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Egg Carton Bat
by Jane Lake
This easy Halloween craft project makes a great decoration for your home or classroom. Best of all, the supplies are inexpensive and the results satisfying.
Children who are old enough can cut the bat out of the egg carton themselves, but an adult will need to do this part for younger children. The younger crowd can still have fun with the painting!
You will need:
egg carton (makes four bats)
pair of goggle eyes for each bat, or draw your own
white gluescissors
black craft paint
paint brush
black or invisible thread, black yarn, or black elastic thread
Instructions:
1. Cut the egg carton into four pieces with each piece having three egg holder sections.
2. For each bat, cut out the wings by creating a scallop shape on the front of each of the two outside egg holder sections. Repeat on the back.
3. Paint the bats, inside and out, with black craft paint. Set aside to dry.
4. For each bat, make two small holes on the top of the middle section. A corn cob skewer is useful for this, but you could use the tip of your scissors. Insert thread, yarn or elastic thread into the holes and tie off.
5. Glue on the goggle eyes. If you don't have any of these, you can draw a pair of eyes on a white piece of paper, cut out and glue in place.
6. Hang your bats as a Halloween decoration - it's nice if you can hang them in front of a window to be seen from outside the house as well as inside your room.
This is a really cute idea!! Im glad I found this website the others were boring! So now my daycare has something fun today!!!! Im coming back thanksgiving and christmas!!!!!
that is really cool i can't wait to try it in my classroom!
i tryied out your bat out of an egg carton and it's pretty cool actually. i diddn't know how it was going to turn out. because i diddn't have paint, i used sharpie instead, and in stead of goggle eyes i used gray sparkle velvet paint stuff. and it turnd out pretty good. i like it!
I AS A ART TEACHER I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA KEEP UP UR WORK
I AS A ART TEACHER I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA KEEP UP UR WORK
Great project, but i think it would make a better spider than a bat.
OMG THIS IS PERFECT!I need something to do that is simple, easy, and fun to do, and this is just marvelous! How did you find this idea? Did you make it yourself? Or did you find it from a friend or online?
great project idal
It sounds fun. I know I am going to injoy it.
I love this project.My 3and4 year olds had a blast.It is very easy,very cheap and so much fun.I have the bats hanging for my door way and we laugh every time someone comes in and get a funny scare.Thanks for the idea,I will pass it along to their preschool teachers.Thanks Maryjane.
