Spooky Bats - Kids Craft

Attention all Librarians, Teachers, Moms anyone in need of a simple kids craft! Check out my spooky bats!

I had a lot of fun developing programs for this years Summer Reading Club with the theme, Dream Big - Read! There was a lot of fun different ways to interpret the theme. Since author/illustrator Brian Lies created the art work for the theme this year, I felt it necessary to use his book, Bats at the Library as inspiration for this kids craft! The book was also a great companion to the craft! With Halloween around the corner these bats make perfect decorations that your youngin's can help make!

Materials & Tools: 

• Bat Shape
• Oak Tag (in both black and white)
• Tissue paper (in black and purple)
• Clothes pin
• Crayons
• Scissors
• Glue

Instructions:

• Create a bat body out of black oak tag
• Cut out two circles out of white oak tag
• Cut two pieces of tissue paper (black and purple) that measure 15 x 9 inches

• Glue eyes to the bat body 
• Use your crayons to decorate and customize

• Place your bat face down and get your clothes pin ready! 
• Dab some glue on the back of the bat body and attach the clothes pin 

• While your bat is drying, time to work on his wings! 
• Grab your pieces of tissue paper and lay one over the other, then begin to accordion fold the paper
• Pinch in the middle and fluff out your wings

• Take your wings and clip it to the clothes pin 

• Turn your bat over and clip him any where you want!