Kindergarteners love Halloween. The costumes, the candy, the pumpkins, and a whole month of getting to talk about all of it. They also love coloring in a picture, especially one with a friendly monster or a grinning pumpkin on it. A Halloween color by number page puts those two favorites together, and the number practice comes built in. Students match each numeral to a color, then use that color to color a section of the Halloween picture, so every section they color is a number they had to recognize first. Keep reading for a few ways to use Halloween color by number pages in your kindergarten classroom, plus get a free set Halloween color by number worksheets to download at the end.
What Kids Practice with Halloween Color by Number Worksheets
It looks like coloring, but the work is in the matching. Students find a numeral in one section of the picture, look for that number in the color key, and pick up the right crayon. Then they color. A single page has dozens of those little decisions, and each one is a chance to get a number right, so there’s a lot more practice packed in than the page lets on.
Reading the key is a skill of its own, too. So is sticking with a page until the whole picture is filled in, which is a real accomplishment for a five-year-old with a half-finished pumpkin.
Ways to Use Halloween Color by Number Pages in Kindergarten
These pages fit anywhere you need a few quiet minutes.
Morning work. Leave a page in a basket or folder for students to pick up as they walk in.
Math centers or early finishers. Once students have colored one page, they know how the key works, so the next one needs no explaining. It’s a good option for the student who always finishes first.
Whole group. Project a page and call out a few numbers together before students start. Students who struggle with numbers hear them said out loud first.
Take-home. One page in a Friday folder gives families an easy way to practice numbers, with no directions to write out.
Not every page is the same difficulty. The vampire and the jack-o-lantern witch hat only use the numbers 1 to 4, so they’re the place to start for students who are still shaky past 4. Frankenstein, the witch, and the pumpkin stack use 1 to 6 and have more sections to keep track of.
Get Your Free Halloween Color by Number Worksheets
Five Halloween color by number pages are yours to download below. Each one has a different character, so it doesn’t feel like the same page five times.
Here’s what’s included:
- Frankenstein, colored using numbers 1 to 6
- A witch, colored using numbers 1 to 6
- A vampire, colored using numbers 1 to 4
- A jack-o-lantern witch hat character, colored using numbers 1 to 4
- A trick-or-treater with a stack of pumpkins, colored using numbers 1 to 6
