Free Printable Fall Coloring Pages for Kids

These free printable fall coloring pages for kids are simple, cosy, and ready to print. Fall is my favourite season to make printables for. Something about the leaves and the pumpkins just makes kids want to grab a crayon.

So I put them together. All free, all made with kids in mind — the little 2-year-olds who scribble everywhere, and the 8-year-olds who’ll spend forty minutes shading one leaf. Print them one at a time, or grab the whole set as a single PDF near the bottom. Anyway, let’s get into it. 🍁

For Toddlers (Ages 2–3)

Chunky outlines. Big shapes. That’s the whole idea here.

At this age they’re not really colouring so much as attacking the paper, and honestly that’s the fun part. So these eight pages keep it simple — a single fat leaf, a round pumpkin, an acorn, a smiley autumn sun, an apple, a little mushroom, a rain cloud, and a mitten. Nothing fiddly.

Little tip: hand them the page and a fat crayon and don’t say a word about staying inside the lines. Let them go.

For Preschoolers (Ages 3–5)

This is the sweet spot age, if you ask me. They’re proud of their colouring and they’ll actually sit still for it.

Twelve pages here, a bit more going on in each — a happy scarecrow, an owl on a branch, a squirrel hugging an acorn, a hedgehog, a pumpkin patch, a fall tree, a “Hello Autumn” page they can decorate, an apple basket, a corn cob, rain boots, an umbrella, and a big leaf pile. My youngest is four, and she went through the owl page three times in one sitting — one green, one purple, one an alarming shade of pink. Not one of them owl-coloured. So — print a few spares.

For Big Kids (Ages 6+)

Okay, these are the ones I actually enjoy making.

Ten detailed pages for kids who like to take their time: a full autumn forest, a pumpkin wrapped in vines, a mandala-style leaf, a harvest wagon, a cosy reading nook, a fox in the leaves, a layered landscape, a “Happy Fall Y’all” design, patterned acorns, and a woodland border scene. My favourite is the mandala leaf. It takes forever — I counted, it’s got over 90 tiny sections — but the finished thing looks genuinely stunning, and older kids go weirdly calm working on it. It’s a rainy-day lifesaver. There was one stretch last October, three straight days of rain, where I ended up sketching half of these just to keep my own two off the walls. So that’s where most of this set actually came from.

Fall Leaves

Maple, oak, a whole pile, one single leaf drifting down, and a pattern sheet. Five pages.

That pattern sheet is the one to reach for when you need ten quiet minutes. Kids treat it like a puzzle for some reason.

Pumpkins

Pumpkins are everywhere in fall. Kids love them — the shape, the colour, and yeah, the carving thing later.

Five to pick from: a classic single pumpkin, a full patch, a stack, a jack-o’-lantern face, and one on the vine. The stacked-pumpkins page is the one that always gets picked first, don’t ask me why.

Scarecrows & Harvest

A friendly scarecrow, one in a field, a harvest basket, corn stalks, and a hay bale with a crow on top. The field one has the most open space, so it’s good if your kid likes inventing their own background — mine always adds a sun and about nine birds.

Woodland Animals

Squirrel, owl, hedgehog, fox, deer. The fox is the one my two fight over. That tail, probably.

Download the Free Printable Fall Coloring Pages (PDF)

Don’t want to print them one by one? Fair enough. Grab the whole 5-page pack as a single PDF below — no email, no sign-up, nothing. Save these free printable fall coloring pages and print them whenever you like.

[ Download the Full Fall Coloring Pack (PDF) ]

A Quick Word on Printing

You don’t need anything fancy. Regular printer paper is totally fine for crayons and pencils.

Markers are the one thing to watch — thin paper plus markers usually means some bleed-through, so if markers are your kid’s thing, go for heavier cardstock (here’s the kind I keep on hand). Print in grayscale to save your colour ink, since the kids add all the colour anyway, and set it to “Fit to page” so nothing gets chopped off. And look — if you’re printing activities most weeks like we do, a cheap-to-run printer honestly pays for itself fast. I learned the slow, expensive way. Here’s the sort of thing worth looking at.

More Fall Stuff

Still going strong? Same. Keep the season rolling with our easy fall leaf crafts, the pumpkin coloring pages, our apple pages and craft templates, or jump straight to the Halloween coloring pages if your house is already in spooky mode.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these really free? 

Yep. Print as many as you want, for home, the classroom, or daycare. No catch.

Can I download them all at once? 

You can — the “Download the Full Fall Coloring Pack” button up there gives you all 5 in one PDF.

Which age are they best for? 

Depends on your kid, but roughly: toddlers get the big simple shapes, preschoolers get the friendly characters, and 6+ get the detailed scenes. Honestly though, don’t overthink it — plenty of 5-year-olds love the “hard” pages and go slow.

Can I use these in my classroom? 

These free printable fall coloring pages are classroom-friendly too. Please do. Teachers and daycares are welcome to print these for their students. Just don’t resell them or re-upload the files somewhere else — that’s the only ask.

What should they colour with?

For the 2–3 crowd, chunky triangular crayons are the best — they don’t roll off the table and they suit a grip that’s still developing. Older kids do great with colored pencils, and the twistable ones are nice because there’s no stopping to sharpen. Markers work too, just mind the paper.