Super Easy AND Cute HALLOWEEN BAT DECOR

This Halloween, wow your guests and trick-or-treaters with some amazing hanging bat! This easy peasy Halloween bat decor is cute but spooky and frightfully fun enough to keep the kids excited about Halloween! 

Halloween bat decor

You guys! I have a super exciting project for you today! I had sooo much fun making this Halloween bat decor, I simply didn’t want it to end! If I had enough materials I would probably still be working on this bat craft instead of showing you the step by step!

Bats’ nocturnal nature and creepy presence, are a perfect theme for Halloween and a great spooky decoration. Turn your front porch into a bat cave to immerse everyone on the Halloween atmosphere from the very beginning. These Halloween party decorations go great with pumpkins and dried leaves and you can make many bats in no-time.

These lovely hanging bats are super easy to make but I wanted to make this project even simpler for you so I made a bat template for each of the three bats.

Kids will love working on this project and make their own decorations. Maybe they will want to work together with their friends or make a class project to craft Halloween decorations for their classroom or school. They are so easy to make, all kids can make them.

Need more Halloween ideas?

• Mummy treat jar
• Recycled Halloween bats
• Halloween mason jar
• Fluffy ghosts craft
• Halloween spiders from tp rolls
• Halloween Boo sign
• Bat and ghost craft with popsicle sticks

My Halloween bat decor turned out super cute, especially when I applied some googly eyes to my bats. But they look just as fun without eyes too. A simple craft idea anyone can make even the kiddos. The little ones will need a little help though as cutting out the bats involves a precision knife which is not that easy to use for those tiny hands.

These hanging bats Halloween decor truly stand out hanging from the ceiling if you plan to keep the Halloween party indoors! But they look just as fun outdoors, hanging from trees and since I used foam paper these hanging bats are also weather proof. So you can relax and leave them outside once the party is over; they’ll be fine the next day even in raining nights.

What supplies do you need for these hanging foam bats?

1. You can also make these bats out of felt or leftover thick, black fabric that won’t curve after cutting. For an even more realistic look, add some black fake fur as the bat’s body.
2. Of course you can also make paper bats, but these will have to stay inside during rainy weather. Paper bats can also be made 3D by folding their wings to look more realistic. Origami or quilling are great ideas to make amazing bats if you’re into these crafts. Paper bats are easier to cut out by kids with a small pair of crafting scissors made especially for them.
3. Other supplies you can use to make paper bats are toilet paper rolls. Paint them black and use as the bat’s body.

Make a bat cluster for a stronger impact, and place in front of a vent to have them moving slowly. You can also mix bats with witches, pumpkin designs or skulls to have a more complex decoration.

How to hang paper bats from ceiling?

You can choose to hang your bats anywhere in the house, but if you really like the idea of hanging them from the ceiling, this is super easy to achieve by using strong double sided tape. These adhesive rounds are super easy to use and they won’t look ugly on the ceiling.

Scotch tape will do too but you need a strong tape to ensure your bats will stay put.

Also hang some of these DIY bats from a wide branch to be more mobile and be able to move around the house if you feel like changing the décor. This way, you won’t have any sticky stuff on your ceiling, so no cleaning involved afterwards!

These paper bats can be hung in many ways: from the tail for an upside-down position, from the head and wings to make them stand up, or from the middle to make them seem like floating or flying.

Pin them to a wreath to make a bat wreath for hanging around the house or stick to balloons and leave them floating around, or make a garland with many bats. Just fold a strip of paper or textile many times and cut around the bat pattern.

More foam crafts you might like:

• Tp rolls Easter bunnies
• Easter bunny cups

You can use my templates on each material we talked about above: textile, felt, paper or foam. They will keep their shape about the same way, so they are all excellent to make these hanging bats. Another great opportunity to use up leftover craft supplies, as black felt or foam is not something we use too often.

Also, don’t just limit yourself to hanging these bats. This paper bat pattern is also great to make bats for sticking to the windows, doors, walls, furniture, or wherever you need to decorate for Halloween: lampshades, curtains, everywhere.  The fun will be guaranteed!

Bats are such popular Halloween decorations, you can also make them from paper plates, bottle caps or cupcake liners. Make one of these super easy Halloween bats for your friends and family! Even the non crafty people in your life can make this little decoration!

So if you ever wondered how to make a paper bat you can stop wondering! You’ve got a  printable bat cut out template that you can use over and over again to make tons of spooky/cute bats every Halloween! This Halloween bat cut out is free for my craft newsletter subscribers otherwise you can purchase my Halloween bat templates from here!

Tell me about your bat decorations for Halloween, and what you like to match them with. We always need fresh Halloween decoration ideas, so please share yours in the comments.

How to make hanging bats

Materials:

• bat template (download from here)
• black foam sheets
• self healing cutting mat
• precision knife
• light colored marker
• googly eyes – optional
• needle
• thread
• scotch tape – optional

Directions:

• Download and print the bat templates.
• Place the pattern on the cutting mat and using your precision knife cut out the 3 bats.
• Place the foam paper on the cutting mat.
• Take one template at a time and place it on the foam paper and using the precision knife, cut out bats, going all around the template.
• Once you’re done cutting out the bats, thread the needle.
• Pass the threaded needle through the bottom of each bat and leave enough thread to hang the bats. Display them on walls, hang them to the ceiling or in the garden.

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Halloween bat decor DIY

This easy peasy Halloween bat decor DIY is cute but spooky and frightfully fun enough to keep the kids excited about Halloween! 

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Active Time10 minutes mins

Total Time15 minutes mins

Category: Craft

Region: International

Keyword: bat cut out template, bat decor halloween, halloween bat cut out, halloween bat decor diy, hanging bats, how to hang paper bats from ceiling

Yields: 3 bats

Author: Petro Neagu

Materials

• bat template
• black foam sheets
• googly eyes optional

Tools

• self healing cutting mat
• precision knife
• light colored marker
• needle
• thread
• scotch tape or double sided tape

Instructions

• Download and print the bat templates.
  
• Place the pattern on the cutting mat and using your precision knife cut out the 3 bats.
  
• Place the foam paper on the cutting mat. Take one template at a time and place it on the foam paper and using the precision knife, cut out bats, going all around the template.
  
• Once you're done cutting out the bats, thread the needle. Pass the threaded needle through the bottom of each bat and leave enough thread to hang the bats. Display them on walls, hang them to the ceiling or in the garden.
  

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