Paper Plate Bat Craft
When Halloween rolls around, there’s nothing cuter than a bat that’s more goofy than spooky. This paper plate bat craft is the perfect mix of silly and sweet, with rosy cheeks, big googly eyes, and fangs that are more adorable than frightening.
It’s quick, budget-friendly, and makes a great classroom craft, Halloween party activity, or afternoon project to get kids into the spooky spirit.
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What You’ll Need for This Paper Plate Bat Craft
Print-ready templates and step-by-step instructions.
Less prep, more crafting.
How to Make a Paper Plate Bat
Step 1: Gather Your Supplies
Gather your supplies. This is your bat-building toolkit — think of yourself as a mad scientist, but with googly eyes instead of lightning bolts.
Step 2: Paint the Plate Black
Paint the entire paper plate black and let it dry. Your bat’s face needs to be nice and spooky. (Or cute-spooky. The best kind of spooky.)
Step 3: Trace the Wings and Ears
While the plate dries, use the templates to trace bat wings and ears onto black construction paper.
Step 4: Cut Out the Wings and Ears
Cut out the wings and ears.
Step 5: Cut the Fangs and Add the Face
Cut out two little triangles from white paper for your bat’s fangs. Because what’s a bat without some teeth?
Glue your googly eyes onto the bat’s face. Big eyes, small eyes, mismatched eyes — you do you.
Dip into the pink paint and add two circles for cheeks. Suddenly, your bat has gone from “creature of the night” to “adorable Halloween buddy.”
Step 6: Attach the Wings and Ears
Flip your paper plate over and glue on the wings and ears. Pro tip: make sure the wings are pointing outwards and not… well… into the bat’s face.
Step 7: Draw the Smile
Flip it back around and use your white paint marker to draw a big, happy grin. Your bat might technically be nocturnal, but who says it can’t smile in the daytime?
Step 8: Add the Fangs
Glue on those fangs right under the smile.
All done!
Step back, admire your creation, and maybe give your bat a spooky little name like Fangy McCuteface!
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