspiration.
Create one pumpkin with a cheerful modern face.
Make another look much older and spookier.
🧡 Why Orange & Black?
Orange fits Halloween naturally because of autumn pumpkins, leaves, and harvest colors.
Black works well with nighttime, shadows, bats, cats, witches, and spooky imagery.
Together, orange and black became one of Halloween’s most recognizable color combinations.
Try coloring the page almost entirely with those two colors.
Use yellow only for the glowing faces.
🟣 Add Purple & Green
Modern Halloween palettes often expand beyond orange and black.
Try:
- Purple
- Lime green
alongside the classics.
For example:
Pumpkins: Orange
Background: Purple
Stems: Green
Bats: Black
Glow: Yellow
This creates an instantly recognizable Halloween palette.
📜 What Does “Jack-o’-Lantern” Mean?
The term jack-o’-lantern existed in different folklore and language traditions before it became tightly associated with carved Halloween pumpkins.
It could be connected with mysterious wandering lights—sometimes called will-o’-the-wisps—and later became tied to folk stories about a wandering figure often called Stingy Jack.
Like many folklore traditions, there isn’t one perfectly documented origin story.
The tale changed as it was retold.
That makes it better to describe Stingy Jack as a legend associated with the jack-o’-lantern tradition, rather than as a verified historical explanation.
👻 Tell the Legend of Stingy Jack
One popular folk story describes a troublesome character called Stingy Jack who repeatedly tricks the Devil.
After Jack dies, the tale says he is left wandering the darkness with only a glowing coal for light, carried inside a hollowed vegetable.
The story appears in different versions.
Treat it as folklore rather than factual history.
Then invent your own version.
Maybe Jack meets the three smiling pumpkins on this coloring page and finally gets some cheerful company.
📖 Write Your Own Jack-o’-Lantern Legend
Start with:
Every Halloween night, the three pumpkins on the porch began to glow because…
or:
Nobody knew why the smallest jack-o’-lantern always smiled until…
Maybe:
- It can talk.
- It sees ghosts.
- It grants Halloween wishes.
- It protects the house.
- It is actually a tiny doorway.
Write the rest of the story.
🎃 The Three Pumpkin Friends
Give the jack-o’-lanterns names.
For example:
Big pumpkin: Ember
Middle pumpkin: Flicker
Small pumpkin: Glow
Then decide:
- Who is bravest?
- Who tells jokes?
- Who is scared of ghosts?
- Who eats the Halloween candy?
Draw a second picture showing their adventure.
🕵️ Write the Missing Pumpkin Mystery
On Halloween morning, one jack-o’-lantern has disappeared.
Who moved it?
Possible suspects:
- Black cat
- Witch
- Ghost
- Squirrel
- Neighbor
Draw clues around the page.
Maybe there are little footprints.
Write the solution.
👻 The Pumpkin That Saw a Ghost
Try this story starter:
The jack-o’-lantern had been smiling all evening until it looked behind the tree and saw…
What happens next?
Maybe the ghost is friendly.
Perhaps the pumpkin is much scarier than the ghost.
Turn the finished page into a Halloween storybook illustration.
🧙 The Witch’s Pumpkin Patch
Imagine all three jack-o’-lanterns came from a witch’s garden.
What makes them magical?
Maybe each pumpkin has a different power.
Pumpkin 1: Can fly
Pumpkin 2: Can become invisible
Pumpkin 3: Can make candy appear
Add sparkles around them.
🎃 Design a Jack-o’-Lantern Family
Draw:
- Parent pumpkin
- Child pumpkin
- Baby pumpkin
- Pet pumpkin
Give each a different face.
Maybe the pet pumpkin has tiny paws.
Use several shades of orange so everyone looks related.
🔤 J Is for Jack-o’-Lantern
Write a large J.
Practice:
J is for Jack-o’-Lantern.
Think of more J words:
- Jump
- Jam
- Jacket
- Jelly
Decorate the letter J with tiny pumpkin faces.
For more early-learning printables, explore our Educational Coloring Pages & Activities.
🎃 P Is for Pumpkin
Write:
P is for Pumpkin.
Other P words include:
- Purple
- Pink
- Party
- Pencil
Turn the round part of the P into a tiny jack-o’-lantern face.
🔢 Count the Pumpkins
There are three jack-o’-lanterns on this page.
Practice:
1, 2, 3
Then draw:
- 1 tiny bat
- 2 ghosts
- 3 stars
- 4 pieces of candy
- 5 leaves
Count everything when the picture is finished.
😃 Match the Pumpkin Expressions
Draw three more pumpkin faces.
Create:
- Happy
- Surprised
- Grumpy
Ask someone to match each new face with one of the moods.
This turns pumpkin-face design into a simple emotions activity.
🎲 Play Jack-o’-Lantern Roll-and-Color
Grab one six-sided die.
Assign each number:
1 — Orange
2 — Yellow
3 — Green
4 — Purple
5 — Black
6 — Your choice
Roll the die.
Use that color somewhere on the page.
Continue until all three pumpkins and the background are finished.
You may end up with a wonderfully strange Halloween palette.
🎯 Try a Three-Pumpkin Challenge
Give each pumpkin one rule.
Pumpkin 1: Only warm colors.
Pumpkin 2: Only cool colors.
Pumpkin 3: Rainbow.
Then compare them.
Which one feels most like traditional Halloween?
Which one is the most unusual?
✏️ Create a Pumpkin Face Design Sheet
Before carving a real pumpkin, some families sketch ideas on paper.
Draw six circles.
Inside each, create a different jack-o’-lantern face.
Try:
- Happy
- Scary
- Silly
- Cat
- Ghost
- Your own idea
Paper is a great place to experiment because every design can be changed easily.
⚠️ Keep Real Pumpkin Carving for Adults
Coloring and drawing pumpkin faces are easy activities for children.
Cutting a real pumpkin involves sharp tools and should be handled according to the child’s age and with appropriate adult supervision.
Younger kids can participate safely in other ways.
They might:
- Choose the pumpkin
- Draw the face
- Scoop seeds with help
- Decorate with stickers
- Color paper pumpkins
There are plenty of ways to enjoy jack-o’-lantern traditions without handing a young child a carving knife.
🖍️ Create a No-Carve Pumpkin Design
A real pumpkin doesn’t have to be cut at all.
Use a paper drawing first to plan:
- Painted face
- Stickers
- Washable decorations
- Paper accessories
Maybe the real pumpkin gets:
- Glasses
- Hat
- Bow tie
Use your coloring-page jack-o’-lanterns as inspiration.
🎃 Design a Pumpkin-Carving Template
Choose one of the three printed faces.
Simplify it into:
- Eyes
- Nose
- Mouth
Draw the shapes on a separate paper pumpkin.
Or invent a completely new face.
This lets kids practice design thinking without needing to do the actual carving.
🏫 Jack-o’-Lantern Coloring for the Classroom
This page can work well for:
- October morning work
- Halloween parties
- Early finishers
- Art centers
- Pumpkin units
- Creative writing
- Pattern activities
- Autumn displays
Because the pumpkins are cheerful rather than frightening, the page works particularly well for younger children.
Teachers can also use the pumpkin faces as a simple emotions or character-writing prompt.
🎃 Create a Classroom Pumpkin Patch
Give every student a paper pumpkin.
Let them design their own jack-o’-lantern face.
Display them together under a heading such as:
Our Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Personalities
Happy Halloween!
A Patch Full of Creativity
No two pumpkins need to look alike.
😄 Create a Pumpkin Emotions Board
Ask students to draw a pumpkin that looks:
- Happy
- Sad
- Surprised
- Excited
- Sleepy
Display the faces together.
Talk about which features changed.
Eyes and mouths can communicate a lot with only a few simple lines.
👻 Create a Halloween Story Wall
Color the jack-o’-lantern page.
Then let each student add a sentence beginning:
On Halloween night, the pumpkins…
Combine the sentences and pictures into a classroom Halloween story.
The results can become funny very quickly.
🌀 Add a Halloween Maze
Pair the coloring page with our Halloween Funny Maze for Preschool and School Kids.
That printable features a skeleton and bat searching for candy through a maze.
Color the three jack-o’-lanterns first.
Then complete the maze.
Together, the two pages create a simple Halloween activity set.
📅 Pair It With October Coloring
Halloween is only one part of October.
Our October Coloring Page brings together pumpkins, autumn leaves, acorns, rain boots, and other seasonal details.
Color the October page in warm fall colors.
Then make this jack-o’-lantern page much darker and spookier.
The two pictures show different sides of the same month.
🍁 Continue Into Fall Coloring
If you prefer pumpkins without spooky faces, move into our Fall Coloring Pages.
There you’ll find more seasonal scenes with:
- Pumpkins
- Leaves
- Squirrels
- Sunflowers
- Houses
The jack-o’-lantern page can represent Halloween, while the fall collection covers the broader season.
🍂 Explore 54 Autumn Coloring Sheets
For an especially large seasonal collection, our 54 Coloring Sheets for Autumn include:
- Pumpkins
- Apples
- Mushrooms
- Woodland animals
- Rain boots
- Sweaters
- Cider
- Harvest markets
- Cabins
- Campfires
You can turn many ordinary pumpkin designs into Halloween pictures simply by adding jack-o’-lantern faces.
🎃 Build a Halloween Coloring Book
Combine this page with:
- Coloring Pages of Halloween
- Halloween Funny Maze for Preschool and School Kids
- October Coloring Page
- Goth Coloring Pages
- Fall Coloring Pages
Create a cover:
My Halloween Coloring Book
Add:
- Name
- Year
- Pumpkin face
Save it with your Halloween decorations when the season ends.
🎉 Explore More Holiday Coloring
Halloween is just one colorful celebration.
Our Holiday Coloring Pages bring together printables for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s, and more.
Start with jack-o’-lanterns in October and follow the holidays throughout the year.
🖍️ Best Supplies for This Jack-o’-Lantern Coloring Page
Crayons work especially well for younger children and the large pumpkin areas.
Colored pencils are useful for:
- Pumpkin shading
- Glowing faces
- Stems
- Small background details
Markers create especially bold orange, purple, green, and black Halloween colors. Slightly heavier paper may help if marker ink tends to bleed through standard printer paper.
Gel pens can add:
- Silver stars
- Golden glow
- Tiny sparkles
You can also combine supplies.
Try colored pencils for the pumpkin shading and markers for the dark Halloween background.
🖨️ How to Use This Free Jack-o’-Lantern Coloring Page
Print the page and decide what kind of pumpkins you want.
Maybe you’ll create:
- Three classic orange jack-o’-lanterns
- White, green, and orange pumpkins
- Rainbow pumpkin family
- Pastel Halloween pumpkins
- Dark goth jack-o’-lanterns
Color each pumpkin first.
Add bright yellow inside the carved faces if you want them to appear illuminated.
Then create a background.
Draw:
- Moon
- Bats
- Ghosts
- Leaves
- Haunted house
- Porch
- Pumpkin patch
Give the pumpkins names and invent a story about why they are smiling.
The printable gives you three simple carved pumpkins.
The rest of Halloween is up to you.
🎃 Let the Halloween Pumpkins Glow
With three cheerful jack-o’-lanterns, three different faces, and plenty of room for Halloween imagination, this free printable jack-o’-lantern coloring page is a simple way to celebrate October.
Color traditional orange pumpkins, create realistic shading, add glowing yellow faces, invent rainbow jack-o’-lanterns, draw a haunted house, surround them with bats and ghosts, design new pumpkin expressions, practice counting, write a Halloween mystery, or use the page as the beginning of a complete Halloween coloring book.
And while today’s glowing carved pumpkin feels inseparable from Halloween, its history crossed both time and the Atlantic. European traditions included carved root vegetables such as turnips, while pumpkins—plants native to the Americas—eventually became the much larger orange canvas associated with Halloween in the United States.
Old tradition and new imagination came together to create one of Halloween’s most recognizable symbols.
Now all these three jack-o’-lanterns need are some colors.
Happy Halloween!
🔗 Related Articles
- Coloring Pages of Halloween
- Halloween Funny Maze for Preschool and School Kids
- October Coloring Page
- Fall Coloring Pages
- Coloring Pictures for Fall
- 54 Coloring Sheets for Autumn
- Goth Coloring Pages
- Holiday Coloring Pages
- Seasonal Coloring Pages
- Educational Coloring Pages & Activities
📚 Sources
- Library of Congress — Halloween: Topics in Chronicling America
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Halloween Highlights Arise From the Museum Vaults
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History — Jack-o’-Lantern
- Smithsonian Institution — Jack-O-Lantern, circa 1940
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives — Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — How Ancient Humans Helped Bring Pumpkins to Your Thanksgiving Table
- Smithsonian Magazine — Halloween Owes Its Tricks and Treats to the Ancient Celtic New Year’s Eve
