Sugar Skull Lady in a Flower Hat with Papel Picado

Coloring guide
Here's a detailed Día de Muertos page starring a cheerful sugar skull woman who grins right at you. Her wide, lace-edged hat is piled high with roses, leafy blooms and big feathers. Swirls, hearts and flower patterns cover her face, and she has big sparkly eyes and decorative dangling earrings. Her ruffled, lacy dress has a flower pinned at the collar. Around her are marigold-style flowers, tall candles on the left and right, two fluttering butterflies, strings of cut-paper papel picado banners across the top and a little domed church in the background. The fine patterns will suit older kids and teens who like careful coloring. Bright oranges and yellows fit the marigolds, deep pinks and reds the hat roses, and turquoise and purple would look nice inside the face designs. Print or download this free page for a fun afternoon activity. Looking for more? Our Jesus / Bible and Good Friday coloring pages pair nicely with this Sugar Skulls (Día de Muertos) page.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- royal purple
- bright pink
- chocolate brown
- magenta purple
- lemon yellow
- red
- leaf green
- raspberry pink
- cream yellow
- coral orange
- warm gold
- light pink
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the big skirt and ruffles in bright pink, leaving the white lace edges uncolored.
- 2Fill the hat brims and lower skirt corners with royal purple, and the hat band scallops with lemon yellow.
- 3Color the hair in chocolate brown and the rose flowers and small red blooms in red, keeping the skull and eye whites white.
- 4Add the leaf green feathers and leaves, then the candles in cream yellow and the church in warm gold and lemon yellow.
- 5Optional: Finish with magenta purple on the lower skirt layers and dusty plum eyeshadow, and add sky blue and light pink to the small background flowers.
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