The Hawaiian hoary bat, or the opeapea, is the only native land mammal in Hawaii! It’s also an endangered species. This Halloween, celebrate this furry bat by making and launching this flying bat craft. You’ll have a frightfully good time!
Supplies
- Printable template
- Scissors
- Halloween-themed straws (black, orange, or decorated)
- Plastic pipettes or straws with a larger diameter than the Halloween-themed straws
- Tape
- Markers or crayons (optional)
Note: Plastic pipettes are used to transfer small amounts of liquid. They’re typically used in chemistry or biology labs, but sometimes, teachers keep them in the classroom for crafts, or parents use them to dispense medicine to babies, small children, or pets. If you happen to have them, great! If not, straws with a larger diameter work fine.
Instructions
For bats already in color, print out page 1 of the template. For the black and white version, print page 2 and have your keiki color the bats.
Cut out the bat (you can cut around the bat instead of being exact).
Lie bat face down. Trim the bottom of the plastic pipette or straw so you can tape it to the back of the bat without being visible from the front. Tape plastic pipette to back of straw. If you’re using a straw instead of a pipette, tape the top of the straw so it’s sealed (if it’s not sealed, the bat won’t fly) and then tape to back of bat.
Insert Halloween-themed straw in the plastic pipette or straw.
Your flying bat is complete!
Blow through the bottom of the straw to launch your bat!
Happy Halloween!
Template designed by Megan Wakayama
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