In most homes, Halloween is the first of the fall and winter holidays, and that makes it special. If you have young children at home, you’re looking for non-scary, cute, and lighthearted ways to celebrate the Halloween season, and we’ve got that covered for you!

This fun toilet paper roll bat craft is a fun, easy, and simple Halloween craft for kids! On top of that, it’s also a fun way to recycle.

Learn how easy it is to make these adorable bats at home with your kids (or your students in the classroom). Read below or watch our step-by-step video to see how easy it is to make!

Bat Toilet Paper Roll Craft

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Toilet Roll Bat Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Empty toilet paper rolls
Scissors
Glue
Bat template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this bat to life!

First, guide your child in cutting the toilet paper roll in half with the scissors.

Hand cutting the toilet paper roll of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Use the glue stick on the back side of the black rectangle and attach it to the half toilet paper roll. This is the bat’s body.

Hand gluing the toilet paper roll of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

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Next, help your child glue the fangs to the top of the red mouth, with the pointy ends facing downwards.

Hand gluing the fangs of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Glue the mouth to the bottom of the black toilet paper roll.

Hand gluing the mouth of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Now, use the template eyes or googly eyes and attach them to the top and center of the paper roll.

hand gluing the googly eyes of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Secure the ears to the top, inside the toilet paper roll.

Hand gluing the ears of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Finally, encourage your child to glue the wings to the back and top part of the toilet roll.

Hand gluing the wings of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Check out our toilet paper roll crafts while you’re here! Your little ones will enjoy making more fun projects like this!

Finished example of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

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Halloween Unit For Kids

Keep the fun activities going by creating a Halloween unit study around this bat craft. Below are some of our favorite ideas to get your creativity flowing!

Two finished example of the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Halloween Books For Kindergarten

First, we recommend starting off with books. Reading aloud or having your child practice reading to you is so great for their development!

Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.

5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5-minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.

Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!

Finished example and a kid holding the Toilet Paper Roll Bat Craft

Crafts For Halloween

Kids’ crafts are a fun way to help with fine motor skills, following directions, creativity, and more. They can also be a great way for parents and kids to spend time together, build relationships, and have some fun.

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Crafting is also a great way for kids to use their imagination and express themselves. It can also help teach them about colors, shapes, and other basic concepts. For those reasons and more, we recommend doing lots of crafts!

Try out some more Halloween crafts with these simple projects:

Mummy Pumpkin Craft – If you’re looking for a fun and easy no-carve pumpkin craft for kids, look no further than the mummy pumpkin! To make this cute Halloween decoration, you only need some paper, glue, and scissors.

Bat Popsicle Stick Craft – You know what’s a little spooky? Bats. You know what’s not spooky? This popsicle stick craft. This little creature is so cute and easy to make, it might just make kids less scared of bats!

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Candy Corn Halloween Craft – Candy corn is a classic Halloween treat, and we’ve combined it with Frankenstein to make this easy paper craft that kids will love creating!

Monster Paper Bag Puppet Craft – Puppets are one of the best ways to explore creativity with your kids. And what’s more fun than making a puppet from a paper bag? This puppet is sure to be a hit with your little monsters!

Kids’ Halloween Activities

Are you tired of the same old Halloween activities? These Halloween pattern block mats are perfect for building fine motor skills and counting. Plus, they’re super fun!

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Get your kids in the Halloween spirit with these free Halloween coloring pages! They’re no-prep and great for a fun, family activity.

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When complete, they’d make super cute Halloween decorations for the fridge or wall.

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Kids can work on letter recognition and counting skills with these Halloween do a dot printables. They’re easy to use too – just download and print! Kids of all ages will love these fun printables, and they’d also be a great addition to a Halloween party!

These Halloween math worksheets for kindergarteners are a fun way to practice counting, number recognition, and simple addition. With cute Halloween characters and colorful graphics, kids will have lots of fun while learning important skills.

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Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s project featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

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