Skeleton Trick or Treating Coloring Page

A skeleton stands facing you, one hand raised in a wave and the other holding a pumpkin bucket by its handle. It is the most straightforwardly festive page in this set.

The bucket is the detail that earns the sheet its name. It is carved as a jack o lantern with two triangular eyes, a small triangular nose and a wide grinning mouth broken by square teeth, and a curved handle arches over the top where the finger bones close around it. Ribbed seam lines curve down its sides.

The figure itself is drawn in the friendly house style. A large rounded skull carries two dark oval sockets and a stitched smile, a short run of neck segments drops to the chest, and the rib cage shows as evenly spaced bands. The raised hand spreads all five finger bones apart. Two legs run down to wide flat feet with toes marked in.

There are two distinct jobs on this page. The bucket is small and detailed and wants a fine point. The skull, ribs and limbs are broad and open and take a marker happily. Most children start with the pumpkin.