Saturday, October 3, 2009

Good Egg Carton Bats

By Russ D. Edwards

One of the best Halloween crafts that you can make is egg carton bats. The better part about making this type of craft is that they are straightforward enough for any age and you can really be creative if you so wish. There nothing better than having a house full of bats to decorate your house for Halloween. Egg cartons are widely available, and egg carton bats are straightforward to make and cute at the same time. Here are 2 ways to make these lovable crafts.

First, take a clean, empty egg carton and cut out three of the cups keeping them attached together. Cut out the front of the outer two cups. These are your bat wings. If you want to, you may cut out the back part of the outer two cups also. Paint your bat black. You may either use white paint for eyes or glue on googly eyes that you'll be able to find in any craft store. The face will go on the center cup. If you would like your bat to look particularly malign, you may also paint on fangs. Poke a hole in the head of the cup. Take a string and make a knot in the final analysis of it that won't come thrum the hole and string thrum the hole. Make a large amount of these and hang them everywhere for a spooky home!

If you want to employ a rubber band to string on your egg carton bats, it can make them especially fun because they can bounce around. If you employ a sty foam egg carton and water-proof paint, you can make lots of these bats and hang them from trees around your home to make your yard look particularly decorative. If you do this, you may wish to look into glow-in-the dark googly eyes or use glow in the dark paint which will be truly frightening at night which is when Halloween is at its scariest!

The great part about making egg carton bats is that they can be made by children of every age. Adults will find themselves having just as much fun as children creating their bats. Even older kids can find delight in this fun craft. As with any other creating project, making egg carton bats teaches youngsters a lot of valuable tools that they can take with them to college and in other places.

It encourages creativity and instills pride as they watch an easy egg carton take shape into egg carton bats that they can be proud of!

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