Kids will love putting on their own bat puppet show. Make bat stencils ahead of time that are about the size of a child's hand. Have kids trace the stencil onto black paper. Once the kids have cut out their bats from black construction paper with child-safe scissors, they can decorate their bats with black yarn or wiggly eyes, or draw on a face with chalk. To make this tiny bat into a finger puppet, glue a strip of paper onto the back, leaving room for a finger to slide through. Have students put on a bat play with their finger puppets.
Designate a Bat Day in your classroom where everything revolves around bats. These crafts can be made early on in the day so the kids can wear them. All you need are strips of black construction paper that can be stapled together to make a crown. Have kids attach a bat face to the front of the crown. The kids can also decorate the sides of the crown with colored chalk, glitter or wiggly eyes. Read bat stories or sing bat songs as they wear their headbands.
Make a mini math lesson with a bat theme. Hide pre-made paper bats with a number written on them all around the classroom. Give the students clues to find the bats. When all the bats are found, help the students put the numbers written on the bats in order.
This simple craft is sure to be a favorite with your students. All you need is black felt, clothespins, wiggly eyes and glue. Cut out wings and the body of a bat to be glued onto the clip. Glue on the wiggly eyes. To make this a running theme in your classroom, make other animal clips as the school year goes on. This way your students will have a variety of animals collected by the end of the year.
Kids will love sipping out of their very own bat cups. Making them is easy to do. All you need is black paper cups and some wiggly eyes and construction paper. Cut out wings from black construction paper and attach to the sides of the cup. Have kids glue on eyes, a nose and a mouth.