Mobile Craft Supply Box
Your kids love crafts, so why not create a supply box for traveling?
That’s right, a box of supplies that you can take with you and your kids can enjoy while you travel.
Bottle Bats
February 12th, 2013 posted by Amanda Formaro
This cute Halloween bat is the perfect project for your kids. Easy to make, recycles and best of all, it’s fun! Gather the kids around and make several of these quicky bats. A very special thank you goes out to 9 year old Madison for sharing her bottle bat idea with us! You can see Madison’s bat at the end of this craft.
You will need
empty 2 liter plastic bottle
black acrylic craft paint
2 medium wiggle eyes
scraps of white and red felt
1/2 sheet black craft foam
3 large purple buttons
small scrap of white craft foam
paint brush
hot glue gun
scissors
If you make this project
we’d love to see it! Just send your photos and comments to the editor and it may get published on our Facebook fan page !
What you do
Wash and dry bottle completely. Paint entire surface and bottle cap with black paint and let dry. Use patterns to cut out 2 wings and 2 ears from the black craft foam. Cut collar from white felt, neck tie from red felt, bow tie from red felt, and 2 fangs from white craft foam. When paint is dry, glue the white collar around the bottle neck, then glue the red neck tie on top of the white collar, centering it. Glue the bow tie to the center of the red neck tie. Glue the ears to the back of the bottle top so that they are sticking up and visible. Glue the wiggle eyes to the front of the bottle top and the fangs right below it. Glue 3 buttons to the front of the bottle. Glue wings to the sides.
From Our Readers
Hi Amanda, Had the 2 youngest granddaughters over for the weekend. It was rainy weather in the afternoon so the girls wanted to make things. One idea they came up with was using the 2 liter soda bottles. They turned them into bats…. keep in mind that they are 8 and 9 years old. Of course they like to do things theirselves and I tell them… do your own thing! Dottie 
Amanda Formaro is a freelance writer, editor, craft designer, and recipe developer. She loves multi-tasking and has been writing and working on the Internet since 1997. You can find her at AmandaFormaro.com. You’ll find her craft projects at CraftsbyAmanda.com and her recipes on AmandasCookin.com.
