coloring pages
Dinosaurs celebrating Halloween: carved pumpkins, witch hats, bats and autumn leaves. Free printable coloring pages.
This category brings together 20 dinosaur coloring pages built around October 31st: pumpkins, bats, costumes and autumn leaves show up again and again across the set, giving the whole collection a consistent look. Two designs come in two versions each — "Pachycephalosaurus and the Apples" and "Pumpkin Baby Dino" — handy when more than one child wants to color the same character without copying a sibling's sheet. The rest of the collection gives each dinosaur its own scene: a Vampire Allosaurus, a Spinosaurus tangled in its web, an Iguanodon facing off with a black cat, a Diplodocus in autumn, an Ankylosaurus next to its pumpkin, a Gallimimus running through a pumpkin patch, a Ghost Velociraptor, a Mummy Carnotaurus, a Pterodactyl under the moon, and a Stegosaurus surrounded by pumpkins. Six other, less common designs round out the set while staying firmly on theme.
These printable dinosaur coloring pages work across a wide age range, from toddlers coloring in big, loose strokes to older kids who like getting the details right on a costume or a spider web. They fit naturally into several situations:
Because pumpkins and bats recur throughout, it's easy to pick several sheets for the same display wall without the pages looking repetitive.
Before starting, it helps to spot the recurring elements together: the pumpkin, the bat, the costume, the autumn leaf. Kids notice them from one dinosaur coloring page to the next, which makes choosing colors faster and gives the whole Halloween theme a sense of identity across the set. For night scenes like the Pterodactyl under the moon or the Ghost Velociraptor, dark-toned markers or pencils — purple, midnight blue, grey — work well as a base, saving white or pale yellow for the highlights. For pumpkins, orange and green remain the safe choice. The paper used for printing matters too: a slightly heavier stock keeps markers from bleeding through and holds up better if the page is later displayed or given as a gift.
Unlike a collection organized by species, this one isn't trying to teach one fact per dinosaur — it pulls several species together around the same seasonal setting. That's a practical choice for families and teachers who want a Halloween-themed activity without hunting for a different topic for each child. Two small facts are worth mentioning while coloring, though: the Pterodactyl, often grouped with dinosaurs, was actually a flying reptile that lived alongside them rather than a dinosaur itself; and the Spinosaurus, shown here with its web, is counted among the largest carnivores known, with some estimates putting it ahead of Tyrannosaurus in size. Either detail is enough to spark a bit of conversation without turning coloring time into a lesson.
Not at all. There's nothing stopping you from printing them on a rainy day or during autumn break — the pumpkins and fallen leaves hold up well beyond October 31st.
"Pachycephalosaurus and the Apples" and "Pumpkin Baby Dino" each have two versions so that more than one child can color the same character side by side, or compare two different ways of coloring it in.
The scenes stay light-hearted — costumes, smiling pumpkins and playful nods to Halloween rather than unsettling imagery. That said, an adult is best placed to judge whether a design like the Mummy Carnotaurus suits a particularly sensitive child.
No — ordinary colored pencils or markers work fine. Slightly heavier paper simply helps the finished page hold up better if it's going up as decoration.