Skeleton in a Pumpkin Patch Coloring Page

Three round pumpkins sit in a row across the lower half of this sheet, and a skeleton leans in behind the middle one with a hand resting on either side of its stem.

The pumpkins do most of the work. Each is drawn as a wide ribbed dome with curved seam lines running from top to bottom, and the two outer ones send up stems that coil into a tight spiral. They overlap slightly where they meet, which gives the row some depth instead of leaving it flat. A band of individual grass blades runs along the ground beneath them, each blade a single open stroke with white paper showing between.

Above the patch the skeleton grins with a wide toothy smile, its sockets drawn as heavy dark ovals, and its ribs show as curved bands with dark lanes between them. Both arms angle down and out to reach the fruit.

This is the most seasonal page in the set, and the three pumpkins give you three large uninterrupted areas to start on before you reach the ribs and the grass blades, which are the fiddly part. Orange is the obvious call, though the ribbed seams take a second deeper shade nicely.