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Spooky Flying Bat Decorations

Decorate your home with these easy-to-make bats, using just four simple supplies.

Decorate your home cave with friendly or scary bats. These decorations are made with heavy-duty tape so they will last for, possibly…eternity.

Flying Bats

Courtesy of Duck Tape

Supplies and Tools

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Step 1

Make a Duck Tape fabric piece (find instructions to create fabric here). The size depends on how big you want your bat to be.


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Step 2

Make a template for your bat out of card stock if you want your bats to be the same size.


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Step 3

Trace your template onto your fabric. If you do not use a template, draw your bat onto your fabric.


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Step 4

Cut your bat out.


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Step 5

Add faces and embellishments to your bat. Create more using the same template or create different sizes and designs.

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