Adorable Pinecone Bat Craft Your Kids Will Enjoy Creating This Fall
Fall is a time of year when many children start getting excited about the upcoming holidays. One great way to get them in the mood is to have them help decorate your home with fun and crafty projects. This pinecone bat project will keep your little ones engaged, entertained, and inspired as they count down to Halloween. So, it's time to get inspired and get crafting.
Let's get started! Collect these supplies:
Bindle & Brass Scented Pinecones
Black & White Construction Paper
Scissors
Pencil
Googly Eyes
Hot Glue Gun or Craft Glue
When you have all of your supplies in hand, you are ready to begin the fun!
1. Draw & Cut Out Bat Wings
Begin by folding a piece of black construction paper in half. Then, starting from the folded edge of the paper, draw two lines an inch apart and an inch in length. Then, continue to draw the bat's wing from there. When you cut out the wing, the extra square inch will give it room to fit into the pinecone and be glued to it. Get creative with the length and height when designing the wings! Not all of them have to be exactly alike, just like real bats.
Did you know that a bat's wing resembles the structure of a human's hand? Complete with fingers, thumbs, and all (source)! So when it comes to drawing the wings, you can get specific with how many angles you want to draw on the wing by following the natural makeup of a bat, or you can choose any shape you'd like. It's all up to you.
2. Glue Wings to Pinecone
Once the wings are cut out, use scissors to cut the wings in half, following the folded line down the center. Then, they're ready to be glued into the pinecone! Make sure to arrange the pinecone so the large flat base is the end where the face of the bat will go. Next, glue the square-inch ends and slide them into the pinecone leaves. Let them dry, and now your bat is beginning to take shape!
A fun perk to using our scented pinecones is that you can enjoy the scent of cinnamon while making your craft and once it's created!
3. Glue Googly Eyes to Pinecone
Did you know that even though bats can't see as humans can, they have very sensitive vision, which allows them to see in the pitch dark (source)? It's true! So, it's time we give our bats the gift of sight. Choose two of your favorite googly eyes and simply hot glue them to the large flat base of the pinecone. This will be the start of assembling the face. Get silly by changing the size of the eyes; go big or alternate sizes to give your creature a goofy look!
4. Draw & Cut Out Teeth to Glue Onto Pinecone
Next, grab your white construction paper and draw two triangles for the teeth. You can make them small, long, round, square, crooked, etc. This all depends on the type of face you want to give your bat. Fun fact: bats have various kinds of teeth just like humans do. They have incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, all with different functions (source). We chose to draw their canines, but you can choose to do whatever you want. There is no wrong answer! Once cut out, glue them under the googly eyes on the large flat end of the pinecone. We're almost there; one more step to go!
5. Draw & Cut Out Ears to Glue Onto Pinecone
We're here; the final step! Bats are famously known for their incredible hearing. They can hear up to 200 kHz, which kHz is a measurement of sound. To put it into perspective, humans can hear up to 15-20 kHz (source)! So, it only makes sense that we save the most important step for last, adding the ears. Their shape will look like triangles, but the two longer sides will have a rounded edge. They almost look like cat ears! Once you cut them out, add glue to the short flat ends of the ear and stick them into the pinecone above the eyes to dry.
Thanks for following along with our fun pinecone bat kid's craft! We hope you had as much fun creating with your kids as we had while making ours. If you're looking for more fall crafts to do with your little ones, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter. We send out new ideas every week, and we have plenty more where this came from! In the meantime, we'd love to see how your bats turned out. Feel free to share a photo with us on social media by tagging @bindleandbrass. Thanks again for crafting with us, and Happy Fall!
