Halloween Cheesecloth Bat

Use fabric stiffener to create this spooky bat from I Love to Create that makes the perfect Halloween decoration. The wiggly eyes make this a fun craft for the kids to help out with.

Materials:

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
Tulip Soft Fabric Paint
- BI15801 Ebony
Aleene's Stiffen-Quik Fabric Stiffening Spray
Wiggle eyes, two 1/2” red
Scissors
Plastic clothes hanger
Plastic wrap
Plastic trash bag
Plastic fork
2 yards cheesecloth
Disposable plastic gloves
Masking tape
Liter bottle plus two smaller plastic bottles
Felt scraps: green, black, purple
Balloon
Plastic tub
Aluminum foil

Instructions:

To weight bottles, fill with water and cap tightly. Place on trash bag.
Tape hanger across back and toward top of liter bottle with hook above lid.
Blow up balloon about the size of a baseball then tape to hook of hanger. Adjust the smaller bottles off to sides. For each hand, crumple up a piece of foil, press around the top of the smaller bottles and form into cone shape.
Fold cheesecloth in half lengthwise.
Carefully drape cheesecloth over bottles making sure a corner of cheesecloth is to the front, referring to photo. Pull out cheesecloth then fold and crease to desired shape. To form neck, loosely tie plastic wrap at bottom of balloon.
Wearing gloves, spray Stiffen-Quik on cheesecloth until it is well saturated. Form cheesecloth into desired shape. Let dry 24 hours. Carefully remove from bottles.
Cut out felt shapes using photo as a guide. Glue felt and wiggle eyes on cheesecloth.