Halloween Bookmarks
Twenty printable bookmarks for October — a grinning jack-o'-lantern, a ghost shouting boo, a witch across the full moon, a spider on its silk, a sleepy bat, a bubbling cauldron, a shuffling mummy, a black cat on the fence, a haunted house, a little vampire, and a skeleton kicking up its heels. Friendly, not frightening. Mix a sheet, put a name on each one, and print a free PDF.
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Add designs first — then you can put a child’s name on each bookmark, in your pick of four typefaces.
US Letter (landscape), 5 per sheet with a cutting lane between bookmarks. Print on card stock at 100% scale (no “fit to page”).
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Twenty designs, from the pumpkin to the skeleton.
Most of the set is full colour on deep night skies in orange, purple and green, with a few moonlit silhouettes for the older readers and three clean line drawings — the candy corn, the friendly monster and the potion shelf — for anyone printing a classroom's worth or planning to colour them in.
I wanted a Halloween set that a kindergarten teacher could hand out without a single parent complaining, so nothing here has fangs longer than a grain of rice. The other reason it exists is the trick-or-treat bag: a bookmark on card stock costs a few cents, keeps for years, and is the one thing in the bag that is not sugar.— David, Apollo’s Templates
Before you print.
Are these too scary for young children?
No — the whole set is drawn friendly rather than frightening. The ghost is smiling, the spider waves, the mummy is round and sleepy, the vampire is a little count with tiny fangs, and the skeleton is dancing. If you want the gentlest picks for a preschool table, start with Boo!, Hanging Around, Candy Corn, Costume Parade and The Fuzzy Monster. The Haunted House and The Graveyard Shift are the moodiest, and even those have a cheerful ghost in them.
Can I hand these out instead of candy?
That is the main reason the set exists. Print a sheet of the small size on card stock, cut on the guides, and drop one in each trick-or-treat bag alongside the sweets or in place of them. Mixing five or six designs on one sheet gives every child a different one. Teachers do the same for the class party, with each child's name typed on their bookmark.
Which ones use the least ink?
Candy Corn, The Friendly Monster and Potion Shelf are line drawings on near-white paper and cost very little to print — they also colour in well. The Scarecrow and The Mummy Walk sit on pale grounds and are the next lightest. Most of the rest are night scenes with solid dark skies and use the most; The Brew, Bone Rattle Boogie and Itsy Bitsy are the heaviest. The ink-friendly badge in the builder marks the light three.
Can I put a child's name on each bookmark?
Yes. Every design leaves a clear band for a name, and you can type one per bookmark and choose where it sits. The name prints in the design's outline colour on a small white plate, so it stays readable over the dark night skies.
Updated through September 2026.