Batty Bat Halloween Crafts
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Waltz around your creepy castle with these cute Batty Bat Halloween Crafts. These adorable Halloween craft ideas are easy to create and fun to display. All you really need are a few clothespins, different-colored felts, and some spooky Halloween spirit. Line these little guys up along your windowsill or set them up in a creepy bat circle on the table. These also make good Halloween craft ideas for kids because they are cute and (with a bit of mom or dad's help) easy to make.
Primary TechniqueGeneral Crafts
SeasonFall
Materials:
- Wooden clothespins or doll pins
- Round wooden doll pin bases
- Acrylic paint: black, white and orange
- Felt: black, red, and glitter
- Black miniature pom poms in festive colors of your choice (red, purple, green, white)
- Scissors
- Toothpick
- White craft glue
- Acrylic sealer (optional)
- Pattern
Instructions:
- Paint bases and clothespins with black acrylic craft paint.
- Set aside to dry, then repeat if needed.
- Use the handle end of a paint brush to dot on the whites of the eyes.
- Use the bristle end of the paint brushy to add white fangs.
- Use a toothpick to add the black dots on the whites of the eyes.
- Use the handle end of a paint brush to dot on three orange buttons in the center of the body of the clothespin.
- Use a toothpick to dot on the button holes.
- Let all paint dry completely before handling.
- Spray with acrylic sealer (this step is optional but will help your craft last longer).
- Cut out patterns: red for the cape, black for ears and wings, and glitter black for the bow ties.
- Cut slit on top of wing where dotted line indicates.
- Insert wings, flat side up, through the opening in the clothespin.
- Slide wings upward until the slit fits snugly against the clothespin.
- Glue the wings in place, you may need to hold it in your fingers for a few minutes while the glue dries.
- Glue the ears to the back of the bat’s head so that they stick out and can be seen from the front.
- Glue the bow tie onto the front of the bat at the top of the clothespin body, just before it curves in at the neck.
- Glue a miniature pom pom to the center of the bow tie.
- Glue the red cape to the back of the bat, lining up the collar with the neck.
- Glue around the sides of the neck so that the collar appears to be standing up.
- Glue the clothespin body into the base and let dry.