Here you’ll find 25+ of the Best Bat Crafts To Go Batty Over. We’ve got cute and fluffy bat crafts, upside down bat crafts, paper bat crafts, cardboard tube bat crafts, nature bat crafts and just about any type of bat craft your batty heart can think of. There is something bat-tastic for everyone!
With Autumn here, dark evenings creeping in and Halloween around the corner it’s the perfect time of year to be thinking about nocturnal animals with the children.
A fascinating and often favourite night time creature is the bat. If you keep your eyes peeled you might be lucky enough to spot some real ones darting over your garden as dusk. They are such amazing animals!
20+ Of The Best Bat Crafts to Go Batty Over!
Listed below in groups of four you’ll find the cutest, the most inspiring, the best bat crafts to keep you and the kids crafting batty fun all through Halloween and Autumn. You’ll see a picture of each craft and a description and text link to each tutorial directly below it.
I’m sure you’ll have loads of fun choosing just the right bat craft for you and the kids to enjoy together.
Check out our other Winter crafts and Halloween crafts too.
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1 – Paper Plate Flying Bat Puppets are super fun and a great way to encourage story telling.
2 – Grab some pinecones for these adorable Pinecone Bats, a fab nature craft for kids.
3 – Cardboard tubes make these gorgeous Hanging Bats super easy to make.
4 – Don’t just make a bat craft, why not be a bat. This DIY Bat Costume is adorable.
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5 – Homemade Bat Mobiles look great as a Halloween decoration or hanging in a bedroom all year round.
6 – Pom Pom Bats are a great way to use up yarn scraps.
7 – Handprint Bats can fly right over the moon! What fun.
8 – Make some bats that are really useful as Batty Bookmarks!
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9 – This Clothes Pin and Button Bat Craft is very unusual.
10 – Flying Handprint Bats make great wall displays or hang them on strings to make the fly!
11 – We all love cake, save some wrappers for this cute Cupcake Liner Bat Craft.
12 – Let your neighbours enjoy your bat crafts too with colourful Bat Suncatchers in the windows.
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13 – Get your fingers folding for this cute Accordion Bat Craft.
14 – Want to take a bat craft to school? How about these Tasty Bat Snacks in your lunchbox?
15 – So batty over bat crafts that you want to actually wear them? Then this gorgeous Bat Pin is perfect for you.
16 – Lego fans big and small will love constructing Lego Bats!
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17 – Yarn Wrapped Bats are great for building fine motor skills and love so sweet.
18 – Recycle some old cans to make fun Tin Can Bats for Halloween.
19 – These Soda Bottle Bats are a fun way for kids to think about recycling.
20 – Paper Tube Cardboard Bats are so fun to play with.
21 – How fun is this Printable Bat Hat Craft? So easy to make and great for Halloween. Printable bat template in B/W and 6 fun colour options.
22 – This Rocking Paper Plate Bat Craft is a great way for kids to get creative and play! Tap the bat’s wings and see it rock and wobble from side to side as if it was flapping and flying through the night sky! Such a fun interactive Halloween craft.
23 – Make a bat that flies up and down! These paper cup bats are so simple to make and loads of fun!
24 – This Hanging Bat Craft is so fun. Open the bat’s wings to reveal a hidden spooky message! Such a cool Halloween craft for kids. (Free printable template and messages.)
25 – Make cute and easy Halloween Bat Treat Bags. The perfect place to store your tasty treats!
26 – Let your little ones have fun crafting and painting their own halloween decorations this year with this Popsicle Stick Bat Craft.
We’ll update this post with more awesome bat crafts soon. Have you got another favourite nocturnal animal you’d like to see craft ideas for?
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