How to Draw a Bat (Easy Step-by-Step for Kids)
To draw a bat, start with a round head and two pointed ears. Add big eyes, a smile with two small fangs and an oval body. Finish with two pointed wings and two small feet.
- Steps
- 6 easy steps
- You need
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Black marker
- Purple, light purple and pink crayons
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Teaching this to a class?
Show one step at a time on the board and wait for the class before the next. The directed drawing for kids page explains how to run it.
How to draw a bat step by step
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Step 1 of 6: Draw a wide round head with two tall pointed ears, each with an inner ear line.
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Step 2 of 6: Add two big round eyes with shine dots and a small smile with two little fangs.
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Step 3 of 6: Draw a small oval body under the head.
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Step 4 of 6: Add a pointed wing on the left with two finger lines and a scalloped bottom edge.
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Step 5 of 6: Draw a matching wing on the right and two small feet with three toes each.
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Step 6 of 6: Color the bat and wing tops purple, wings and a belly oval light purple, inner ears and cheeks pink.
Tips for little artists
Tip: Press lightly with the pencil first. Trace the lines you like with the marker, then erase the rest.
Tip: Start each finger line at the top of the wing and end it at a point of the scalloped edge.
Tip: Spread the wings out wide, so the whole bat is more than twice as wide as its head. Wide wings make the bat look like it is flying.
Make it yours
Bat with the moon
Draw a big yellow moon behind the bat and color the sky dark blue.
Hanging bat
Draw a branch at the top and turn the bat upside down, holding on with its feet.
Bat family
Draw two smaller bats flying next to the big one.
Common mistakes and easy fixes
The wings look like a bird's
Draw a pointed top edge, a scalloped bottom edge and straight finger lines, with no feathers.
The wings are different sizes
Make the right wing a mirror copy of the left, with its tip at the same height.
The fangs are too big
Draw two tiny triangles at the top of the smile, much smaller than the eyes.
Fun facts about the bat
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. Flying squirrels and other mammals glide instead. (Source: National Park Service)
Bats belong to the order Chiroptera, which means hand-wing, because bones in their hands support their wings. (Source: National Park Service)
Bats are not blind. They can see, but they also use high-frequency sound, called echolocation, to see with their ears. (Source: National Park Service)
Questions grown-ups ask
How to make an easy bat?
Draw a round head with two pointed ears, then a face with two small fangs and an oval body. Add a pointed wing on each side and two small feet.
How to draw a bat for kids?
Start with the head and ears, then the face, the body, the left wing, and the right wing with the feet. Color it purple with light purple wings last.
How to draw a bat wing?
Draw a pointed top edge out from the body and a scalloped bottom edge. Add two finger lines from the top to the points of the scallops.
If your bat's wings came out a little uneven, that's fine. Your bat is ready to fly at night. More easy drawings for kids are on the home page.