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Bat Shape Craft For Kids With Free Printable Template

Halloween is a fun time for kids to dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating. It’s also a great time to get creative with arts and crafts!

This Halloween, why not make a bat shape craft with your kids? It’s a great way for them to learn about shapes, and they’ll have a blast doing it!

Best of all, it’s super simple: just 3 supplies are needed! Download the template, break out the supplies, and get started today. Also, be sure to check out all of our Halloween crafts for kids for more ideas.

Printable Bat Craft

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Supplies

Directions

Download the bat template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

hand holding bat shape craft template

Begin by gluing the eyes to the middle of the circle body.

hand gluing eye to bat shape craft

Place the triangle teeth underneath the eyes and glue them in place.

hand gluing teeth to bat shape craft

Create the bat’s wings by gluing the largest triangle to the top right-hand corner of the rectangle.

hand gluing triangle onto bat wing

Next, glue the other triangle to the left of the triangle you just glued down. Take the 2nd triangle and glue it to the left of the last one.

hand gluing triangle onto bat wing

Repeat the last two directions with the other wing, starting in the top left-hand corner and gluing the other triangle to the right.

Take the completed wings and glue them to the back and middle of the bat’s body.

hand gluing body to bat shape craft

Finish up the bat by gluing the triangle ears to the back and top of the body.

hand gluing ear to bat shape craft

Isn’t this such a cute little Halloween bat?!

hand holding bat shape craft

Halloween Unit Study

October is here, which means it’s time to start planning for Halloween! This year, why not create a Halloween unit study that will help your kids have fun and learn at the same time?

With these ideas below, they’ll be able to practice fine motor skills, improve vocabulary, increase creativity, learn to follow directions, and so much more!

Kids’ Halloween Books

Reading aloud to your kids is a great way to start a Halloween unit study. Check out these popular Halloween books kids will love:

Below are some of the top-rated Halloween books for kids. Add them to your home collection or borrow them from your local library.

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.

5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5-minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.

Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!

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Halloween Kids’ Crafts

Crafts are a great way for young children to express themselves and develop their creativity. Through crafts, children can explore different materials and learn how to use them to create something unique. It’s also a great way for them to develop fine motor skills and learn how to follow instructions.

Try adding in some more of these spooky Halloween crafts:

Witch Gnome Craft – Our whimsical witch gnome will bring some extra magic this Halloween! This craft is perfect for encouraging imagination and creativity in children.

With just a few supplies, your kids can create a fun decoration to display at home or in the classroom!

Paper Plate Witch Craft For Kids – It’s that time of year again! Time to break out the spooky decorations and get ready for Halloween.

If you’re looking for a fun and easy craft to do with your kids, look no further than this paper plate witch. Kids will love to make their own unique witch.

Halloween craft ideas for kids collage

Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Craft – If you’re looking for a fun, easy, and festive Halloween craft, look no further than the Mickey Mouse craft! This cute and simple project is perfect for Disney fans of all ages and will remind you of Main Street Disneyland.

Candy Corn Halloween Craft – This Frankenstein candy corn craft is the cutest, easiest Halloween craft for kids! All you need is some paper and a little bit of time, and you can make these adorable little monsters.

Kids’ Halloween Activities

Fine motor skills are essential for kids to develop, and these Halloween do a dot printables are a fun way to help them improve those skills.

These printables can help with letter and number recognition, counting, and more. And because they’re themed around Halloween, they’re an extra-spooky way to get kids into the holiday spirit!

For those little ones who prefer their Halloween fun to be on the cute side, we’ve rounded up these adorable and free Halloween coloring pages for kids that are both adorable and festive.

hand holding bat shape craft with another one in the background

Looking for a sweet way to help your kids practice their handwriting, letter recognition, and fine motor skills? These free candy corn worksheets are perfect! Just print them out and let your kids get started. They’ll have so much fun they won’t even realize they’re learning!

These Frankenstein cutting worksheets are a great way to have some Halloween-themed fun. Your little monsters will love practicing their cutting skills with these adorable Frankenstein scissor activities!

Not only will they improve their fine motor skills, but they’ll also develop hand-eye coordination and concentration.

More Halloween Fun

hand holding bat shape craft

Share With Us

Did you make this craft with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s craft featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

Spooky season is here and what better way to celebrate than with this delightful candy corn headband craft! This candy corn headband craft is a wonderful way for kids to improve their fine motor skills and follow instructions. The craft is simple, engaging, and easy to make!

More Halloween Ideas For Kids

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Bat Shape Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

This Halloween, why not make a bat shape craft with your kids? It's a great way for them to learn about shapes, and they'll have a blast doing it!

Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Bat template

Instructions

  1. Download the bat template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
  2. Begin by gluing the eyes to the middle of the circle body. hand gluing eye to bat shape craft
  3. Place the triangle teeth underneath the eyes and glue them in place.
  4. Create the bat's wings by gluing the largest triangle to the top right-hand corner of the rectangle. hand gluing triangle onto bat wing
  5. Next, glue the other triangle to the left of the triangle you just glued down. Take the 2nd triangle and glue it to the left of the last one.
  6. Repeat the last two directions with the other wing, starting in the top left-hand corner and gluing the other triangle to the right.
  7. Take the completed wings and glue them to the back and middle of the bat's body. hand gluing body to bat shape craft
  8. Finish up the bat by gluing the triangle ears to the back and top of the body.

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Bat Template

Bat Template

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Janet

Monday 30th of October 2023

Would love this template please, Grandaughter loves bats and halloween

Sam

Monday 30th of October 2023

Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Leanna Eckstein

Friday 27th of October 2023

I would love to use this simple craft for our “Go Batty for Books” Scholastic book fair family event.

Thank you!

Sam

Monday 30th of October 2023

Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Ann

Tuesday 24th of October 2023

I would like this template please.

Sam

Wednesday 25th of October 2023

Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Tisha Dorton

Thursday 19th of October 2023

Would like this template please.

Sam

Friday 20th of October 2023

Since you’re already an email subscriber, all you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of any post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈

Melody

Tuesday 17th of October 2023

template please

Sam

Tuesday 17th of October 2023

Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you. Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.

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