Materials

• Black tempera or acrylic paint
• Paintbrush
• Clothespin (not one with a spring)
• Black construction paper
• Pencil or marker
• Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
• Glue
• Red tempera or acrylic paint (optional)
• String

Instructions

• Paint the clothespin black and allow it to dry.
• Fold the paper in half so the short edges meet and draw the outline of a bat wing, starting and ending the outline at the fold.
• Cut out the wings, but don’t cut the fold.
• Unfold the wings, squeeze glue along the outside fold, then press the wings onto the clothespin.
• If you like, add two dots of red paint to the clothespin for eyes.
• Tie a string to the bat and hang it from the ceiling.