Free Printable Bat Templates & Outlines
Last updated: August 21, 2025 by the Homemade Gifts Coloring Team
Some find bats spooky, especially as Halloween draws near, but I think they’re kinda cute. You can go the spooky or cute route with these printable bat templates and outlines. We have blank bat templates that you can decorate however you like as well as cute bat friends to print out and color. There are so many ways to decorate for Halloween using bat templates as a starting point. So browse the whole gallery and collect as many bat friends as you like!
Download our bat templates as high-resolution letter-sized PDFs. The bat sizes range from large (approximately 10 inches) to medium (7.5 inches) to small (5 inches) sizes. To download, click on the image, or text-link underneath the image.
Printable Bat Templates & Outlines
Check out our huge variety of bat templates right here. Go for a classic bat outlines to serve as the centerpiece of your Halloween decorationsm, or pick up a friendly bat that’s fun for the kids to color in.
These printables are for personal, non-commercial use only.
Bat Template Crafts
Choosing your favorite bat templates and printing them out is only the beginning. You can use them as the starting point for all kinds of fun craft projects.
Decorate a Classroom
If you’re a teacher, your kids are probably pretty excited for Halloween. Channel some of that energy into craft time by offering them blank bat templates and challenging them to decorate their bats. They don’t have to go with a classic black bat. Let them get creative, then hang up the bats all over the classroom for a festive decoration.
Create a Halloween Card
If you’re sending out cards for a Halloween party, you can use bat templates to decorate them. Simply cut the templates out and add them to a card, or scale them so you can use the template itself as the card. This handmade touch will make your card extra special for the recipient.
Hang Them Around the House
Bring a whole swarm home. Print out a bunch of bat templates, then color, decorate, and cut them out. You can attach them to each other to make bat bunting, or just hang them all over the house. Bat templates are especially good for high corners, doors, wreaths, and places like that. They make for a simple decoration that your kids can help you with.
Turn Bat Templates into a Fun Party Game
If you’re having a Halloween party, you can turn bat templates into a party game. A really simple way to do this is by making a starry night sky background. Then blindfold the kids, spin them around, and have them pin their bat to the sky. You can also simply set out the bat templates along with markers, glitter, and other craft supplies and let the kids create and decorate to their heart’s content.
More Halloween Fun
Bat templates are a staple of spooky decorating, but there’s so much more to Halloween. Here are some other fun activities, stencils, and coloring pages you can work into your decorations and celebrations.
- Pumpkin Templates & Outlines
- Pumpkin Carving Stencils
- Apple Templates
- Halloween Coloring Pages
- Spider Coloring Pages
- Witch Coloring Pages
- Haunted House Coloring Pages
- Sugar Skull Coloring Pages
- Halloween Jokes
- Spider Puns
- Skeleton Puns
- Halloween Trivia
- Halloween Word Search
