Ghost Coloring Page
About This Coloring Page
The ghost on this page is smiling, and that is a deliberate choice rather than a soft one. Halloween arrives whether a three-year-old is ready for it or not, and the children who cope with it best are usually the ones who met the imagery somewhere calm first. A ghost you have coloured in at the kitchen table is a much smaller thing than a ghost that appears at the door in the dark.
Structurally the sheet is unusually generous. The ghost's body is one enormous open shape with a wavy bottom edge, which means a child with very little control can still fill it and have it look right. Around it are small pieces — a bat, a moon, stars, a pumpkin — for the child who wants something harder.
The fence is the sleeper on the page. Repeated uprights at even spacing, each one narrow enough to require some care, all in a row. It is the same left-to-right repetition that the school bus windows offer, in a form a child will actually choose in October.
Skills Practiced
How to Use This Coloring Page
- Let the ghost be any colour. White is the obvious answer and the boring one. A purple ghost is still a ghost, and the child gets to make that call.
- Count the fence posts. They are evenly spaced and there is a fixed number, which makes them the easiest countable thing here.
- Give the ghost a name before starting. Naming it is what turns the page from spooky into friendly, and it takes about four seconds.