16 Bat Templates and Templates
Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. Their wings are actually stretched skin over long finger bones, which is why the scientific name for the group, Chiroptera, means hand wing. These templates focus on clear bat shapes that kids can color, cut out and use for crafts. You will find a plain outline, a simple bat, wings raised high, wings half open, a side view, bats in pairs and a cluster of three, plus a bat wearing a cape and a frame made from a bat's spread wings. The bold outlines make them easy to trace onto black cardstock for window decorations or to string into a Halloween garland. Real bats come in more colors than black, including brown, gray, ginger and even white in the case of the tiny Honduran white bat, so kids can be creative. Bats also help people by eating huge numbers of insects and by pollinating plants such as agave and bananas. Simple templates work for toddlers, and the overlapping pairs give older kids neat edges to cut.
Bat templates for crafts and decorations
Bat Outline and Simple Bat have clean edges that are easy to cut around, so they work well as Halloween templates for ages 3 to 7. Color the wings, cut the bats out and string them across a window or doorway, or glue one onto a paper plate moon. Cute Bat can hang upside down from a drawn branch taped to a classroom wall.
Night sky colors and wing details
Fun Bat is the only sheet with stars, so a dark blue sky colored around them makes the bat stand out. The finger ribs on Bat Outline and Cute Bat divide each wing into panels that can take slightly different grays or purples. Simple Bat suits the youngest children, with a big round body and short wings. Black, brown, purple and gray all work for bats.
