These paper plate bats are a cute and easy craft to make with kids in preparation for Halloween. Use chalk to create fangs or any face of your choice then stick them up in windows or hang from a string for decoration.
Bats are pretty fascinating creatures. One night this past summer, my husband and I watched as one kept dive-bombing a street light trying to catch it’s dinner. It was fun to watch him hunt while we watched a meteor shower that night. With Halloween coming, many people think of bats as a symbol of the holiday along with pumpkins, ghosts, and skeletons. This fun little Paper Plate Bat Craft would be a cute activity to do with younger kids this season.
Paper Plate Bat Craft Tutorial
Materials Needed:
- 3 small paper plates
- black chalk paint
- large googly eyes
- scissors
- foam paint brush
- hot glue gun/glue sticks
- chalk
Directions:
1. Lay an old newspaper or piece of paper down before you paint.
2. Place 2 of your plates together and cut in half using a scallop pattern as pictured. These will be the bat wings.
3. Separate your plate and paint the two scalloped pieces with the point in the middle black and let dry.
4. Paint 1 whole plate black and let dry.
5. Now hot glue one wing to each side of your whole black plate.
6. Hot glue the googly eyes onto the middle/top of the whole black plate.
7. Use a piece of chalk to draw on the eyebrows and teeth.
More Fun Halloween Crafts and Activities:
DIY Doily Spiderweb Craft for Kids
7 Items in Your Home That Make Great Halloween Costumes
5 Halloween Party Games for Kids
10 No-Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas
Would you like to save this article?
We'll email this post to you, so you can come back to it later!
Leave a Reply