Sugar Skull Cat Coloring Page

A cat gets the full Day of the Dead treatment on this sheet. Two sharp triangular ears sit high on the head, left completely empty inside so they can take a bold flat shade. The decoration across the brow is a little garden of hearts, trefoils and curling vines, all drawn as open outlines. Both eyes are large circles framed by rings of chunky dashes, which is the detail that makes the face read as painted sugar rather than bone. Three long whiskers sweep out from each cheek, and a small heart serves as the nose. The mouth is a wide curved grin with a single row of square teeth tucked inside it. This is one of the gentler pages in the collection and it works well for children who find a human skull unsettling. The shapes are big, the lines are thick, and nothing on the face is frightening. Color the ears and the whiskers to match, give the dashed eye rings a contrasting shade, and the cat reads as one animal instead of a collection of parts.