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Origami Bats
- Total Time Needed:
- 1 Hour
Haunt your halls with a colony of these denizens of the dark. They can just hang around, or they can take wing as a bat mobile -- tape several to pieces of monofilament and string them from a small branch.
- Materials
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- Black paper (construction or scrapbook paper works best) cut into 8- by 8-inch squares
- Scissors
- Glow-in-the-dark paint
- Instructions
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Fold an 8- by 8-inch square of black paper into a triangle. -
Fold down the top 2 inches of the triangle. -
Fold each side flap in along the inner lines shown here, then back out along the outer lines, to form dimensional wings. -
To create ears, use scissors to cut a notch along the top, between the wings. -
Flip the bat over and add eyes with glow-in-the-dark paint. To give the body dimension, make a vertical crease down the center.
Amazing Bat Facts
Bats account for around a quarter of all mammal species.
As mammals, bats nurse their babies.
Thailand's bumblebee bat, weighing less than a penny, is the world's smallest mammal.
Some flying-fox bats of the Tropics have wingspans of up to 6 feet!
Hundreds of plant species rely on bats to pollinate them.
Like cats, bats spend lots of time grooming their fur.
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