A super easy Halloween craft for kids to get busy with this spooky season! Our Halloween Bat Decorations are a fantastic way to decorate!
If you’re throwing a Halloween party or just decorating the house to celebrate in style, then you’ll love our pretty little Halloween hanging bats.
They’re super simple to make and look fab hung in little groups around the room.
Homemade Halloween decorations are a great way to keep kids busy. And your Halloween decor will be truly unique!
What You Need To Make Halloween Bat Decorations
You’ll only need four craft items to make this easy homemade Halloween decoration
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To get started you will need:
- black A4 paper (one sheet makes 2 bats)
- white pencil
- scissors
- black cotton
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How To Make Halloween Bat Decorations
Step One – prepare the black paper
- Cut the A4 sheet of black paper into halves – so you can make 2 bats.
Step Two – fold the paper
- Fold the black paper into half.
Step Three – draw the bat template
- Draw the outline of half a bat on one side of the black paper – with the centre of the bats body against the fold. It’s actually quite simple to draw a Halloween bat drawing, especially when you only have to do half!
Step Four – cut out the bat craft
- Cut the bat template out using the scissors.
Step Five – cut out a decorative design on the Halloween Bat Decorations
- Cut out decorative shapes – using the same technique used the make paper snowflakes.
- Then unfold the bat template to reveal the brilliant Halloween bat decoration!
- Just repeat this making as many bats and designs as you like!
Step Six – attach cotton to the Halloween Bat Decorations
- Tie the black cotton to the Halloween Bat Decorations – if you prefer you could use a tiny strip of sticky tape to do this.
Step Seven – hang up the Halloween bats
- Hang the bats all around the house – in windows, in little clusters in hallways. Whatever works for you.
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More Spooktacular Halloween Crafts For Kids
- How To Make A Magic Wand – super cute craft for kids. Make your own foraged stick magic wand with swishy spell caster!
- Ghost Bunting – you can make literally meters of this ghost bunting in no time – cheap and cheerful way to decorate for Halloween.
- Halloween Milk Bottle Lanterns – a brilliant no-flame Halloween lantern children can enjoy making.
- Haunted House Craft – a spooky Halloween craft from Crafts On Sea!
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How To Make Halloween Bat Decorations
Super easy Halloween Bat Decorations craft for kids to get busy with this Halloween. A low cost way to decorate for the spooky season!
Materials
- Black A4 paper
- Black cotton
- White pencil
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cut the A4 sheet of black paper into halves – so you can make 2 bats.
- Fold the black paper into half.
- Draw the outline of half a bat on one side of the black paper – with the centre of the bats body against the fold.
- Cut the bat template out using the scissors.
- Cut out decorative shapes – using the same technique used the make paper snowflakes.
- Then unfold the bat template to reveal the brilliant Halloween bat decoration!
- Just repeat this making as many bats and designs as you like!
- Tie the black cotton to the Halloween Bat Decorations – if you prefer you could use a tiny strip of sticky tape to do this.
- Hang the bats all around the house – in windows, in little clusters in hallways. Whatever works for you.
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