3 Fun Bat Crafts For Preschoolers And Kids
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Kids love scary stuff, don’t they? And when it comes to creative eerie crafts, they are always a step ahead! How about helping your kids create a few adorable bat crafts? These spooky yet fun-filled crafts bring out the superhero in your child and give them a new level of joy altogether!
With Halloween right here, we are sure you are all set to decorate your home with an eerie theme. Engage your kid into making some interesting decorations that show off these little bats like Halloween bat crafts for kids. Place them around the house, and your Halloween home décor will be ready in minutes!
Here are 3 interesting bat craft ideas of making bats require items that are easily available in your home or your nearest craft store. Also, these are quick to make and can be created in minutes.
3 Fun Bat Craft Ideas For Kids
1. Toilet Paper Roll Spooky Bat:
Who would have thought that an empty toilet paper roll could look so spooky, right?
What You Will Need:
- An empty toilet paper roll
- Black chart paper
- Glue
- A pair of safety scissors
- A light colored or neon shade of chart paper or any thick paper
- Black paint and paintbrush (optional)
How To:
- Take an empty toilet paper roll and help your kid cut out the sides or tuck them in, as shown in the image.
- Depending on your kid’s preference, the toilet paper roll can either be painted black or can be wrapped over with a black chart paper.
- If your kid is using a black paint, ensure all sides are painted in black.
- If your kid is using the black chart paper, ensure the ends are properly glued in and all parts are covered.
- On a separate piece of black chart paper, help your kid cut out the shape of a bat wing.
- Make this big enough that it can work for both sides of the wings.
- Ask your kid to cut out circles from the lighter shade of paper.
- These will be stuck on the head to create the base for the eye.
- Two small black dots of chart paper will also be stuck on these to form the eye balls.
- Help your kid glue the big wing at the back of the bat to create two wings.
As this is a toilet paper roll bat, why not hang it up in your bathroom to spook your guests?
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2. Colorful Spooky Bat Art:
This is a colorful yet spooky twist to the regular bat crafts seen especially during Halloween.
What You Will Need:
- Black or any dark shade of chart paper
- Poster colors in different bright shades
- Sponge
- A pair of safety scissors
- A paint mixing palette
- Old newspaper or any waste paper
How To:
- Help your kid trace out the shape of a bat on an old newspaper or any waste paper.
- Help cut your kid this out.
- Remember to cut out the shapes depending on how many bat shadows your kid wants to create on the paper.
- Now place the cut out on the dark shade of chart paper.
- Spill out the paints on the mixing palette.
- Using a sponge, help your kid soak in some color and dab it on the dark paper.
- Let your kid do this for all the colors and create a pattern as per preference.
- Ask your kid to dab all over the paper, even on the cutouts.
- Once all the painting has been done, help your kid remove the cut outs.
- Your kid will see a nice bat shadow on the dark colored chart paper.
Your kid can use this to make Halloween cards for friends and family or as a poster in the bedroom.
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3. Egg Carton Bat:
This cute bat can add some spooky element in your home!
What You Will Need:
- Empty egg carton
- Grey paint
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- A pair of safety scissors
- Cord
How To:
- Help your kid cut out three parts from an empty egg carton.
- Ask your kid to paint this section in gray.
- Once the paint is dry, help your kid stick on the googly eyes on the center part.
- Using the safety scissors help create a small gash on the top of this head.
- Help your kid loop the cord through this gash to hang up the craft.
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Hang this bat just inside your main door to spook your guests!
We hope this fun and interesting bat craft ideas will help you create a scary theme for your Halloween party! Do tell us how your kid enjoyed doing them. And if you have any more special craft ideas to share, do let us know here.
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