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| The Bate Cave!! |
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| The Bat Cave! |
As I said before my boyfriend and I are throwing a Halloween party and we are slowly but surely getting our house set up for it (sometimes the bats creep me out when the lights are off lol:) but to be honest they are awesome and I cant wait for the 31st to come!). The bat cave is all set up and ready to go and if you want to make them for yourself just follow below :).
Supplies:
Pencil
Black construction paper
(I am using green for the tutorial for you to see better since my table is black)
Scissors
Small piece of Card Stock (template)
Sticky Tack or tape for the wall (sticky tack doesn't damage the paint)
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| We are ready to go! |
Take your card stock and fold it in half. Now that you have halved your template, you can sketch your bat's shape and size. I wanted many small ones so that it looked as if the bats were travelling out of their cave.
The bat's body is small and the wings are wide. Remember that the point at the top will be the ears and that when you cut them out that you need the separation at the top to have the ears form properly.... Imagine how I know this ;)... many trial card stocks until I had my perfect shape for my bat. So take your time and be creative, it is your creation and make it one of a kind!
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| Hi Batty |
Move on to cut the shape out, watch your fingers!
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| Fold and Cut!! |
Now that you have you Batty shape all ready to go we will take the construction paper and fold it in half and then fold each half in half so that you have four quarters. Depending on how large your bat shape is you may need to fold your paper differently to get the most out of you paper with the least amount of waste.
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| The other will look like this |
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| One side will look like this |
Measure the size of your Batty Template and fold the column of paper (accordion style) until you run out of paper. This is to speed up your cutting. Look below if this step is confusing.
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| Accordion style |
***If you have any questions please send me an comment so I can help :)***
Cut off one of the double folds so that it is easier to trace and cut. If you want to try to trace and cut through all of the layers... be my guest but you may not have crisp edges and it will be a little more frustrating. If you do try let me know how it goes :).
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| Trace your Bat! |
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| Match the Folded edges |
Make sure that the folded edges of your template match the folded edges of your construction paper or you will end up with only half bats or reverse bats... which may not be the best for the overall turnout ;). Now you can trace your design and cut it out. If you have followed the folding as explained up above you will end up with 4 bats :).
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| Batty, Batty, Batty, Batty |
We are all going a little Batty, but you are almost done!!! All you need to so is get your sticky tack ready (or which ever adhesive you have chosen) and attach it to the bats!
I want to let you know that I initially used tape for the walls... however there was a little bit of damage to the paint and I quickly switched to sticky tack and Voilà! no damage and it still looks amazing!!! So try a tester spot with your adhesive before you move forth!!
Don't let those bats fly away with your wall paint... tricky little bats, they wont get any treats that way :p.
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| Sticky Bat! |
Go ahead and use all of your creative juices to place your bats and then you are done! I was lucky because we already have a batman clock that became the focal point of the bat path.
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| Bat Cave!! |
You can have some congregate in a corner and fly out that way, or have them come down the stairway or up the stairs to a window or door to go outside.... the possibility are endless!!!
You are done and your cave looks amazing.
You are well on your way for a spooky Halloween Set -up!
If you so give this a try, I would love to see pictures and posts. I hope that you enjoyed the tutorial.
Happy Halloween Crafting;) See you soon!!
-xo-
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