4 Bat Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three bat crafts that always work

Handprint batTwo black handprints, wrist to wristToilet roll batPaint a tube black, glue wingsPaper cup batA cup, wings, hang it upside down

4 bat crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. Handprint bat

Two black handprints placed wrist to wrist become bat wings around a small body with a face.

You need: orange paper, black poster paint, 1 small black paper circle, 2 googly eyes, glue

How to make it

1. Paint your child's hand black and press it on the orange sheet, with fingers pointing left.
2. Paint the other hand and press it with fingers pointing right.
3. Cut a small black circle and glue it over the spot where the thumb prints form bat ears.
4. Glue 2 googly eyes on the circle.

2. Toilet roll bat

The child paints a tube black, glues on paper wings and adds eyes and fangs.

You need: 1 toilet paper roll, black paint, black construction paper, 2 large googly eyes, 2 small white paper triangles, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the roll black. Stand it upright to dry.
2. You cut one piece of black paper into a pair of wings with pointed scalloped edges.
3. Glue it across the back of the roll so one wing sticks out on each side.
4. Glue the 2 eyes near the top, then the 2 white triangles below them as fangs.

3. Paper cup bat

The child paints a cup black, adds paper wings, eyes and fangs, and hangs it upside down.

You need: 1 paper cup, black paint, black construction paper, 2 googly eyes, 2 small white paper triangles, glue

How to make it

1. Turn the cup upside down. Your child paints it black. Let it dry.
2. You cut 2 black wings with scalloped bottom edges. Glue one on each side of the cup.
3. Glue the 2 eyes on the front near the top.
4. Cut 2 small white triangles and glue them under the eyes as fangs, pointing down.

4. Hibernating animal puppets

The child colours bear, bat, hedgehog and frog puppets and tucks them into a box or bag den.

You need: 4 printed animals (bear, bat, hedgehog, frog), crayons, 4 popsicle sticks, clear tape

How to make it

1. Your child colours the 4 animals.
2. You cut them out.
3. Tape each animal to the top of its own stick.

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Bat crafts in October: black paint and paper wings

Black paint stains, so an old shirt and a plastic tablecloth first. Brush the paint onto the hands rather than dipping, press wrist to wrist, then straight to the sink.

Fold a sheet of black paper and cut one wing shape through both layers, so the wings match. A five year old can do this from a pencil line. Cut it yourself for a three year old.

The paper cup bat hangs from a string taped inside the cup. A row of them in the window, upside down, is the Halloween display.

The hibernating animal puppets move the bat into a winter week. Color them, tape them to sticks, and tuck them into a shoebox den.

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