How to Make a Cardboard Halloween Bat

You can make a Halloween bat from a piece of cardboard.

A Halloween bat decoration can be used to turn your house into a spooky space for the holiday. Using a sheet of leftover cardboard, you can make the bat prop and hang it from the ceiling, as if the bat was flying. You can even make a series of these bat props and hang them in groups to look like a whole flock of bats are flapping through your house. Consider getting kids involved with the project for a fun Halloween activity.

Things You'll Need

• Stencil
• Cardboard
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Newspaper
• Black spray paint
• Hole punch
• String
• Tape

Instructions

1. Find a bat stencil at a craft store. Make one yourself if you can't find one, by tracing the outline of a bat onto a piece of stiff card stock, then cutting out the shape.

2. Lay the stencil on top of a piece of cardboard and trace the shape onto the cardboard, using a pencil. Cut out the traced image.

3. Lay the cardboard bat on a sheet of newspaper and coat with black spray paint. Let dry, then flip the bat over and paint the other side. Let dry.

4. Punch a hole from the bat's head using a hole punch or a sharp pencil. Tie a 3-foot piece of string from the hole and use the string to hang from the ceiling. Secure the end of the string to the ceiling using clear tape.

References

• BBC: Make Some Flying Bats for Hallowe'en