Caroline
We are continuing our recent love of stuffed paper bag Halloween crafts with this adorable stuffed paper bag bat craft. Just like the others we’ve made, this fun bat craft is simple to make so it makes a great Halloween kids craft. It looks awesome set up on a shelf as a Halloween decoration so that is also a huge plus!
Go grab some paper lunch bags and a few other supplies and get ready for an afternoon full of fun!
How to Make a Stuffed Paper Bag Bat Craft
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Supplies needed for making Paper Bag Bat Craft
- bat wings template <—-Get the TEMPLATE HERE
- paper lunch bag
- black paint
- paintbrush
- newspaper
- black and white cardstock or construction paper
- googly eyes
- scissors
- stapler
- glue
Instructions for making Halloween Bat Craft
Step 1: Start by painting the front of your paper bag with your black paint. Let it dry. When your paint is finished drying, turn your paper bag over and draw the shape of bat ears on the back of your paper bag with a pencil. Then cut it out.
Step 2: Cut up strips of newspaper, crumple them up and stuff your paper bag with them. When it’s full, close the top of your bag, lining up the bat ears and then staple it shut.
Related: Paper Bag Spider Craft
Step 3: Download and print out the bat wings template on black cardstock paper. Cut out the bat wings. Staple them onto the sides of your paper bag bat.
Step 4: Glue your googly eyes onto your bat. Finish your stuffed paper bag bat craft by cutting out a few teeth from your white cardstock paper and gluing them onto your bat.
Related: Paper Bag Frankenstein Craft
VIDEO TUTORIAL: HOW TO MAKE HALLOWEEN CHARACTER PAPER BAG CRAFTS
Watch the video below for a step by step guide on how to make each of these Halloween paper bag crafts.
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TRY COUPLING THIS BAT CRAFT WITH ONE OF THESE BOOKS:
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies
Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
Amazing Bats by Eyewitness Junior (non-fiction)
Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (Our favorite Halloween book!)
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