Halloween Bat Art Project For Kids

If you’re looking for bat crafts for kids or fun and spooky Halloween craft idea then look no further! Today on Craft Play Learn we have a super fun and easy Halloween bat art project for kids of all ages which uses oil painting.

Creating this bat craft is not only fun, it’s a great way to teach children about oil pastels, how to blend and mix colors. That is a great skill to learn and one that can be used in future art projects.

Don’t forget to check out our spooky oil pastel Haunted Houses and our other fantastic Halloween Craft ideas!

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Supplies needed for bat art project:

Supplies For This Spooky Bat Craft

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How To Create This Bat Painting

Download and print out the Bat template.

Carefully cut out all the bats from the template and set aside.

On a white piece of construction paper or cardstock, draw a circle (moon) with yellow pastels and then trace that circle with orange.

Use your fingertips to smudge the colors together.

Use blues and greens to create color around the moon.

Put a thick layer of oil pastel on and then use your fingertips to blend, blend, and blend some more.

Once finished, draw a border around the entire piece of paper with black oil pastel. Blend the black pastel towards the middle of the paper.

Once satisfied with the result, glue the bats all over the moon.

You can totally make this project unique and experiment with many different colors.

A white moon with a purple and pink background sounds amazing!

Your Halloween bat painting is now complete and ready to display.

Download Your Free Bat Template Here!

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Halloween Bat Art Project For Kids

halloween bat art project

This is a tutorial on how to make a Halloween bat art project for kids.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • Printer and haunted house template
  • Construction Paper or Cardstock
  • Oil Pastels
  • Glue

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

    Download and print out the Bat template.

    Carefully cut out all the bats from the template and set aside.

    On a white piece of construction paper or cardstock, draw a circle (moon) with yellow pastels and then trace that circle with orange.

    Use your fingertips to smudge the colors together.

    Use blues and greens to create color around the moon.

    Put a thick layer of oil pastel on and then use your fingertips to blend, blend, and blend some more.

    Once finished, draw a border around the entire piece of paper with black oil pastel. Blend the black pastel towards the middle of the paper.

    Once satisfied with the result, glue the bats all over the moon.

    You can totally make this project unique and experiment with many different colors.

    A white moon with a purple and pink background sounds amazing!

    Your Halloween bat painting is now complete and ready to display.

You may also enjoy the following Halloween Craft Ideas:

Halloween Witch Craft Idea

Halloween Werewolf Line Study

Frankenstein Craft Activity For Kids

Dracula Printable Craft Activity

Orange Haunted House Halloween Art

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