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Bat Crafts for Halloween

I love Halloween.
I love bats.
I love crafts.

And bats are the perfect not-too-scary icon for family crafts.

So, here are some awesome and simple Halloween bat crafts. Reuse some household items; make a wearable craft; create some festive decorations; you can even enjoy some edible bat cookies. :)

A Ghostly Good Time

The Family Halloween Handbook

A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook

A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook

by: Editors of Woman's Day Special Interest Publications

Amazon Price: $1.50 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Everyone can have as much fabulously spooky fun as the witches and goblins this Halloween with this handy guide from the editors at Woman's Day Special Interest Publications.

Jam-packed with recipes, games, decorations and costumes, it's the quintessential resource to make any Halloween the best one ever. With over 200 instructional and inspirational color photographs, this book has everything you'll need to plan a Halloween party, have the most fun trick-or-treating or enjoy a family Halloween at home. It contains:

With so many spook-tacular ideas for both children and adults, this guidebook is sure to be the favorite manual for anyone who loves Halloween.

Halloween Bat Clips Craft



What you need:
Clip style clothespins , black construction paper , black pompoms , black paint , paint brush , google eyes , glue , scissors

Instructions:
Paint clothespins black. Cut a bat shape from construction paper by making scalloped wings and pointed ears. Fold the wings up to create the body. Using the point at the top of the wing and the point of the center scallop create, a fold. This will give the wings dimension. Add a pom pom face and small google eyes. Glue to a clothespin. Make several bats and clip them all over the house.

[via Bat Clips Kids Activity | BabyCenter]

Halloween Bat Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Materials:
  • tp roll
  • printer
  • glue
  • scissors
  • something to color with
  • a piece of paper

Instructions:
  1. Print out the template of choice.
  2. Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out.  You can color them different colors to represent different bats.
  3. Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube.
  4. Glue the head onto the front of the tp roll.
  5. Glue the wings onto the back of the tp roll, so it appears to be flying.
  6. Glue the five-toed feet to the bottom of the tube.

Templates:

[via Bat TP Roll Craft]

Halloween Bat Hat Craft


Don this hat for an instant costume, or wear it all month long to express your batty Halloween style. The bat's wings flap as you move, making it a real head-turner.

Instructions at Halloween craft: Bat Hat | FamilyFun

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Halloween Bat Headband Craft



Stack and fold two sheets of black paper in half. Enlarge template. Position template on fold, trace, and cut out, making two bats. With black craft wire, poke a hole in the center of one bat; hold the end of the wire. Glue second bat on top, sandwiching wire in between. Wrap opposite end of the wire around a thin headband (ours was 1/4-inch wide) to secure. Repeat, adding more bats.

[via Bat Headband on marthastewart.com]

 

Similarly, you could hang the bats from string and tie them to a branch:


[via ljcfyi.com]

Halloween Boa Bats Craft



There's no better time than Halloween to let yourself go batty with your home decorating.

Instructions at Boa Bats | FamilyFun

Halloween Origami Bat

Halloween Origami
Origami (from oru meaning 'folding,' and kami meaning 'paper') is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.

Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors or prints. [Wikipedia]

Here are some of the best Halloween origami instructions from the web.
How to make an origami Bat
by foldsomething | video info

30 ratings | 22,799 views
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Sinfully Simple Batkin Rings

"Here's a Halloween how-to so easy and inexpensive your guests will think you're a genius of the most specdracular kind."



Instructions at EDDIE ROSS - Sinfully Simple Batkin Rings

Halloween Bat Cookies

Halloween Cookies
Making spooky Halloween cookies is so simple and fun. All you have to do is tweak your basic sugar cookie recipe, find some creepy cookie cutters in Halloween animal shapes, and decorate.

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The Bat House Builder's Handbook

The Bat House Builder's Handbook, Completely Revised and Updated

The Bat House Builder's Handbook, Completely Revised and Updated

by: Merlin D. Tuttle, Mark Kiser, Selena Kiser

Amazon Price: $5.17 (as of 06/01/2012)Buy Now

Since 1994, The Bat House Builder's Handbook has been the definitive source for bat house information. This new edition has been completely revised to incorporate the latest research on improving the success rates for bat houses. It updates the original bat house plans and includes a new "rocket box" design, along with mounting suggestions, tips for experimentation, frequently asked bat house questions, and information about bats most likely to use bat houses.

Adopt a Bat

Who says bats aren't lovable!?

Bat Conservation International's Adopt-A-Bat program is a fun introduction to the world of bats - plus your contribution helps BCI preserve and protect bats! It's a win-win situation.

When you adopt a bat, you will receive:
  • a plush stuffed bat toy! Choose from four.
  • an official adoption certificate for the bat of your choice.
  • complete species profile information for the bat of your choice.

Adopt A Bat Today!

What's your favorite Halloween bat craft?

  • evaemilie Apr 13, 2012 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Great lens! Some really fun craft ideas, thank for sharing :)
  • FreeQuickPages Oct 23, 2011 @ 7:21 pm | delete
    Cute bat crafts! I love the bat headband. That's something I would actually wear. Very unique!
  • ErHawkns7100 Oct 20, 2011 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    Really cool stuff. I love the first bat.
  • adamfrench Oct 13, 2011 @ 4:45 am | delete
    Impressive lens, thumbs up
  • beingasha Oct 8, 2011 @ 3:38 am | delete
    the bat hat craft looks fun.
  • cheryl-wright Oct 7, 2011 @ 7:11 am | delete
    I'm a crafter from way back. This is a great lens!
  • SNPJ-society Oct 6, 2011 @ 8:20 am | delete
    I never knew bats can be this cute... :)
  • Tipi Oct 5, 2011 @ 6:10 pm | delete
    October is a good month to stop by to sprinkle some angel dust here.

    Happy Halloween!
  • haikuwedding Oct 5, 2011 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    The bat puppet video is very useful. The craft is creative, easy to make and appeals to all ages. My kids love this lens! Thanks & thumbs up.
  • halloweenprops Oct 5, 2011 @ 7:39 am | delete
    Fantastic. Love these ideas!
  • fionamckay9 Oct 2, 2011 @ 1:59 pm | delete
    I think the Batkin rings are really cool - this lens has me going batty - blessed
  • SandraGahlinger Oct 2, 2011 @ 1:38 pm | delete
    I love the bat hat and the bat headband...love seasonal headwear.
  • lbrummer Oct 2, 2011 @ 6:06 am | delete
    I've added this lens to a list of Halloween sites on my Kids & Glitter blog.
  • lbrummer Oct 1, 2011 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    Very cute lens with lots of great ideas.
  • franstan Oct 1, 2011 @ 2:23 pm | delete
    Blessed by a Squid Angel on a Halloween Quest
  • KonaGirl Oct 1, 2011 @ 1:56 pm | delete
    I loved that batkin ring, but unfortunately the page didn't feel like loading today.
  • mcochs Oct 1, 2011 @ 1:09 pm | delete
    Awesome,batty lens! I have to add my blessing to this one-I love bats too! Love the headband!
  • darciefrench Oct 1, 2011 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    I saw bats for the first time when I was in arizona recently - love these adorable Halloween bat crafts :)
  • CosmeticMom Oct 1, 2011 @ 12:53 pm | delete
    I think I will save my empty TP rolls and make bats! So many fun bat crafts and Squid Angel blessed :)
  • Koupie Sep 29, 2011 @ 7:41 am | delete
    I love the batkin rings, great lens :)
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