Hanging Bats
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No house would be truly haunted without a swarm of bats flying about. These cardboard creatures look terrifically lifelike dangling from the ceiling and walls.
| Prep Time: Under 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Toilet tissue tube
Black tempera paint and brushes Black poster board Googly eyes Black felt (optional) Elastic cording Stapler | |
| Seasons: Halloween | |
| Materials: cardboard, elastic, fabric, paints | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | For each bat, cut out two triangular ears from one end of a toilet tissue tube. Next, flatten the other end and staple it shut about 1 inch from the bottom. Cut a crescent shape in the stapled end to form the bat's tail. |
| 2. | Paint the tube black and let it dry. |
| 3. | Next, cut out a wing shape from a 1-foot-long strip of black poster board. (For a more hair-raising look, first glue a veneer of black felt to the poster board.) Staple the wings to the bat's body. |
| 4. | Glue on googly eyes. |
| 5. | Finally, staple the elastic cord to the bat's back at the balance point, then hang the creature from the ceiling. |
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