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For this project you will need:
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Step 2: Paint the wooden dolls black (or colour of your choice). Put aside to dry. |
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Step 3: Whilst the bat bodies are drying, cut out bat wings (download Bat Wing Template) in felt, tracing around your paper bat outline. |
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Step 4.1: Cut the Black pipe cleaner into short lengths for legs, about 3 to 4 cms, and then additional smaller piece for feet. |
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Step 4.2: Wrap the smaller piece around the larger length to create small feet at the end of pipe piece. |
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Step 5. Plug in and heat up glue gun, and stick glue down the centre line of the felt bat, placing the wooden doll on top to fit — careful not to burn your fingers whilst using the gun! |
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Step 6: Pull out a pair of small moving eyes, stick on to the bat head to fit, using glue gun. |
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Step 7: Draw a smile with fangs on the bat face — we used a silver pen on black paint. |
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Step 8: Bend the end of the pipe cleaner legs and glue them to the base of the wooden bat. |
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Once all dry and glue has set, the bats are ready to hang upside down! Use them to help decorate as a table centre on tree branches for a Halloween feast, or hang up around the house to surprise guests. |
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