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A fluttering, flying Paper Plate Bat craft for kids. Cooler fall weather, the changing season and the anticipation of Halloween! What a great time for kids to take a little break from school work and put together this Halloween craft.
Bats are always a Halloween favorite topic. They are mysterious, dark and come out at night. Make several of these bats to hang from the ceiling – position the wings at different angles to depict the flying paper plate bats.
Inexpensive and easy to assemble bats made from a paper plate. For this example, I used a small 6″ white plate and painted it black.
Supplies for Paper Plate Bats
- White paper plate – any size, just be sure it can be painted (no Styrofoam). You can also use black paper plate.
- 2 gold or silver brads (paper fasteners)
- 2 white paper hole protectors
- Black paint (unless using a black paper plate)
- Silver glitter glue (optional)
Putting it Together
- Cut out the center portion of the paper plate for the bat’s body, for the bat’s face. Cut two V’s at the top for the ears, and one at the bottom.
- Paint the bat body and wings black and allow to dry unless you are using a black paper plate.
- Add a notch or two along the bottom of the wings as shown.
- Punch or poke holes for the bats eyes. Add a matching hole on the edge of each of the wings.
- Place the 2 white hole protectors around the holes for the eyes.
- Insert a brad through each of the holes and through the holes in the wings.
- Decorate the bat with the glitter glue.
Other Ideas
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