Trace and cut out two handprints of each hand on the children. Have the children glue two of the handprints together at the wrist ends with the thumbs on the bottom, and the other two on top with the fingers pointing down to form the bat wings. Glue an oval shape on top for the bat's body, with a smaller lighter color oval glued inside to make the belly. Glue a circle above that for the head and two small triangles for the ears. Finally, the children can draw the faces on.
Separate three cups from an egg carton. Have the children cut curves out of the front of the two outer cups. Then cut the backs of those cups to a point in the middle to resemble bat wings. The children can the paint the egg cartons black and let dry. Add eyes and draw a face on the middle for the bat's head, and tie a string to the top of the middle cup so that bat can be hung up as a decoration.
Purchase decorative mini-pumpkins and have the children paint them black and let dry. Cut bat wing shapes out of construction paper and glue them to the sides of each pumpkin. Add white half circles with a black dot on the top for eyes, and glue black triangles on the tops for ears. Set a group of them together on a table for a Halloween decoration, or tie sturdy string to the stem and hang them up.
Have the children cut a bat shape out of black construction paper, including the body in the middle and the wings in one piece. Provide a template for them to follow if this is too difficult. Then cut small strips out of craft paper, large enough so that a child's finger could fit through it as a loop. Glue the ends of the strip to the back of the bat, again so the child's finger can fit through the middle.