Origami Bats in the Kitchen for Halloween
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Easy Paper Fold Origami Bat
Even when it is not Halloween the bat is a special animal to many people. Halloween paper folding crafts for kids is a good time to introduce the friendly bat to children. There is a lot to find out.
Take the City of Austin. Their Mexican free-tail bat immigrants are a source of income and jobs for many in the city. There is a special bat kiosk, river cruise, and Segway rental tour to see the bats emerge nightly March through November. The bats eat tons of bugs every summer evening making Austin City nights a tourist attraction.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park has it's own bat cave and bat flight program every summer evening.
My first encounter with the bat was at my Uncle Reuben and Aunt Violet's house on a Minnesota farm. I was about eight and from the California suburbs. The bat was in the house and of course caused a bit of a stir. All the men in the house were doing what they could to get it out. Aunt Violet had a pillow over her head and vocalizing fright, I'm sure, to give the whole scene extra drama. Thinking about it makes me laugh.
Halloween or not, bats are an attraction. Get your paper fold bat pattern for Halloween below and enjoy this easy bat origami pattern.
Are you decorating with origami bats?
Make Your Origami Bats
Instructions for Making Paper Bats
If you are having a Halloween party for the kids use the bat pattern for a craft activity. All you will need is brown, gray or black construction paper and same puffy paint in a pointed squeeze tube for the eyes. The kids will have something to take home to show Mom and Dad.
This bat is from the paper book "Paper Folding Made Easy" by Kris Mason. (See bibliography below.)
click on each photo below for written instructions
Halloween Bat Origami Instruction
Start with a perfect square in black, brown in any shade, gray or any other color that suits your fancy for Halloween.
You Have An Origami Bat
Use a punch to make ears and feet. Bring out bright puffy paint with narrow tips to make the eyes. Last cut scallops on the bottom of the wings.
Ernst Haeckel brought bats to homes with this artist's Plate. Art and nature lovers in the late 19th century ordered his subscription and received each month ten plates of zoology illustrations for their curiosity and pleasure.
If you lived in Victorian cities these bats may have been a curiosity indeed.
Read about Ernst Haeckel at my Squidoo page Ernst Haeckel and Art in Nature
Visit my Halloween poster page. I selected fun and scary posters for Halloween. My idea to decorate with posters. That page is called Decorate with Posters for Halloween
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Make Your Kitchen Bats
One year I made these kitchen bats for hanging. Make a tiny bat and you have the batty cook cookbook bookmark.
Made of shelf paper easily available at the Big Lots store. They are especially cute animals featuring red crystal eyes and vintage buttons so they can be hung together or flown separately.
Decorate your kitchen all year round and let them loose during Halloween for your own house drama for adults and grandchildren.
Have More Fun and Make a Halloween Dinner
The lens Spooky Halloween Meal has everything you need for Halloween treats and goodies to eat.Spooky Halloween Meal
All the recipes for this menu are there for you to enjoy.
Menu created by Comfortdoc right here on Squidoo.
So stay and explore Squidoo for spooky Boo!s
Maybe even creating your own scary lens is something you want to do.
Do it now at Squidoo's registration page
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Squidoo also has a scary Halloween Magazine for all ages.
Check it out at: Happy Halloween on Squidoo.
One Way to Use Your Kitchen Bats
What have you used your origami bats for?
Are you having fun with origami bats?
Yes, I Have many plans for origami bats.
Tell us what you did with paper folded bats this year.
sousababy says:
We have black construction paper and I think I'd like to attempt to make these with my daughter (I'm sure mine won't be as good as yours, though). Thank you ever so much for teaching us origami!
Tell us what you want to do with origami bats next year.
A-Redneck says:
I could definitely see a few origami bats hanging out at my house ;)
printabledolls says:
decorations for my house!
Evelyn_Saenz says:
Paper folded bats would be fun to make in the after school program where I work. Thank you so much for the suggestion. :)
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A-Redneck
May 3, 2012 @ 7:31 pm | delete
- Since I discovered how much bats love eating mosquitoes they have been one of my favorite creatures.
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Wednesday_Elf
Nov 15, 2011 @ 8:23 am | delete
- I like the batty cook cookbook bookmark. :) This could be used year-round, not just for Halloween!
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Linda
Nov 5, 2011 @ 10:35 am | delete
- Ran across this page while rambling-would love to use these bats next year!
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WildFacesGallery
Oct 25, 2011 @ 8:18 am | delete
- These are totally adorable ... even if they are bats. :)
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sousababy
Oct 23, 2011 @ 9:08 am | delete
- You really are extremely gifted, I love how easy you make this all seem to do. Your ghost lens impressed me too. Keep 'em coming.
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Make your own Halloween decorations. Friendly origami bats. Kids like them too. Use the ideas for parties, a free afternoon or kids groups.
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