Horse themed Halloween coloring pages are perfect for both everyday autumn activities and Halloween parties. They are such a fun Halloween activity for little horse lovers and adults alike. There are horses with pumpkins, spooky scenes, headless horsemen, My Little Pony, and more.
The best part? All of the horse Halloween coloring pages we have featured in this post are free. To access a full-size coloring page ready for printing simply click the coloring page links below. We hope you enjoy them!
These coloring pages are headless horseman themed and, of course, all feature a wonderful ghost horse. Want to know more about these horses? Check out our post The Ghost Horses of the Headless Horseman.
There are so many Halloween origami designs available. However, not all of them are equally amazing or free. In this post we are presenting our top free Halloween origami choices and sorting them into levels: Easy, Intermediate, and Advanced.
What goes into our origami evaluation for a diagram or pattern to meet our standards? First, it needs to be an authentic origami model. Meaning it must involve only folding paper. For Halloween origami, we will make an exception to allow for the use of a pen. If it requires scissors, glue, google eyes, etc, it’s out… Second, the finished origami model needs to look cute or realistic. No questioning it like, “I guess this blob COULD be a ghost”.
We’ll get to the free origami list but first… FREE printable Halloween-themed Origami paper! This is so perfect for throwing together a craft for a Halloween party for kids and adults. Also for making some extra festive decor.
Halloween is fast approaching and there is nothing like a festive Halloween cat themed coloring page to engage kids, and adults too, in some special holiday fun. Coloring pages can also be a great party activity for birthdays or holiday events. The best part: there are many full size, printable coloring pages available that are 100% free!
We have shared in this post the very best, free, cat themed Halloween coloring pages. The cat graphics in these coloring pages are just too cute. Each coloring page can be easily viewed and printed by clicking on a link below. Take a look below for the links to these adorably spooky coloring pages.
This week’s freebie from Sage and MI is a package of 11 Full Moon and Crow Digital Backgrounds. Just in time for the upcoming full moon on October 9th; the Hunter’s Moon. Its name signifies the changing of the seasons and the need to hunt or harvest food in preparation for the cold of winter.
The artistic, stylized graphic in the Full Moon and Crow Digital Backgrounds package features a crow sitting on stark, bare tree branches in front of the full moon. This design is perfect to use in any of your Halloween, autumn or winter creations.
The Sage and MI License Agreement requires you to use two extra images in your design. This can be as simple as adding an additional graphic or photo and text to your design. Please ensure you review the License Agreement for image usage guidelines prior to utilizing any Sage and MI graphic.
A resource you could use to add stylized text to these graphics is Font Space. It is perfect for finding unique free fonts to use in your designs. There are over 92,000 free options available! Be sure to review their use policy for the fonts. There are different options for commercial and personal use.
Free resources to find graphics to use in your designs are listed below. All the images are in the Public Domain. This means they are available for both personal and commercial projects. With no terms of use restrictions! Select and download the images you want to use.
Need a free image editor? Our favorite is Paint.net. It is 100% free and easy to use.
Additionally, while inspired by the upcoming full moon and October vibes, we created a package of 8 Halloween Full Moon Digital Backgrounds. They feature artistic variations of an illustration of a captivating castle on a hill in front of a full moon and soaring bat.
We firmly believe that Halloween is best celebrated by incorporating your own interests and loves. If you happen to be a Ballerina that means a ballet themed Halloween! If you aren’t a ballerina and instead have one in your life, a gift of a ballet themed Halloween card or gift could really make the holiday all the more special.
This post includes the very best Halloween Ballet items which consist of greeting cards, costumes and t-shirts, trick-or-treat bags, and themed books. At the end of the post we also share a link to a product collection featuring everything else you could want for a Ballet themed Halloween: gift wrapping supplies, party supplies, mugs, puzzles, garden flags and so much more.
Ballet Themed Halloween Greeting Cards
These Ballet themed Halloween greeting cards are perfect for sharing the Halloween and ballet spirit! Whether as a gift to a daughter, dance, teacher, family member or friend. There are three cute Ballet Halloween designs featured with girls of varying appearances. For a more complete selection of these designs and different girls check out the product collection Ballet Themed Halloween.
We are sharing some super cute Ballet themed Trick-or-Treat bags in this section. A great idea for getting additional use out of these adorable bags: they can become dance bags and tote a dancer’s gear to dance class all season long!
These Ballet books are perfect for Halloween and make the perfect gift for ballet crazy children. None of the stories are sad or scary making for a nice light hearted Halloween activity.
Find the designs featured above in the Halloween Greeting Cards and Trick-or-Treat Bags sections on a wide variety of products in this Ballet Themed Halloween collection. There are even more Halloween greeting cards and trick-or-treat bag options as well as mugs, address labels, postcards, party supplies, gift wrapping supplies and so much more!
Who are the Ghost Horses of the Headless Horsemen?
Horses and Men, that’s plural. How many Headless Horsemen are there? Well, there are Headless Horsemen haunting Ireland, Scotland, the United States and more. So, beneath every Headless Horseman there must be a horse. Who are these ghost horses and what do they want?
All the Ghost Horses and all the Headless Men
could not seem to find happiness again…
This is really the story behind all great Headless Horsemen. What about their restless horses? They seem to be very devoted to their headless riders. What breed, how big and what color are they? Read on to find the answers to these questions and more…
Ireland
The Dullahan and His Horses
Ireland’s Headless Horseman is referred to as The Dullahan. There are many stories about this Headless Horseman, some of which involve different horses. The Dullahan often appeared as an omen of death. Some say he drove a carriage pulled by many black horses. Others have seen him riding a magnificent black stallion across the countryside. However, Charley Culnane, of County Cork, saw a different Ghost Horse.
One evening, while Charley was riding his own horse, he saw the head of a white horse, with short cropped ears, large open nostrils and immense eyes. This horse’s head, at first, seemed to have no connection with a body, legs or rider. The detached head proceeding through the air did not seem to have a body until it was suddenly close at his side. Charley turned to examine this horse only to find a figure, whose height that he guessed to be at least eight feet, seated on the body and legs of a white horse of a full eighteen hands and a half high. Who are these horses?
The Ghost Horses of Ireland’s Headless Horseman
This Irish Headless Horseman seems to have an entire barn full of horses. Some black, at least one stallion and this white beast that Charley Culnane, of County Cork, experienced. Charley Culnane ended up challenging this Headless Horseman to a race. The Headless Horseman enjoyed himself so much that he helped, in spirit, Charley and his mare win another horse race. Is it the case that when this Headless Horseman of Ireland is not riding about being an omen of death he rides a white horse? So, what breeds of ghost horses does he keep at his barn?
First, one should assume that this Irish Horseman would have his country’s finest horses. That makes this much easier. His carriage horses are most likely of the type Irish Draught. This would be a great looking, dependable carriage horse. While this horse is a very attractive breed and good for many riding disciplines, I do not think he would be caught dead riding one. His black stallion is never seen with much feathering to his legs. That rules out an Irish Cob. So, what’s left? His two riding horses might have been of the type Irish Sport Horse, where the horse is an average height of 16 – 17 hands, has great speed due to being a Thoroughbred cross and can be of both colors black and white. This is a fine collection of ghost horses.
Who is Ewen of the Little Head? According to Scottish Folklore and Legends, Ewen of the Little Head is a ghost horseman, without his head. Ewen wanted land from his father. His desire for more land caused a feud that was resolved on the battlefield in 1538. Father and son met for a battle that ended with one of his father’s clansmen decapitating Ewen. Ewen’s horse thundered off with the headless body still in the saddle, eventually stopping some miles from the battle site. The body fell to the ground and was eventually carried to its final resting place, in Iona, by Ewen’s clansmen.
The horse Ewen was riding was his favorite for years before the battle. It was a small, but active, pony that was dun or mouse-colored. They were soon to return as a Headless Horseman and Ghost Horse pair. They haunt many people and whenever a member of the Chief’s family is about to die, the ghostly vision of Ewen makes an appearance. The prints of the ponies shoes are often seen and the rattling of its curb can be heard in the darkest night. So what breed is this pony?
This pony sounds like a dream. Not some big black angry monster horse. Could it be an old version of the Highland Pony? The Highland Pony resembles horses depicted millions of years ago, on cave walls, in France.
Cave Painting at Lascaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
They were ponies in northern Scotland and the Scottish islands after the Ice Age. Ewen’s pony seems to be a result of numerous out-crosses from this ancient origin, as is the Highland Pony. The breeding of these horses was first recorded in the 1500’s. They were a type of Percheron cross with native stock. The old Highland breeders also introduced oriental horses in the 1500’s. Any of these types could have produced a strong rugged pony that was dun in color, like the Highland Pony shown below.
The U.S. has at least two headless horsemen. However, the most famous is the headless horseman from Washington Irving’s story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
This headless horseman was an existing legend that was borrowed for Irvin’s story. The man who became this Headless Horseman was a Hessian mercenary hired by the British Army to assist British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. He ended up being killed in a battle near Sleepy Hollow, New York, when his head was blown off by a cannonball. This man returned as the Headless Horseman, but who was his horse?
Some say his horse is Daredevil, the horse of Brom Bones. This is a true statement if talking about Irving’s story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. However, the original Headless Horseman tale precedes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. No matter the legend, the horse is always shown as black with lots of mane and tail but not much feathering. There are some that believe the horse was a dressage horse, since the horseman was German. Could it have been an Andalusian? It was a popular horse during the Revolutionary War. The Andalusian Stallion shown below seems to be a great match.
Well, that’s an easy question to answer. He would be a Headless Man. We need to know more about these ghost horses that put up with these headless men. So many go unnamed and what credit are they given. This site has given only a small amount of recognition to a few. There are many others.
Bavarian folklore has tales of Headless Horsemen who patrol the forests. In India, a character called the Dune rides about headless. The Green Knight of medieval legend was beheaded and now rides headless. These are just a few other Ghost Horses and their Headless Horsemen. If you know of others or have any additional information about these ghost horses please leave a comment and have a very Horsey Halloween!
Some ghost stories can be a little too scary or sad for children. The books featured below are neither. We are a mother and daughter team here at Sage and MI, and years ago we loved a good ghost horse book that didn’t make us sleep with the lights on or cry for hours.
Horse Ghost books are great for horse crazy kids any time of the year, but the Halloween holiday season is an especially perfect time of year for these spooky stories. Holiday themed books are an excellent way to get younger children interested in reading.
The collection we have shared in this post includes books for a few different recommended age ranges, including ages 6 – 12 years. They are definitely some of our favorite ghost horse books for kids. We hope you enjoy these books just as much as we have.
Colt in the Cave is our all time favorite. We re-read this book a few times a year, and other books in the Animal Ark series as well. Colt in the Cave is definitely one of the books that sold us on the opinion that ghost horses are not just for Halloween. The recommended age range is 9 – 12 years.
Brave Horse was a gift for Halloween. The story takes place on a ranch in the Colorado Rocky Mountains highlighting a phantom horse named Diablo. The recommended age range is 8 – 12 years.
Ghost Horse was another Halloween holiday book purchase. We loved this story but never did read any of the other books in this series. I’m not sure how many precisely but there are a few other horse books available in this collection. The recommended age range is 6 – 9 years.
Ghost Horse is another of our favorite Halloween horse books. If you love this story, there are additional books in the series! The recommended age range is 8 – 12 years.
We never read this book, but The Great Pumpkin Ride looks like another amazing horse ghost book for kids. The reviews are excellent and it seems quite humorous, with neither a scary or sad description. “A humorous Halloween adventure story for kids.”.
We’re making changes to the Sage and MI Weekly Freebie! Since our launch, we’ve been offering a package of our original clipart creations for free on Fridays that are available for download for one week. With our new change, we will still be holding a Freebie Friday but with two important differences. The first: it will be available for free indefinitely! The second: the freebie itself will now consist of a graphic from one of our packages of original clipart.
This week, while we are in the process of this Freebie Friday transition, we are offering our clipart pack of 44 Spooky Jack-’o-lantern Halloween Digital Backgrounds for free, for an unlimited amount of time. From spooky orange to mystical purple these creepy Jack-’o-lanterns are situated in many haunting scenes, perfect for some just-in-time Halloween creations.
We hope you enjoy them… And the beginning of your October festivities! As always, we would also like to wish you a Happy Freebie Friday.
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A resource you could use to add stylized text to these graphics is Font Space. It is perfect for finding unique free fonts to use in your designs. There are over 92,000 free options available! Be sure to review their use policy for the fonts. There are different options for commercial and personal use.
Free resources to find graphics to use in your designs are listed below. All the images are in the Public Domain. This means they are available for both personal and commercial projects. With no terms of use restrictions! Select and download the images you want to use.
Share the Halloween spirit with friends and family by sending a unique Halloween greeting card this year. We have shared our favorite options in this post to include styles that are perfect for anyone with themes ranging from spooky to cute.
Even if mailing cards isn’t your thing or it seems a little too late in the season, sending a Halloween card is still an option. You can simply send a digital Halloween card! Digital is always a great option, especially if you have many intended recipients. Purchase the card once and you can send it an unlimited number of times. And you will receive it the day of! Which means you can choose and purchase the card as late as Halloween.
Digital Halloween Greeting Cards
No waiting for these Halloween Greeting Digital eCards! You’ll have access to your Halloween Card design right after purchasing. Just edit, download and send. You can even try a free demo of the design prior to purchasing.
These Halloween Greeting Cards are printed classic cards, which you will receive in the mail. Each card features a unique greeting on the inside that can be personalized if you so choose. Take a look to find your favorites…
Lights are such an important part of an amazing Halloween decoration display. With a simple addition or change of lighting you can transform your entire area, indoor or outdoor, into a spooky spectacle or an enchanting encounter.
Some pre-lit Halloween holiday decorations can be rather pricey. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money but still want to add some light to your Halloween Decor, take a look below to find our selections for the Top 5 Affordable Decorative Halloween Lights.
This set of Peep ‘n Peepers Flashing Eyes Halloween Lights are so fun and on the cuter side of spooky. They are a great addition to a well established Halloween display and make a huge impact even as your only lights. They are so affordable and easy to use. Each purchase includes a set of three pairs of funny eyes. The eyes have 360 degree rotating eyelids and prismatic irises. You can string up to 3 sets together and they can be used indoors and out.
The Sinister Skull Skeleton with Lantern Halloween Decoration is perfect for crawling out of a graveyard theme or great for adding a little bit of scary to a flower bed. It has a single light in the lantern and is also a very inexpensive decoration.
These charming Hanging Halloween Paper Lanterns will add a lighthearted spookiness to your holiday decor and look great both in the day and in the night. This set includes six different lanterns with bats, a jack o’lantern pumpkin, spiders on a web, a large cute spider, a graveyard scene and a spooky castle. Each lantern features LED lights and are battery powered.
These Halloween Ghost Windsocks are another set that looks great both in the day and night. They are soooo cute. You get three Halloween ghost hanging windsocks that are 43 inches tall and 26 inches wide. Each ghost comes with a battery powered string light that is 27.5 inches long with 14 LED lights.
There are many string lights of pumpkins but this Halloween Pumpkin Lantern String Lights set is one of the best. The design is so cute and irresistible with a smiling Jack-‘o-lantern face design. This string light set is 8.5 feet long with 10 pumpkin lanterns.
Choosing a Halloween themed Save the Date invitation is a great way to share your personality as a couple with friends and family in announcement of your big day. There are many different styles ranging from cute to creepy, silly to goth. Also, there are many different mediums to choose from like digital invitations and classic printed invitations.
Currently, our favorite choice for Halloween Save the Date invitations is any of the digital download options. Not only do they look amazing, sending a digital Save the Date is friendly for your wallet, and also the environment. Once you download a digital invitation, you can send it an unlimited number of times! No postage required…
Digital Save the Date Wedding Announcements – Instant Download
No waiting for these Halloween Save the Date invitations! You’ll have access to your Save the Date design right after purchasing. Just edit, download and send. You can even try a free demo of any Save the Date design prior to purchasing.
Printed Save the Date Wedding Announcements – Mail Order
These Halloween Save the Date wedding announcements are printed classic paper invitations, which you will receive in the mail. As a default, the paper type for these invitations is a matte 324 GSM. However, there are twelve different paper options to select from. Included with the invitations are standard white envelopes. Click on any of the invitations to find more details and to easily personalize a design with your information.
Choosing a magnetic card as the medium for your Halloween Save the Date wedding announcement is super unique and makes for an amazing holiday decoration for recipient friends and family. They are printed on 14 point cardstock and are vinyl laminated with a glossy finish. The magnetic cards do come with classic white envelopes.
This post contains the cutest collection of infant and toddler, horse and pony costumes and accessories. These costumes are a perfect choice for Halloween but are also fun for any horse themed party, dress up and play.
This collection of costumes has something for all young horse lovers and this first costume has been one of our favorites for years…
These cute costumes are a perfect addition to the ride-on-horses above or you can just add a stick horse show below. There are costume sets for English and Western riding disciplines and a horse racing jockey costume as well.
In terms of costumes, options for horses come down to two primary options: ride-a horse costumes and stick horses. Both are amazing options and provide ample opportunities for play. For Halloween, a ride-horse costume could be slightly better because the child can have both hands free for trick-or-treating and play.
A stick horse is a must have Halloween costume accessory for any child who dresses up as an equestrian. You can purchase one already made or do it yourself and make one as a fun kid-friendly craft! We have shared some of the best stick horse options below as well as a tutorial video on how to create one.
We are sharing two DIY tutorials for making a stick horse. The first is the post Making Mops Into Stick Horses. Our favorite thing about Mop Stick Horses is that the stick is already connected.
The second is a video tutorial on how to make sock stick horses. Our favorite thing about Sock Stick Horses is you can easily create different horse colors. Take a look…
Make this Halloween season even more memorable with a festive Countdown Calendar. They are very similar to Christmas Advent Calendars and some have doors or pockets to hide treats, small gifts, stickers and cute images.
Countdown to Halloween calendars come in many different styles and materials, so you are sure to find one that perfectly complements your Halloween decorations. Find your favorite and have fun counting down to Halloween!
The Wooden Countdown to Halloween Calendar featured above is available as shown but we love that you can also purchase it as a kit. There are two kit options to choose from – paint it yourself or assemble and paint it yourself.
This Large Haunted House Halloween Countdown Calendar is sooo AMAZING and it’s our favorite Countdown to Halloween Calendar this year. The design is based on the deserted Ukrainian Pidhirtsi Castle. In addition to it looking fabulous, it features windows that open, revealing your countdown surprise, and lights that illuminate the window panes.
All of our featured Paper Countdown to Halloween Calendars are quality calendars by The Vermont Christmas Company known for their Christmas Advent Calendars. Each Halloween countdown calendar features a fun picture and riddle or joke behind each window. They make excellent inexpensive gifts and are perfect for your own home. Take a look at our current favorites…
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