Skeleton coloring pages

These skeleton coloring pages are cheerful rather than creepy. One skeleton rides a skateboard in a helmet, another plays guitar on a wooden crate, one picks apples from a ladder, and one walks a small skeleton dog on a leash along a garden path.

The simple sheets show a skeleton waving, one holding a big flower and a little skeleton running with a kite. The two skeletons dancing hand in hand, one in a bow tie and one wearing a crown of flowers, and the dance under the full moon are more detailed.

A skeleton on white paper is mostly outline, so the color goes into the props, the clothes and the background. Give the skeleton a colored helmet or a bright kite, and fill the sky in dark blue or purple to make the white bones stand out.

These suit Halloween, and also a class learning about the human body, where a friendly skeleton makes the bones less scary. Once the coloring is done, children can point to the skull and name the bones they know in the arms and legs.