Autumn Coloring Pages
Autumn is the season of crunchy leaves, pumpkin patches, apple picking and squirrels racing to hide their acorns before the snow. These fall coloring pages cover all of it, from simple pages for preschoolers to detailed scenes for teens and adults, plus a few fairies and favourite characters dressed up for the season.
Jump to: Word Art | Wildlife | Harvest | Autumn Nature | Fall Fun | Fairies and Characters
Fall Word Art and Doodle Coloring Pages
Big bubble letters and doodles are perfect for practising color blends, and they make great classroom or fridge decorations for the season.
Autumn Wildlife Coloring Pages
Autumn is a busy time for animals. Some, like squirrels, spend their days gathering food to store for winter. Others, like hedgehogs, eat as much as they can before curling up to hibernate, and many birds head south for warmer weather.
For Preschoolers
For Teens and Adults
Hedgehogs and Squirrels
Hedgehogs tuck themselves into piles of leaves to hibernate through the winter. Squirrels bury thousands of nuts each fall and forget where many of them are, which is how a lot of new oak trees get planted.
Harvest Coloring Pages
Bringing in the Harvest
Harvest is the end of a long season of work, when fruits, vegetables and grains are gathered in and stored for the months ahead. It's a time of plenty and of giving thanks, which is why so many harvest festivals, including Thanksgiving, fall in autumn.
Apples
Apples are one of the best parts of autumn. From orchard trees heavy with fruit to baskets fresh from apple picking, these coloring pages capture the crisp, cheerful side of the harvest.
Pumpkins
Pumpkins grow on long, twisting vines and turn orange as the days get cooler. A trip to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect one for carving, baking into pie or decorating the porch is a favourite fall tradition for a lot of families.
Corn
Corn is a golden staple of the harvest. From tall stalks swaying in the breeze to ears bursting with kernels, it stands for growth and plenty, and corn mazes are one of the most fun parts of a fall outing.
Wheat and Other Grains
Wheat, barley and oats turn the fields gold in late summer and early fall. Once they're harvested, they're ground into flour for bread, made into cereal and fed to farm animals all winter long.
Wheat coloring pages Grain coloring pages
Cornucopias
A cornucopia, or horn of plenty, is a horn-shaped basket overflowing with fruits and vegetables. The idea goes back to Greek mythology, where it was the horn of Amalthea, the goat who cared for baby Zeus, and it could fill itself with whatever its owner wished for.
Gourds, Potatoes and Hay Bales
Gourds and squash come in all sorts of bumpy, striped and twisted shapes, which makes them fun to color in any shades you like. Potatoes are dug up from the ground in fall, and the last of the hay is baled and stacked to feed farm animals through the winter.
Demeter, Greek Goddess of the Harvest
Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, watched over the growing season and the crops. In the myth of her daughter Persephone, Demeter's sadness each year when Persephone goes to the underworld is what brings autumn and winter, and her joy when Persephone returns brings spring.
Autumn Nature Coloring Pages
Autumn Leaves
Leaves turn red, orange and gold in the fall because trees stop making the green chlorophyll that hides those colors all summer. Then they drift down and cover the ground in a crunchy carpet that's just right for jumping in.
Acorns
Acorns are the tiny treasures of autumn, each one the seed of a mighty oak tree. These coloring pages celebrate their simple beauty, from acorns scattered on the forest floor to playful woodland scenes.
Autumn Animals
Autumn Flowers
Autumn flowers bring warmth to crisp fall days, from cheerful asters and golden sunflowers to rich, layered chrysanthemums, which bloom when the days get shorter.
Asters Chrysanthemums Sunflowers
Mushrooms
Cool, damp fall weather is mushroom season. The mushrooms we see are only a small part of the fungus they grow from. Most of it is a web of tiny threads hidden underground or inside old logs. In fairy tales, a ring of mushrooms was said to mark a spot where fairies had been dancing.
Windy Fall Days
Autumn winds send leaves swirling, tug at scarves and make it the perfect season for flying a kite.
Tracing Worksheets
Little ones can trace the dotted lines first and then color in their picture, which is great practice for pencil control before they start writing.
Fall Fun Coloring Pages
Fall Festivals and Country Fairs
Fall festivals and country fairs celebrate the season's bounty with hayrides, games, crafts and treats. They bring people together to enjoy the sights, sounds and flavours of autumn.
Fall festival and country fair coloring pages
Outdoor Fall Activities
Cool, sunny fall days are made for being outside, whether that's climbing trees, raking leaves into a big pile, going on a nature walk or collecting pine cones and colorful leaves.
Outdoor fall activity coloring pages
Scarecrows
Farmers have been putting scarecrows in their fields for thousands of years to keep birds from eating their crops. Today they're just as likely to show up on front porches and at fall festivals, stuffed with straw and wearing an old hat.
Football
Football is a classic autumn pastime. Cooler weather, changing leaves and the start of the school and professional seasons bring communities together for Friday night games and weekend tailgates.
Autumn Bike Rides
A bike ride on a crisp fall day, with a basket full of fresh veggies from the market, is hard to beat.
Autumn Fairies and Characters
Fairies, a fall princess and a few favourite characters dressed up for the season.
Five Great Reasons to Color in Autumn
- Fall Colors: Autumn is the season for fiery reds, oranges and golden yellows. Coloring autumn leaves is a great way to practise blending those warm shades together.
- Relaxing: As the days get shorter and cooler, coloring is a calm, quiet way to unwind and de-stress.
- Imagination: Pumpkin patches, scarecrows, harvest festivals and animals getting ready for winter give you plenty of scenes to bring to life with your own color choices.
- Indoor Fun: When it's rainy or chilly outside, coloring is an easy indoor activity that keeps kids busy and happy.
- Seasonal Decorations: Color and cut out your pictures to hang on the wall, string into a garland or use as part of your Thanksgiving table centrepiece.
So grab your pencil crayons, markers or crayons and enjoy all the colors of the season!