Halloween Jack-o'-Lantern Coloring Pages
Jack-o'-lanterns started out in Ireland as carved turnips, and pumpkins took over once the tradition reached North America. This page has jack-o'-lanterns with happy grins, spooky scowls and silly faces, plus pumpkins on porches and in pumpkin patches.
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In Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a nervous schoolteacher named Ichabod Crane is chased through the woods at night by the Headless Horseman. The rider throws his "head" at Ichabod, who is never seen again. The next morning, the villagers find only his hat and a smashed pumpkin.
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Once they're colored, these make easy Halloween decorations for a window, fridge or classroom wall.
Girls with Jack-o-Lanterns:
Cheerful girls and spooky fairies carry their jack-o'-lanterns through the Halloween night, ready for a party or an evening of trick-or-treating.
Jack-o-Lantern Scarecrows:
These scarecrows have swapped their sack heads for carved pumpkins. They stand guard over autumn fields with crooked grins and straw poking out of their sleeves.
Cats and Jack-o-Lanterns:
Cats and jack-o'-lanterns are a classic Halloween pair. The cats perch on pumpkins, peek out from behind them and curl up beside them.
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Fun Fact: The term jack-o'-lantern comes from an old Irish story. A man called Stingy Jack tricked the devil, and when he died he was left to wander in the dark with only a glowing coal inside a carved turnip to light his way. People started calling him Jack of the Lantern.