Haunted House Coloring Page with Bats and a Bare Tree

A house that leans, windows that disagree, and bats that do not care. Print the PDF and start with the roof.

A crooked house leans in the middle of the page, with a tall roof, two towers of different heights, and windows that do not line up. A bare tree stands to one side, and bats circle above the roof. The wobble is the point, so a child who colors past the lines will not spoil anything. Good for ages six to ten. Pencils handle the windows best.

Crooked on purpose

Every upright line here tilts a little, and no two windows sit at the same height. That is what makes the house look abandoned rather than badly drawn. One sagging roofline on a straight house reads as a mistake; a house where nothing agrees reads as a decision. If you draw your own, pick a direction for the lean and keep it, and let the window frames stay square while the walls tip.

Bats are mammals and the only ones that truly fly. They rest hanging by their feet, which is why these are drawn mid-air rather than on the shingles. Plain silhouettes take one dark color.

Coloring and printing tips

• Print at 100% scale, black and white. Fit to page will thin out the window frames.
• Copy paper (20 lb / 80 gsm) for pencils; cardstock (65 lb / 160 gsm) for markers in the small panes.
• Give each tower its own shade of the same color, and the house reads as three parts.
• Color the sky last. A dark sky beside the bare tree makes the branches look thinner than they are.

This page pairs with the black cat coloring page on its fence and the witch on her broomstick, flying over the roof. The Halloween coloring pages hub lists the rest. Free for personal, classroom, and homeschool use, not for resale; the terms of use cover the details.