Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft – Great Idea for Halloween Crafting

Recycle a toilet paper roll or a dozen and make this fun toilet paper roll craft, a perfect Halloween project to do at home or with your class. If doing the craft in the classroom, kitchen paper towel rolls work best or store-bought craft paper rolls.

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Fall and Halloween mark bat time! We love these little nocturnal creatures and have shared quite a few bat arts and crafts tutorials with you in the past.

We’ve shown you how to draw a bat, how to make a bat from paper strips (one of our favorite projects because it can also be used as a wreath), and a bat corner bookmark, among many other fun ideas.

Since toilet paper rolls are one of the most economical and versatile craft materials, we had to add these paper roll bats to our collection of toilet paper roll craft ideas.

How to make a bat shaped toilet paper roll craft

What you need:

toilet paper roll (or kitchen paper towel roll or craft paper roll)
black paint
white paint
black cardboard
white cardboard
black marker
thin brush
wide broom or sponge broom
drag
glue

Step by step instructions

Start by painting the roll of paper black.

Allow the paint to dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Fold the top down, on both sides, to form a dome shape (see next picture).

Press the top firmly to keep the shape (you can also add a little glue to keep everything in place).

Fold the black paper in half and cut out the wing shape.

Apply glue to the middle of the wing shape.

Glue the wings to the back of a black toilet paper roll. Looks pretty cool, right?

Draw two big eyes on white paper.

Cut them out.

Stick them to the toilet paper roll.

Alternatively, you can also use fake eyes or stickers.

Paint the mouth white (add two sharp teeth to make your toilet paper roll look more ferocious for Halloween).

Done!

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