I know, the month of October is nearing its end. But there is still time do a little crafting!
I originally found the inspiration for this idea from a picture on pinterest. That particular picture did not lead to a website that actually showed the making of that particular craft. But, if you follow me on pinterest, it is on my homeschool board!
These bats are simple and easy to make! The original had pipe cleaners for the feet so that they could hang, which was AWESOME. Unfortunately, we were fresh out of pipe cleaners on the day we decided to do this craft. But, nothing a little construction paper can’t fix.
You only need a few items, most of which you probably already have around anyways to create your own little Halloween bat! Except those googly eyes, you may not have a bag of those laying around. And let me just take this moment to ask, are my kids the only ones who go wild for googly eye crafts?! My daughter asks at least twice a week if we can create something with the eyes.
Anyways, here is the full list of things you’ll need:
- Toilet paper roll
- Black construction paper
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paint brushes
- Glitter glue (optional)
- Pipe cleaners (also optional because as you can see, we made legs with construction paper)
First we painted the toilet paper rolls. My daughter wanted a purple bat instead of your average black bat. We let those dry and that didn’t take very long – maybe an hour at most.
While the paint was drying, we went ahead and cut out the wings, ears and legs from the construction paper. She also wanted the bat to have “yellow vampire teeth”, so she also cut that out during this time.
Once it was dry, we began gluing away. We glued on the eyes first – the anticipation of putting those googly eyes to good use was too overwhelming to wait any longer! Besides, I think that was a good place to start. Then we glued on the ears, wings, and legs.
And just like that… you’re done! We incorporated glitter glue just for fun. An easy, fun, quick little craft to do with your little!
If you have a chance to do these, I would love to see your pictures! Send them to my email on my contact page.