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Way Back Craft: Halloween Bats

October 6, 2008

Out of the Way Back Craft Machine comes an oldie but a goody! Every year, my family and I break out our big orange and black box full of Halloween decorations, cauldrons and punched aluminum candle holders. Folded and tucked into the side of the box are these sweet bats we made years and years ago. They’ve adorned several front doors, including our current home of almost ten years.


Halloween Bat Door Decoration
by Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.org


Super easy and adorable to boot, these anything-but-scary Halloween bats take about five minutes to whip up.

Supplies:

  • Halloween Bat pattern
  • 1 piece of black acrylic felt for each bat
  • scissors
  • pin
  • hot melt glue gun & glue
  • google eyes
  • round magnets



Gather your supplies



Fold the acrylic felt lengthwise in half. Pin the Bat pattern on the fold.



Cut around the bat shaped pattern, leaving the fold intact. Fold fabric out.



Use hot melt glue to attach google eyes, being careful to use only a dot of glue. Use pattern placement as a guide.



Use the same method to add the magnets to the back of the bat, using the placement shown on the pattern.



Two sizes of eyes.

Once the glue has dried, your batty friends are ready to display!

This is part of my “Way Back Craft” series’; patterns, crafts, tutorials and general crafty memories before the days of this craft blog.

Happy Crafting!

this tutorial also available on cut out + keep

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