We've gone batty! This easy-to-make Bat Mobile will guarantee a spooktacularly fun Halloween for you and your kids.
| Prep Time: Under 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Bat templates (see Steps 1 and 2)
Markers or crayons (optional) Glow-in-the-dark paint (optional) Scissors Glue stick String Coat hanger Hot-glue gun Fiberfill | |
| Seasons: Halloween | |
| Materials: paper | |
Tip: A wire coat hanger like the kind you get from a dry cleaner, with a cardboard sleeve on the bottom, works best)
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  Here are the templates for the different bats, which will print in color. To download in black and white, see Step 2.
Mad Bat in color Howling Bat in color Sad Bat in color Moon (only in black and white) To view the .pdf file, you'll need Adobe Reader. which is available for free from the Adobe site. |
| 2. |  Or, download the templates in black and white that the kids
can color in themselves with markers or crayons.
Mad Bat in black and white Howling Bat in black and white Sad Bat in black and white Moon To view the .pdf file, you'll need Adobe Reader. which is available for free from the Adobe site. Tip: Paint each bat's eyes, and all of the moon, with glow-in-the-dark paint. |
| 3. |  Next, carefully cut out your bats and moon. Match the back and front of each bat and glue them together, sandwiching a piece of string in between. Then glue together the moon halves (no string is necessary). |
| 4. | Now it's time to put it all together. Lay out the bats on a table with the coat hanger. (If your hanger doesn't have a cardboard sleeve, you can easily fashion one with construction paper and glue.) Play around with the lengths of the bats' strings until you like the bats' positions (and they're properly balanced), and then tie them to the hanger. |
| 5. |  Finally, hot-glue the fiberfill cloud to the hanger and the moon to the cloud. Hang it up in a dark hallway and wait for the squeals to begin! |
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