Day of the Dead

Celebrate a joyful tradition where skeleton musicians play upbeat tunes beside family altars filled with candles and marigolds. Children will love decorating intricate sugar skulls and joining festive parades lined with fluttering paper banners and traditional dancers.

An elegant skeleton lady in a Victorian-style dress and large hat walks through a Mexican market holding a parasol and a folding fan. Baskets of marigolds line the street while decorative paper banners stretch between the buildings in the background.

Elegant Catrina with parasol in a festive market

Medium

A friendly skeleton lady in a dress and flower crown holds a parasol while standing by a small table with art supplies. She has large round eyes and a wide smile. The drawing uses thick, clean black lines on a white background.

Catrina skeleton with parasol and flower crown

Easy

A friendly ghost with a kind smile floats above an altar, reaching down to light a candle. The altar is decorated with a frosted cake, several burning candles, incense sticks in a bowl, and small treats on a plate.

Friendly spirit lighting candles on an altar

Easy

A simple line drawing of a Day of the Dead display on a tray. It features a round loaf of pan de muerto, four thick lit candles, a framed photo of a smiling couple, and four monarch butterflies hovering around the offering.

Pan de muerto and altar candles

Easy

A cute skeleton dog sitting down while holding a paintbrush and a paint palette. It is painting a large sugar skull with floral designs on a wall, with a small paint can sitting on the ground nearby.

Skeleton dog painting a sugar skull

Easy

A simple line drawing of a caterpillar with a skull face and braids wearing a sombrero. It plays a small guitar while a butterfly rests on a marigold flower in front of it. The character has thick, bold outlines and large sections for coloring.

Caterpillar skeleton playing guitar with marigold

Easy

A simple black and white line drawing of a sugar skull. It has a large heart on the forehead, flowers inside the eye sockets, and small blossoms on the cheeks above a row of smiling teeth.

Sugar skull with heart and flowers

Easy

A simple line drawing of a traditional Mexican ofrenda altar. A large sugar skull with floral eye sockets sits in the center, surrounded by lit candles, marigold flowers, and bowls of offerings on a tiered table with a ruffled tablecloth.

Day of the Dead altar with sugar skull

Easy

A simple black and white line drawing of a smiling skeleton dog sitting upright. It is surrounded by marigold flowers, a sugar skull, a lit candle, and floating icons like a bone and a heart.

Charming skeleton dog with sugar skull and candles

Easy

Highly detailed line art showing multiple sugar skulls with ornate patterns peeking out from a dense field of marigolds and roses. One skull wears a traditional hat, and the background is filled with swirling lines and floral shapes.

Decorated sugar skulls and marigolds

Advanced

A decorative sugar skull for the Day of the Dead with thick black outlines. It features a crown of three large roses on the forehead, scalloped patterns around the eyes, and a floral vine decorating the chin area against a plain white background.

Sugar skull with floral crown and roses

Easy

Three skeleton mariachi musicians in traditional suits and sombreros play instruments in a Mexican town square. Intricate papel picado banners hang across the top of the scene, and a gazebo stands in the background.

Mariachi skeleton band in town square

Medium

A mariachi band of four skeletons performs in traditional outfits and sombreros. They play a guitar, trumpet, and violin while one sings into a microphone. Decorative paper banners hang above them and marigolds are scattered on the ground.

Skeleton mariachi band with papel picado banners

Easy

Frequently asked questions

Are these Day of the Dead coloring pages free?

Yes – every Day of the Dead coloring page on Doodleur is completely free to download and print. No account or payment is required.

What ages are these for?

Each page is labeled Easy, Medium, or Advanced, so you'll find Day of the Dead designs for everyone from toddlers to adults. Easy pages have bold, simple lines; advanced pages have finer detail.

How do I print them?

Open any Day of the Dead coloring page and download the print-ready PDF in A4 or US Letter format, then print it at home or in the classroom.

Day of the Dead

Coloring pages

Elegant Catrina with parasol in a festive market

Catrina skeleton with parasol and flower crown

Friendly spirit lighting candles on an altar

Pan de muerto and altar candles

Skeleton dog painting a sugar skull

Caterpillar skeleton playing guitar with marigold

Sugar skull with heart and flowers

Day of the Dead altar with sugar skull

Charming skeleton dog with sugar skull and candles

Decorated sugar skulls and marigolds

Sugar skull with floral crown and roses

Mariachi skeleton band in town square

Skeleton mariachi band with papel picado banners

Frequently asked questions