Bat Napping Upside Down on a Thick Branch

Coloring guide
Here's a sleepy little bat dangling upside down from a thick tree branch, gripping it with both tiny feet. Its wings are folded neatly around its body like a cozy blanket. The round, fluffy face has closed eyes with a gentle curved lash line and a small piggy-style nose, and two big pointed ears with inner line details stick out at the bottom. The branch runs across the page with a few simple bark lines and three leaves that have center veins and side veins. Bold, clean outlines and large open spaces make this free printable a good fit for preschoolers and early elementary kids. Soft purple or deep blue wings give a nighttime feel, while fresh greens for the leaves and warm browns for the branch finish it off. If you enjoyed this Bat page, don't miss our Wolves and Lion coloring pages.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- lavender purple
- charcoal gray
- deep purple
- leaf green
- soft pink
- warm brown
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Color the large wing membranes, including the upper wing, left wing and right wing, with lavender purple.
- 2Fill the darker folds between the wings and the thin right wing edge with deep purple.
- 3Color the bat's round head and both outer ears with charcoal gray, leaving the small gap between the wing arms white.
- 4Fill the inner parts of both ears and the small nose with soft pink.
- 5Color the two leaves with leaf green and the small piece of branch where the bat grips with warm brown.
- 6Optional: add a few slightly darker strokes in the gray and purple areas to give them a bit of depth, and leave the background white.
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