Halloween Crafts – Halloween Bats

Halloween Bats

This idea is quite simple. Get some simple stuff like egg cartons, a pair of scissors (safety scissors in case the child is younger), and black paint. Cut out 3 egg cups from the egg carton and ensure that they remain attached. Check that the egg carton must be clean. Now the outside cups would turn in to two bat wings – simply cut their front and back. Now paint the whole thing in black. Attach goodly eyes for the real impact or simply paint the eyes using white paint. Here, the middle cup becomes the face. Now make a hole on the top of the middle cup and pass a string through it. Make a sturdy knot so that it doesn’t slip through this hole. Now, put the string in this hole. Finally hang the bats where ever you feel like.

Try using a combination of waterproof paint and Styrofoam egg carton. These bats are perfect to decorate the trees outside the house.

Halloween Crafts – Egg Carton Bat

Egg Carton Bat

For this craft, you will need a clean egg carton. You can use either a Styrofoam or a cardboard one, but if you want to hang your bats outside from the trees, the Styrofoam ones will be better.
Cut out three of the egg cups keeping them attached together. Cut out the front and back of the two outside cups. This will form your bat’s wings. Paint your bat black with craft paint. Again, if you want to hang them outside, you will want to use waterproof paint. Once the paint is dry, you can paint on a scary face with white paint or glue on googly eyes.

Use a pair of scissors to poke a hole in the top of the middle cup. Take a piece of string and make a knot large enough that it won’t pull through the hole and put the string in the hole. Now you have your egg carton bat ready to be hung from wherever you want. Make several of these for maximum spookiness!

Halloween Crafts – Pop Can Bat

Pop Can Bat

This is an especially easy craft and is made from easily accessible and very cheap materials. In fact, the example we have to show you below was made by a first grader. The materials you need are:

• Black spray paint
• Glue
• White paint for eyes and mouth
• Black fun foam
• Glitter paint or glue and silver glitter
• Small black pompom
• Magnet (optional)
• Crushed soda can

First, spray paint the can black and let it dry. Then you will crush the can. Do not crush it flat. You will want the can to be elongated, so crush the bottom of the can to the back and the top of the can is crushed to the front. Touch up any spots with the black paint.

Paint on eyes, or you can use purchased googly eyes. Glue on small pompom for nose. From black craft foam, cut out triangular shaped ears and wings. Glue onto can. Outline the wings with gray glitter paint or glue and glitter.

If you want to use magnets, attach one each to the back of the wings. If you like, you could also attach a string or rubber band so the bat can be hung.

Halloween Crafts – Vampire Bat

Vampire Bat

This large bat is very realistic looking and will look great suspended from your porch or from a tree in your yard. It is relatively easy to make too! Here are the supplies you will need for this bat:

• 2 large black plastic trash bags
• 2 liter plastic soda bottle
• Black electrical tape
• Rubber Band
• White plastic lid (such as from a margarine tub)
• 2 straight sticks
• Red dot stickers

To start, you will wrap one of the trash bags around the 2 liter bottle and secure it with the electrical tape. To make the bat’s ears, pinch two small bunches of plastic near the cap end of the bottle. Wrap a rubber band around the bottom of each bunch. Cut some fangs out of the white plastic lid and tape them in place. Use the red dot stickers for eyes. Now you have the entire bat’s body.

For the bat’s wings, take the other trash bag and cut it up one side. Lay it flat and cut two large bat wings out of it. Lay one of the wings flat on the ground and place one of the sticks just above it. You may have to trim the stick to the wing’s length. Tape the three points on the top of the wing to the stick with electrical tape.

Repeat for the other wing. Securely tape both wings to the sides of the bat’s body. You have now created your creepy vampire bat!

To hang the bat, just nestle the sticks among the branches of a tree. If the weather is very windy, you may want to tape the wings in place so your bat won’t take flight! If you want to hang it from your porch or someplace else, just weave a string through the top of the bat and secure with a knot.

Halloween Crafts – Bats and Spiders

Egg Carton Bat Craft

You will need a clean egg carton for this Halloween craft.  Either a styrofoam or a cardboard one will do, but if you want to hang the finished bats outside from the trees, the styrofoam egg cartons will hold up better.

Cut out three of the egg cups keeping them attached together.  Cut out the front and back of the two outside cups.  These will form the bat’s wings.  Paint the bat black with craft paint.  If you want to hang them outside, you will want to use waterproof paint.  Once the paint is dry, paint a scary face on the bat with white paint or glue on wiggle eyes.

Use a pair of scissors to poke a hole in the top of the middle cup.  Take a piece of string and make a knot large enough that it won’t pull through the hole and put the string in the hole.  Now you have your egg carton bat ready to be hung from wherever you want.  Make several of these for maximum spookiness!

Egg Carton Spider Craft

An egg carton can also be used to make a spider.  For this Halloween craft, just cut out one of the egg cups from the carton.  Paint the spider black.  Paint on eyes or glue wiggle eyes on your spider.

Use the tip of pointed scissors to make four small holes on each side of the egg cup.  Insert a pipe cleaner in each of the holes and twist the pipe cleaners from the inside to form a knot so the pipe cleaners do not come out of the holes.  Then bend the legs so your spider will stand on his own.

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