Green crayons ready? The undead are lining up to be colored.
Zombie coloring pages are the fastest way to turn a rainy afternoon into a horror movie. This set has 30 free printables, from a bald cartoon face a preschooler can fill in to a whole city street packed with walkers.
Some sheets are silly. There is a zombie holding a balloon, one riding a skateboard and a chef dripping slime into a stockpot. Others go properly creepy, with skull faces, a hand clawing out of the dirt and an undead dragon standing over a scatter of skulls.
Print whichever ones suit your crowd, get the green crayons out, and see who can mix the sickliest skin tone.
Zombie Boy in the Graveyard
A lanky cartoon zombie shuffles between headstones with both sneakers still laced. His mismatched eyes and zigzag grin carry the whole sheet, so save your boldest color for the face. Grey stone and a sickly green shirt keep it classic, though nothing stops you going bright pink instead. The outlines are chunky, which makes this a good page to open a coloring session with.
A zombie astronaut drifts along floating in space, skull grinning inside the helmet and one bony arm poking through a torn sleeve. Moons and small asteroids fill the background, which is where deep blues and purples do their best work. One foot is in a laced sneaker rather than a boot, a detail worth coloring differently from the rest of the suit. The life-support pack on his back is full of fine line work and rewards a sharp pencil.
A big bald zombie head fills the page, with round eyes, square teeth and a stitched patch above one ear. Nothing here is fiddly, so this is the sheet to hand a preschooler who wants in on the spooky fun. Pale green or grey skin and plain white teeth is all it really needs. Chunky crayons will not overshoot these lines.
A zombie kid stands in a fenced yard holding a treat topped with a carved pumpkin, while a few more shuffle in behind him. Bats cross the sky above an old house, so the background gives you room for a dusky orange sunset. The stitching across his shirt is a natural place to switch to a darker pencil. Print it alongside our Halloween coloring pages for a full party set.
A zombie girl turns to look over her shoulder, long hair blowing across a stand of bare trees. Her wide eye and stitched mouth are the only genuinely creepy parts, so this one lands gently for kids who like spooky more than scary. The hair takes up a big share of the page and looks great in an unnatural shade. Pair it with our tree coloring pages if the woods are the part they enjoy.
A single hand claws its way out of the ground, fingers spread wide and strips of skin hanging off the wrist. Dead shrubs sit low on the horizon and leave the top half of the page open. All that texture in the dirt and the forearm makes it a slow, satisfying sheet for an older colorist. Try grey on the skin and something rusty on the ground.
A zombie skater crouches low on his board with one eye bulging clean out of its socket. Bits of rubble fly up behind the wheels, which gives you a reason to add movement with a light grey. The board and the sneakers are the obvious spot for bright color against drab skin. Difficulty sits in the middle here: detailed, but never overwhelming.
An undead dragon rears up over a scatter of skulls, wings torn to ribbons and forked tongue lolling out. This is the busiest sheet in the collection, packed with scales, bones and rubble. Deep greens on the body against bone white on the skulls keeps the layers readable. Set aside real time for it, or let your kid split it across two sittings.
This one is caught mid-scream, mouth stretched wide over big square teeth. Goo drips off both hands and the hem of his shirt, and round blobs float through the air around him. Slime is the entire point, so break out the neon green and the highlighter yellow. The dripping edges are small and fussy, which suits a steadier hand.
A skinny zombie stands quite politely, holding a balloon on a curly string. His grin reads goofy rather than gruesome, and the bandage wrapped round one arm is the closest thing to gore on the page. That balloon is begging for the brightest color in the box. This is the sheet for a younger sibling who wants a zombie without the nightmares.
Instead of leaves, this tree grows zombie heads, and the trunk itself has a face with its mouth wide open. Roots spread across the bottom of the page and give you a chunky area to fill quickly. Brown bark against grey-green faces is the easy route, though an all-purple tree is funnier. Every head wears a different expression, which is really the fun of it.
The view is from behind this one, looking out over a wrecked city with him. The buildings are all straight lines and broken windows, so the background fills in fast with greys and rust. His backpack sits front and center on the page and can take whatever color you like. It is a quiet, moody sheet, heavy on the greys and rust.
A crowd of zombies comes straight down the middle of a city street, skyscrapers leaning in on both sides. The one out front is drawn in the most detail, so start there and let the crowd behind stay lighter. Debris covers the road and rewards a bit of patient shading. Older kids and adults will get the most out of the depth in this scene.
A zombie stands in the yard of a sagging wooden house, complete with a covered porch and a dormer window up top. Twisted bare branches fill the sky behind the roof and take up a lot of the page. Weathered grey boards under a dark sky give it a proper horror-movie look. There is enough architecture here to keep a detail-lover busy.
One zombie with a cartoonishly oversized head towers in front of a crowd of smaller ones, city rooftops behind them. Smoke rolls across the bottom of the page and softens the whole scene. That giant head is one big open shape, so it is satisfying to fill in a single go. Everything behind it is small and repetitive, which makes it a good candidate for a loose background wash.
A close-up portrait of a face that has gone almost entirely to a prominent skull, right down to the hollow nose and bared teeth. A flap of scalp hangs loose above one ear with a tiny skull drawn on it. The lines are fine and closely packed, so pencils behave better here than markers. Keep the shirt collar a solid color to stop the page reading as all bone.
A zombie soldier stalks forward with a scoped rifle held across his chest. His fatigues are torn at the knees and elbows, which gives you plenty of ragged edges to work with. Olive drab is the obvious call, but a camo pattern is more fun if the colorist has the patience for it. He is wearing sneakers rather than boots, a small joke worth a loud color.
Saifu is our invented zombie swordsman, drawn mid-stance with a katana angled right across the page. His robe hangs open over an exposed ribcage, and skulls sit in the dirt on either side of him. A red sash against grey skin makes the whole pose pop. Kids who like samurai and ninja drawings tend to reach for this one first.
Zack wanders through an emptied-out neighborhood with his backpack straps still over both shoulders. Another zombie stands small on the rise behind him, a nice detail to point out to a younger colorist. Rooftops and scattered rocks fill the background without much fuss. Give the backpack a loud color so he reads as a traveler rather than another walker.
A zombie stands in the middle of a cracked street with shopfronts running away on both sides. A few more shuffle about in the distance, small enough to leave loose. The perspective lines in the road make this a good page for practicing a fade from dark to light. Brick reds on the storefronts give the background some life.
A zombie stands among close-packed bare trunks with more faces peering out from behind the trees. Their necks stretch unnaturally long, which is easily the creepiest thing in the drawing. All those vertical trunks are a chance to try several browns side by side. Leave the faces pale so they lift away from the woods.
Three zombies stroll straight through a wall of flames without a care. The fire fills most of the page in long curling shapes, which is where oranges, reds and yellows earn their keep. The middle one’s grin is the goofiest thing on the page. Layering two or three warm colors over each other in the flames makes a big difference here.
A lone zombie stands dead center on a plank bridge, the railings running back to a vanishing point behind him. That symmetry gives it a calm, still feel. Wood grain in the rails takes a light brown nicely, and the open ground leaves room to invent your own background. His bare bony feet are the single gruesome detail.
An undead captain in a tricorn hat stands on the sand in front of his wrecked pirate ship. The hull behind him is studded with portholes and stuck bones, so there is plenty to pick out. Tattered sails against a bright sky is the classic treatment. The skull patch on his shorts is a small target worth going in with a fine tip.
A zombie trudges across open snowdrifts, with leafless trees and one small evergreen behind him. The ground is drawn as smooth rolling shapes, so most of the page can stay white if you want the snow to read as snow. That leaves the figure to carry all the color. Print it with our winter coloring pages for a full cold-weather set.
A waterlogged zombie stands on the seabed with his hair drifting up and bubbles all around him. Fish of every size swim past, and each one can be a different color, so this sheet turns into a rainbow fast. Seaweed curls up out of the bottom corners. It is one of the easier busy pages, because the shapes are big and well separated.
A zombie shambles past a chain-link fence with a wooden rail along the top and a low bench behind it. His shirt is more holes than fabric, which makes this a good page for practicing small, careful patches of color. Tufts of grass along the bottom keep the base of the page simple. If the fenced-in look is a hit, print it with our zoo coloring pages.
An undead cowboy squares up in the middle of a ghost town with his revolver already drawn. The hat brim, the vest and that big belt buckle give you three clear areas to color differently. Weathered wooden storefronts line both sides of the street behind him. There is another zombie lurking near a barrel on the left, easy to miss on a first pass.
A zombie chef in a tall hat leans over a pot with a spoon standing up in it, slime running off both hands. The counter in front of him has already taken a spill. Green goo and a white apron is the fast route, but a bright apron is funnier. The drips are all small separate shapes, which makes this one oddly relaxing to work through.
A zombie in a shirt and tie holds up a corked bottle from behind a counter, a second bottle sitting off to one side. Bubbles drift up around him, so this is the sheet for a bright, glowing color on the liquid. His huge round eye takes up most of the face and fills in quickly. The counter runs right across the bottom and is a good place to stop before things get fiddly.
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What Colors Work Best for Zombie Skin?
Zombie skin reads best in a drained palette: pale grey-green, ashy blue-grey or a yellowed beige. Pick one of those as the base coat, then push a second, darker shade into the hollows around the eyes, under the jaw and along the forearms. That single step is what turns a flat outline into something that looks rotten.
Purple and a dull red do the work for bruising and open wounds, and a muddy mustard sells decay better than bright green does. Teeth and exposed bone are the exception. Leave them white or barely tinted so they separate cleanly from the skin around them.
If your kid wants a purple zombie or a hot pink one, let them have it. Nothing in these drawings depends on realism, and every sheet is plain line art, so any palette holds together as long as the skin stays one consistent color across the page.
Which Zombie Pages Work for Younger Kids?
Start younger kids on the sheets with one large subject and thick outlines: Easy Zombie Face, Friendly Zombie With a Balloon and Zombie With Potion Bottles. Those three have big open shapes and no gore beyond a bandage, so a child still learning to stay inside a line will not get frustrated halfway through.
Age three is roughly when a child can copy a circle (1), which is a fair signal that the big round zombie eyes on those pages are within reach. The detailed scenes are a different job. Dragon Zombie, Zombie Crowd Downtown and Skull-Faced Zombie Close-Up all have fine, closely packed lines that suit older kids, teens and adults.
Printing for a mixed group is easy enough: put out a few of each. The simple sheets finish fast, which keeps the little ones in the room while the older kids work on something slower.
Activities to Do With Zombie Coloring Pages
Create a “Wanted” Poster
Turn a finished sheet into a Wild West wanted poster. Cut the zombie out, glue it onto tan or brown construction paper, then write WANTED across the top and a reward in brains along the bottom. Crumpling the paper and flattening it again ages it convincingly, and an adult can carefully singe the edges for the full saloon look. Cowboy Zombie Showdown is the obvious candidate.
Design Zombie Masks
Print Easy Zombie Face or Skull-Faced Zombie Close-Up onto heavy cardstock. After coloring, cut out the eye holes and either tape a craft stick to the bottom edge or punch a hole at each side for elastic. Both of those sheets are drawn head-on at roughly face size, which is why they work as masks when the full-body pages do not.
Glow-in-the-Dark Art
Swap crayons for glow-in-the-dark paint or markers on the eyes, teeth and any dripping slime. Screaming Zombie Covered in Slime and Zombie With Potion Bottles are built for this, since both are covered in drips and floating blobs. Tape the finished pages to a bedroom wall and let them charge under a lamp before lights out.
Zombie Storytelling Challenge
After coloring a busy scene like Zombie Outbreak in the City, ask your kid to write down what is happening in the picture. Give the zombie a name, a job it had before, and a reason it is out on that particular street. Pairing a drawing with a few paragraphs is a low-pressure way to get a reluctant writer moving.
DIY Halloween Party Decor
String colored zombies into a garland, tape them inside the windows, or slide them under clear plastic as placemats. NRF’s 2025 survey expected US Halloween spending to reach a record $13.1 billion, with 51% of shoppers planning to decorate the home or yard and 66% planning to hand out candy (2), so a stack of free printables is a cheap way to fill a wall. The wide scenes, like Forest of the Zombies, cut into strips well.
Pin the Brain on the Zombie
Print one zombie as large as your printer allows, color it, and tape it to a door. Cut brain shapes out of pink paper and add a loop of tape to each, then blindfold players and spin them before they aim. Big-Headed Zombie Above the Crowd is the easiest target, since the head fills most of the page.
FAQs
Are These Zombie Coloring Pages Too Scary for Kids?
Most are not, but a handful are. The set mixes cartoon zombies with round eyes and goofy grins, which younger kids handle fine, alongside detailed sheets like Skull-Faced Zombie Close-Up and Dragon Zombie that read as genuinely creepy. Scroll the thumbnails before you print and pick the tone that fits your child rather than printing the lot.
What Are the Best Colors for Zombie Skin?
Pale green, grey-green, ashy blue and yellowed beige all read as zombie skin. Pick one as the base coat, then darken the eye sockets, jaw and knuckles with a second shade so the figure does not look flat. Purple and a dull red work for bruises and wounds. Keep teeth and exposed bone white so they stay separate from the skin.
Can I Use Paint on These Pages?
Yes, as long as you print onto cardstock or another heavy paper first. Standard printer paper buckles and bleeds under watercolor or acrylic, while cardstock holds its shape. Plain paper is fine for crayons, colored pencils and dry markers. Tape the sheet down at the corners before painting to stop it curling as it dries.
How Do I Print These Zombie Coloring Pages?
Click the download link under the sheet you want, then send the file to your printer. Set the scaling to Fit to Page so nothing gets cropped at the edges, and choose grayscale to save color ink. Portrait orientation matches the way every page here is drawn.
Are Zombies Real?
No. Reanimated corpses that chase people exist only in films, games and books. The word itself traces back to Haitian folklore, where a zombi was a person said to be under someone else’s control rather than a flesh-eating monster. That is a handy thing to tell a kid who finds the pages a bit much: the drawings are invented, the same as dragons.
Can I Use These for a Classroom Activity?
Yes. They work as a Halloween party station, an art lesson on shading and texture, or a writing prompt where each student invents a backstory for their zombie. The simple faces suit early elementary, and the crowded city and forest scenes give older students something to work at. The sheets are free to download and print.
