Printable October Coloring Calendar
October is filled with colorful leaves, cooler weather, pumpkins, costumes, and plenty of exciting activities. Our Printable October Coloring Calendar gives children a fun way to organize school events, family activities, birthdays, fall festivals, and Halloween plans.
Children can color the autumn decorations, mark important dates, and cross off each day as Halloween gets closer. Parents, teachers, and caregivers can also use this printable calendar to keep track of classroom activities, appointments, field trips, and seasonal celebrations.
October 2026 Holidays and Special Days
- October 1: International Day of Older Persons
- October 2: International Day of Non-Violence
- October 4 through 10: World Space Week
- October 5: World Teachers’ Day
- October 9: World Post Day
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
- October 12: Canadian Thanksgiving
- October 12: Columbus Day
- October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day in many communities
- October 16: World Food Day
- October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- October 23: International Snow Leopard Day
- October 24: United Nations Day
- October 31: Halloween
Families can also add local fall festivals, pumpkin patch visits, school picture days, costume parties, football games, birthdays, and other special events.
Fun October Calendar Ideas
Use the calendar to count down the days until Halloween or another exciting event. Children can draw a tiny pumpkin, leaf, bat, apple, or piece of candy in each date box as the month passes.
The calendar can also help children practice writing numbers, recognizing days of the week, planning ahead, and learning how many days are in a month.
Supplies
- White printer paper
- Printer
- Crayons
- Markers
- Colored pencils
- Stickers, optional
Instructions
- Print the October coloring calendar on white paper.
- Let children color the pumpkins, leaves, Halloween decorations, and other fall pictures.
- Write birthdays, school events, appointments, holidays, and family activities in the correct date boxes.
- Place the finished calendar on a refrigerator, classroom wall, bulletin board, or homework area.
- Cross off or color each day as it passes.
Younger children may need help writing special events inside the date boxes. Older children can manage their own calendars and use different colors for school, family, sports, and holiday activities.
Patterns, Templates and Printables
Click on the October coloring calendar below to open the full-size printable in a new window.
Teacher Friendly Educational Extension
Use this printable October calendar as a simple classroom activity that combines math, writing, art, and planning skills.
Ask students to count the number of Mondays, Tuesdays, and weekends in October. They can compare which day of the week appears most often or calculate how many school days remain before Halloween.
Students can also choose one October observance to research. They might write a short paragraph about World Teachers’ Day, World Food Day, United Nations Day, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or another event listed on the calendar.
For a creative writing activity, invite children to write about their favorite fall tradition, design a Halloween costume, or describe an imaginary visit to a pumpkin patch.
