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Nothing stands straight at this address. Our scary witch house coloring page shows a crooked house leaning under a full moon, with a stone tower on one side and a brick chimney on the other. Both roofs bend at the tip like old witch hats. Yellow light shines in the windows, and the shape of a cat sits in one of them, watching the path.
This is a detailed page for ages 10 and up. It is moody but mild, with no monsters and nothing gruesome. The roofs alone will keep you busy for a while, so think of it as a project for a couple of evenings.
A tour of the house
Start at the top. Each roof is covered in rows of rounded shingles, and a little dormer window pokes out of the main one. Thin smoke curls from the chimney into the moon. A cobweb hangs in the corner of the sky near the tower tip.
The walls change as you go down. The tower is built from big stones, the upper floor has long crooked boards, and the lower floor is stone again. Every window has loose shutters. A porch roof covers the front door, with a lantern hanging by a thin chain.
Out in the yard you will see a bubbling cauldron, a crooked fence, stepping stones and a bare tree on the right. Two grumpy pumpkins and a pair of toadstools guard the path.
Scary witch house coloring page color ideas
Choose a limited set of colors and it will look far more polished. Three purples on the shingles work beautifully with a navy sky. Moss green and gray make the house feel damp and forgotten, while rust and charcoal give it a burned look.
Keep the windows bright, since they are the warm heart of the picture. Pale yellow with orange near the frames looks like candlelight. The cauldron can hold a sickly green brew, which ties in nicely with the moss on the stones.
How to tackle the details
Do the windows first and protect them. It is hard to get light color back later. Then pick one shingle color and scatter it over the roof, leaving gaps. Fill the gaps with the second color, and finish with the third. Working this way keeps the pattern random.
Shade under each shingle row with a slightly darker pencil. It only takes a thin line, and the roof will seem to lift off the paper.
On the stone walls, vary the colors a little from stone to stone. Gray, tan and pale lilac mixed together look more real than a single shade. Add a soft shadow on the side away from the moon.
The hut that could walk
Crooked witch homes have a long history in stories. In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga lives deep in the forest in a hut on chicken legs. She flies in a wooden mortar, holds a pestle and sweeps away her tracks with a broom. She can be a terror in one tale and a kind helper in the next. Her name is a puzzle as well. Baba means grandmother or old woman, but nobody is sure where Yaga comes from.
Display and share
Finished pages this detailed deserve a frame. A dollar store black frame makes it look like real wall art for the season. You can also scan it and use it as the front of a party invitation, or photograph it for a coloring group.
One warning. Dark skies eat up pencil lead fast, so sharpen your navy before you begin and keep a spare close by.
Other pages for this mood
Pair this house with the cauldron coloring page and the witch hat coloring page for a set of matching sheets. Both print well and go faster than this one.
Questions
How long does it take to color?
Most people need two hours or more. The two roofs alone have well over a hundred shingles, so it is a good page to do in stages.
Is it okay for a 10-year-old?
Yes. It is a spooky house and nothing more. There are no scary characters, only a cat in a window and a pot bubbling in the yard.
Should every shingle be a different color?
You can do that, but three shades repeated at random look better and go faster. Choose them before you start.
