Three melting Halloween candles with glowing flames, a spiderweb, and a tiny hanging bat.

Three Drippy Halloween Candles with a Bat Web

Three tall, drippy candles burn around a neat spiderweb where a tiny bat hangs upside down from the center thread.

🎨 How to color it

Color the candle wax creamy ivory, the flames golden yellow with orange centers, the spiderweb pale silver, and the tiny bat soft charcoal. Use chunky crayons or markers for the tall candle bodies, then switch to a sharp crayon tip for the web’s skinny lines. Try adding a faint purple glow behind the three flames so the little bat looks like it found a secret Halloween stage.

The story behind this coloring page

Luca Waits for Three Flames — In the wax alcove, every night Luca zipped between three tall candles, trying to hang still until each flame went flick, flick, flick. Read the full story →

In the wax alcove, every night Luca zipped between three tall candles, trying to hang still until each flame went flick, flick, flick. He had made himself a challenge: no wing wiggles before the third flicker.

One windy night, the flames bent sideways, and Luca’s toes slipped on the silky web. Because of that, the center thread twanged—bing! Because of THAT, a hidden web bell chimed under the candles, bright as a spoon tap.

“Wait for it,” Luca whispered. He counted three warm, honey-smelling flickers and held still. Bing-bing-bing! Next time you spot the tiny bat below the web, can you see how carefully he waits for three flames?