Free Printable Viking Stencils & Templates

Set sail for adventure with these printable Viking templates. Colour and cut out fierce Vikings, helmets, longships and shields — perfect for a history project, dramatic play or a Viking-themed display. They're a favourite for classroom lessons about the Norse explorers who sailed the seas over a thousand years ago. Pick a design below and print the full-size image.

Two Viking favourites

• Viking helmet: colour it, cut it out and attach it to a paper headband so children can wear it for role-play — much like a knight's helmet
• Longship: build the famous dragon-prowed Viking boat, then add a flag and set the scene for a voyage across the sea

Design a Viking shield

Vikings decorated their round wooden shields with bold colours and symbols. Print a shield and let children design their own — add stripes, a raven, or runes, the letters of the Viking alphabet.

A bit of Viking history

Here's a fun fact to share while you craft: although we usually picture Vikings in horned helmets, real Viking helmets didn't have horns at all — they were simple rounded caps with a guard to protect the nose. The horns were added much later in stories and pictures.