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DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bats


October 10, 2016 by Jessi Wohlwend 8 Comments

This post was last updated on May 30, 2017

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I really love toilet paper roll crafts; there are just so many things you can do with an empty cardboard tube! Remember the toilet paper roll treat boxes I made for Valentine’s Day? Well I made another fun toilet paper roll craft for Halloween: little toilet paper roll bats! You can hang them from the ceiling as decor, or fill them with treats for a Halloween party!

Make these super cute bats in just a few minutes with an empty cardboard tube, paint, googly eyes, construction paper, and glue!

These adorable bats are so quick and easy to make! And if you don’t want to recycle a toilet paper roll, you can always use a paper towel roll or a wrapping paper tube and cut it down to size. Any way you do it, it’s still recycling!

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bats

  • 5 minutes (time spent doing stuff)
  • 20 minutes (time spent waiting around)
  • 25 minutes (total project time)

Tools

  • paintbrush
  • scissors

Materials

  • empty toilet paper roll
  • black paint
  • black construction paper
  • googly eyes
  • glue

NOTE: If it weirds you out to recycle an empty toilet paper roll, you can use an empty paper towel roll or wrapping paper tube. Or if you don’t want something used, you can find brand new craft rolls on Amazon!

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Instructions

Start by painting the toilet paper roll black. Paint the entire outside, and then stand it on its end and let it dry for a few minutes.

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While the paint dries, cut out bat wings from your black paper. Draw them however you want; any general wing shape will work!

Once the paint is dry, fold the toilet paper tube into the “body”. Start by completely flattening the tube.

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Then stand the tube up and fold down the top on one side. Crease the fold.

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Then fold the other side down and crease the fold.

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Repeat these two folds on the other end of the tube.

Then glue the paper wings onto the back of the body.

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Add two googly eyes to the front, and you have a fun toilet paper roll bat!

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Fill the bats with candy and pass them out at your Halloween party!

Recycle an empty cardboard tube into a super cute bat treat box for Halloween!

Or add a string to the back and hang them from your ceiling! I love to see them “flying” around the chandelier above our dining room table every night!

Recycle an old cardboard tube into super cute decorations for Halloween!

Make these cute bats out of empty cardboard tubes!

What are your favorite toilet paper roll crafts?

Shop this project:

Craft paintbrush set
Scissors
Craft rolls
Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint in Black Tie

Black construction paper
12mm googly eyes
Elmer’s Glue-All glue

Make these super cute flying bats for Halloween in just a few minutes!

Turn empty cardboard tubes into super cute bat decorations for Halloween!

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Toilet paper roll bats are the perfect quick and easy Halloween decor craft for the kids! Toilet paper roll bats are the perfect quick and easy Halloween decor! These Halloween bat treat boxes are too cute! Great kid's craft and great way to recycle a toilet paper roll or paper towel tube!

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Comments

  1. Malia says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Super cute Jessi! The fact that you can tuck treats inside is fabulous. Hope you have a great weekend!

    Reply
  2. Leanne - Lime & Mortar says

    October 22, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Hey thanks for sharing this awesome idea. I’ve included it in my top 10 halloween ideas post 🙂

    http://www.limeandmortar.com/2014/10/top-10-halloween-crafts.html

    Reply
    • Jessi Wohlwend says

      October 22, 2014 at 9:13 pm

      Thanks so much Leanne, I’m off to check it out now!

      Reply
  3. Kim Dupell says

    March 9, 2016 at 11:55 am

    Do you happen to have a pattern for the wings?

    Reply
    • Jessi Wohlwend says

      March 10, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      No, sorry, I just drew them freehand!

      Reply
  4. Evelyn says

    April 14, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    what type of paint did you use because i used tempara paint and it looks like i used a highlighter instead of actual paint

    Reply
    • Jessi Wohlwend says

      April 18, 2016 at 10:00 am

      I used Americana multi-surface satin acrylic paint; it’s my favorite basic craft paint because it comes in tons of colors and works on pretty much every surface (wood, metal, glass, fabric, plastic, etc.) You can find it Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1NiLejx (affiliate)

      Reply

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