In most homes, Halloween is the first of the fall and winter holidays, and that makes it special. If you have young children at home, you’re looking for non-scary, cute, and lighthearted ways to celebrate the Halloween season, and we’ve got that covered for you!
This fun toilet paper roll bat craft is a fun, easy, and simple Halloween craft for kids! On top of that, it’s also a fun way to recycle.
Learn how easy it is to make these adorable bats at home with your kids (or your students in the classroom). Read below or watch our step-by-step video to see how easy it is to make!
Bat Toilet Paper Roll Craft

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Toilet Roll Bat Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Scissors
- Glue
- Bat template (unlock the free template at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this bat to life!
First, guide your child in cutting the toilet paper roll in half with the scissors.

Use the glue stick on the back side of the black rectangle and attach it to the half toilet paper roll. This is the bat’s body.

Next, help your child glue the fangs to the top of the red mouth, with the pointy ends facing downwards.

Glue the mouth to the bottom of the black toilet paper roll.

Now, use the template eyes or googly eyes and attach them to the top and center of the paper roll.

Secure the ears to the top, inside the toilet paper roll.

Finally, encourage your child to glue the wings to the back and top part of the toilet roll.

Check out our toilet paper roll crafts while you’re here! Your little ones will enjoy making more fun projects like this!

Halloween Unit For Kids
Keep the fun activities going by creating a Halloween unit study around this bat craft. Below are some of our favorite ideas to get your creativity flowing!

Halloween Books For Kindergarten
First, we recommend starting off with books. Reading aloud or having your child practice reading to you is so great for their development!
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!

Crafts For Halloween
Kids’ crafts are a fun way to help with fine motor skills, following directions, creativity, and more. They can also be a great way for parents and kids to spend time together, build relationships, and have some fun.
Related: Bat Worksheets
Crafting is also a great way for kids to use their imagination and express themselves. It can also help teach them about colors, shapes, and other basic concepts. For those reasons and more, we recommend doing lots of crafts!
Try out some more Halloween crafts with these simple projects:
Mummy Pumpkin Craft – If you’re looking for a fun and easy no-carve pumpkin craft for kids, look no further than the mummy pumpkin! To make this cute Halloween decoration, you only need some paper, glue, and scissors.
Bat Popsicle Stick Craft – You know what’s a little spooky? Bats. You know what’s not spooky? This popsicle stick craft. This little creature is so cute and easy to make, it might just make kids less scared of bats!

Candy Corn Halloween Craft – Candy corn is a classic Halloween treat, and we’ve combined it with Frankenstein to make this easy paper craft that kids will love creating!
Monster Paper Bag Puppet Craft – Puppets are one of the best ways to explore creativity with your kids. And what’s more fun than making a puppet from a paper bag? This puppet is sure to be a hit with your little monsters!
Kids’ Halloween Activities
Are you tired of the same old Halloween activities? These Halloween pattern block mats are perfect for building fine motor skills and counting. Plus, they’re super fun!

Get your kids in the Halloween spirit with these free Halloween coloring pages! They’re no-prep and great for a fun, family activity.
Try this Handprint Bat Craft
When complete, they’d make super cute Halloween decorations for the fridge or wall.

Kids can work on letter recognition and counting skills with these Halloween do a dot printables. They’re easy to use too – just download and print! Kids of all ages will love these fun printables, and they’d also be a great addition to a Halloween party!

These Halloween math worksheets for kindergarteners are a fun way to practice counting, number recognition, and simple addition. With cute Halloween characters and colorful graphics, kids will have lots of fun while learning important skills.
Share With Us
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More Halloween Ideas For Kids

Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft
Learn how to make this recycled toilet paper roll bat craft for Halloween!
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper (in black, white, red & purple)
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Glue
- Bat template
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Download the bat template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by cutting the toilet paper roll in half with the scissors.
- Use the glue stick on the back side of the black rectangle and attach it to the half toilet paper roll. This is the bat's body.
- Next, glue the fangs to the top of the red mouth, with the pointy ends facing downwards.
- Glue the mouth to the bottom of the black toilet paper roll.
- Now, use the template eyes or googly eyes and attach them to the top, center of the paper roll.
- Secure the ears to the top, inside part of the toilet paper roll.
- Finish off by using the glue stick to place glue in the center of the bat's wings, then press the wings to the back of the bat's body.
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Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump and more. Read more.
Teresa
Sunday 27th of October 2024
Cute idea
Sam
Wednesday 30th of October 2024
Happy you think so; thanks!
Asma Begum
Wednesday 16th of October 2024
So cute! Thank you for the idea
Sam
Wednesday 16th of October 2024
Of course!
Dolores
Wednesday 16th of October 2024
free
Sam
Wednesday 16th of October 2024
To get the template, you'll need to have a free Grow account. If you are a free SEM+ Grow subscriber, please login (by clicking the “login or sign up free to unlock” button on the image) and it'll unlock the download image. If not, you can sign up for free and it'll also unlock. For more information on how this works, you can check out the details here.
Tresia
Thursday 10th of October 2024
I can't get the template for the to bat craft
Sam
Friday 11th of October 2024
To get the template, you'll need to have a free Grow account. If you are a free SEM+ Grow subscriber, please login (by clicking the “login or sign up free to unlock” button on the image at the end of the post) and it'll unlock the download image at the end of the post. If not, you can sign up for free and it'll also unlock. For more information on how this works, you can check out the details here.
Marla Conwell-Gipson
Wednesday 9th of October 2024
This looks like so much fun!
Sam
Wednesday 9th of October 2024
Glad you think so! Hope it brings a lot of fun your way!