How To Make A Batty Handprint Bat Craft for Kids

Halloween is just a few weeks away and my children love to create festive decorations to hang around our house like our Paper Plate Spider Wreath and our Halloween Windsocks.  Today, we made a Batty Handprint Bat Craft for Kids.  I love using my children’s handprints when creating crafts for kids because they make the best keepsakes.  When we decorate for Halloween next year, I can’t wait to look at this craft and see how big their little hands have grown.

How To Make A Batty Handprint Bat Craft:

Supplies:

• Black Foam or Construction Paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Grey Construction Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Pipe Cleaner
• Glue

Directions:

1. Draw or trace a circle onto the piece of black foam or construction paper for the bat’s body.  We traced a drinking glass.
2. Cut the circle out.  If your child is just learning how to cut, he or she may need hand-over-hand help cutting the foam.
3. Trace both of your child’s hands on the foam and cut them out.
4. Glue the hands onto the circle for the bat’s wings.
5. Cut 2 triangles out of the foam and glue them onto the top of the circle for the bat’s ears.
6. Cut a circle out of the grey construction paper and glue it onto the circle for the bat’s nose.
7. Glue the googly eyes onto the circle.
8. Cut 3 inches off the pipe cleaner and bend it to form the bat’s mouth.
9. Glue the pipe cleaner on the circle.

A Batty Handprint Bat Craft for Kids is a fun and easy-to-make Halloween decoration that you will treasure as your child grows every year.