Enjoy this easy Halloween art project with your kids. Make this Halloween bat pastel picture using our free printable bat pattern.

It is interesting, my memories of bats have nothing to do with Halloween. When I was younger, I remember swimming at the local swimming pool in the evenings and bats would be flying around the lights. I loved watching them.

Thinking about Halloween crafts, I knew I had to make this bat craft. It reminded me of watching the bats flying around the lights.

My daughter loves pastels, so we made this craft with pastels. You could also use chalk.

I included a free bat template you can use to make this craft easier. Feel free to draw your own bat if you like.

You can have your child cut out the bat outlines to practice his cutting skills or you could cut it out ahead of time.

We used painter’s tape to tape the bats to the paper. This made it easier to remove the bat template.

If you like this Halloween kids craft, please pin it for easy reference.

Keep reading for more Halloween crafts for kids.

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Halloween Bat Supplies

• Bat template – can be printed using the link below
• Black construction paper
• Scissors
• Painter’s tape
• Pastels

Halloween Bat Instructions

Print the free bat template. Or you could draw your own bat shapes or use your favorite clip art.

To print the free printable bat outline, click on the picture below and then print. Or you could download it to your computer and then print it.

Then, cut out the bat outline.

Using painter’s tape, tape the bats onto the black construction paper. This will make it easy for the bats to be removed.

Using pastels, color around the bat.

When you are finished, remove your bat shape that you taped down. You should see a black bat shape on your picture.

I hope you enjoy making this Halloween bat craft with your kids.

Ways To Modify This Craft

If you don’t have pastels, you can use chalk or crayons to make this Halloween kids craft.

More Bat Crafts

I love that with this bat craft the bat’s wings are made from a child’s handprints.

This build a bat craft is a free printable.

This moon and bat craft is made with a paper plate.