Sugar Skull with Swirling Patterns Coloring Page

Exact down to the last petal, the left half deciding the right: a Halloween coloring page for adults.
A big Mexican skull covered in flowers, hearts and spirals.

Coloring ideas for this drawing

  • Bright pink, yellow and green, as the tradition uses.
  • Blue and purple in the eye sockets, the largest openings.
  • The bone left pale, so every pattern on it stays legible.
Difficulty
Hard
Style
Patterned
Age
8 and up
Time
30–45 min

In Mexico these decorated skulls are made in sugar too, and given for the Day of the Dead. Flowers, hearts and spirals cover this one entirely: a page for an adult, or for a patient child.

The daisy-covered version is here, and the ornamental one over there.

Printing the sugar skull

Press Print at the top of this page, pick A4 or US Letter, and tick Fit to page. Black and white is enough, these are line drawings.

Full printing guide, paper and ink tips β†’