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Bat Paper Plate

Get crafty this Halloween with our Easy Bat Paper Plate Craft - a fun and simple DIY project for kids that adds a spooky touch to your holiday decor!
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

  • Scissor
  • Glue

Instructions

  • The paper plate will be the bat's body, and let's start by painting it black. If you have a black paper plate, you can skip this step and move on to the next.
    paint paper plate black
  • Print out the free printable templates at the bottom of the page.
    cut out each piece of bat craft template
  • Cut out each of the template pieces and then place them on black paper and then trace.
    trace bat templates to black paper
  • Cut out the two wings, two larger ear shapes, and two small circles of the template from the black paper.
    cut out bat template out of black paper
  • Next, trace the two smaller ear template pieces and the smile out of the pink paper.
    trace ears and smile out of pink paper
  • Next, glue the smaller black circle inside the larger white circles. Glue the two teeth (small triangles out of white paper) to the mouth with the fangs pointing down.
    glue black eyes to white circles for bat eyes
  • Next, glue the eyes and the mouth to the middle of the black paper plate.
    glue bat eyes to paper plate as well as smile and teeth
  • Glue the pink inside of the ears to the larger black ear shape.
    glue pink ears on black paper ears
  • Glue the bat ear to the back and top of the paper plate.
    glue ears to back of paper plate
  • The last piece is to glue the wing shapes to each side of the paper plate.
    glue wings to back of paper plate bat

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