Bat Color by Number

Print the Bat with spread wings, or open More options for a hanging bat and 6 more.

Bat with spread wings, 12 by 12, 5 colors.

Answer key: prints on page 2.

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Print gives a blank worksheet, and the colored answer key on page 2 when that box is ticked. Colors you fill in on screen stay on screen. By keyboard: the arrow keys move around the grid, Enter colors a square, a digit colors it by that number and Backspace clears it.

How it works

This bat color by number set opens on a Bat with spread wings. Behind it: Hanging bat, Bat over the moon, Bat face, Three bats at sunset, Bat in a cave, Row of sleeping bats and Bat and a moth.

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Why the detailed wings have gray lines

Bats are the only mammals that truly fly, on wings of thin skin stretched over long finger bones. The detailed Bat with spread wings draws those bones in gray: open More options and choose Detailed 24 by 24 to print it.

Eight bat color by number pages, 3 to 5 crayons

Black is in all 8 easy keys, and the Three bats at sunset use the most of it: 54 squares. Five sheets color all 144 squares; the Row of sleeping bats takes only 82, with 3 crayons.

  • On the Bat face only the two teeth stay white: 142 of its 144 easy squares get a color.
  • The easy Bat and a moth has a single orange square: the body of the moth.

Questions and answers

Which crayons does the bat color by number need?

Five for the Bat with spread wings, numbered 1 to 5: blue for the sky, black for the wings, brown for the body, yellow for the eyes and stars, and orange for the nose and feet. All five are in a basic box of 8.

Is there a bat hanging upside down to color?

Yes, on three sheets: the Hanging bat on a branch, the Bat in a cave and the Row of sleeping bats.

Are the bat sheets only for Halloween?

No. Nothing on them says Halloween: there is no pumpkin, no witch and no scary face, so they also fit a week on bats or night animals. The Halloween set has a ghost, a spider and a black cat.

All 8 pictures

Bats in flight 4

  • Bat and a moth A black bat with yellow eyes flying after a moth with yellow wings and an orange body in a blue night sky. On the detailed grid yellow stars are out below them. Many bats eat insects. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Bat over the moon A black bat with its wings spread in front of a full yellow moon, in a purple sky over green grass. On the detailed grid the moon has orange marks, yellow stars are out and the grass has light green tufts. Most bats are nocturnal. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Bat with spread wings A brown bat flying toward you with its black wings spread across the sheet, yellow eyes and an orange nose and feet, in a blue night sky with yellow stars. On the detailed grid the eyes have black pupils, the ears are pink inside, gray finger bones run through the wings and more stars are out. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 7 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Three bats at sunset Three black bats flying across a sky banded purple, red and orange, while a yellow sun sets behind black ground. On the detailed grid a pink band joins the sky and the band above the ground turns yellow. Easy: 5 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 6 colors, 576 squares to color.
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Hanging bats 3

  • Bat in a cave A black bat hanging head down from the roof of a brown cave, its wings half open and its two eyes yellow, against the purple dusk in the cave mouth. On the detailed grid the rock has gray stones and each wing has a gray bone line. Many bats roost in caves. Easy: 4 colors, 144 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 576 squares to color.
  • Hanging bat A bat hanging upside down from a brown branch with a green leaf: black wings folded round a brown body, and a brown head at the bottom with two yellow eyes; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the eyes have black pupils, the nose is pink, the wings have gray edges, the branch has orange knots and the leaf has a light green tip. Bats at rest hang by their feet, head down. Easy: 4 colors, 85 squares to color. Detailed: 8 colors, 345 squares to color.
  • Row of sleeping bats Three bats asleep in a row under a brown beam, each wrapped in black wings with an orange belly showing and a brown head at the bottom; the background is left white. On the detailed grid the beam has gray knots. Easy: 3 colors, 82 squares to color. Detailed: 4 colors, 332 squares to color.

Close up 1

  • Bat face A brown bat's face close up against a blue sky: two tall ears with orange insides, yellow eyes with black pupils, a black nose and a black grin with two teeth left white. On the detailed grid the ears are pink inside and yellow stars are out. Easy: 5 colors, 142 squares to color. Detailed: 5 colors, 570 squares to color.

How this list was compiled: Our own pixel pictures, drawn square by square for this site on 12 by 12 and 24 by 24 grids in October 2026. Nothing is traced, scanned or copied from clip art, and no picture shows a brand, a logo or a character from a film, show, book or game. The facts in the Hanging bat, Bat over the moon, Bat in a cave and Bat and a moth descriptions and the line about how bats fly were checked against Wikipedia in October 2026. The color and square counts were counted from the finished grids. Licence: own work