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How to make a Bat Puppet Glove

Create a simple bat glove puppet for Halloween this year. 

Creating a Halloween bat glove puppet is a great craft and a wonderful fall holiday project or a fun project any time of year. This glove puppet is perfect to use with the poem "Five Little Bats", which can be found below.

To create your bat glove puppet, all you need is some black craft foam or felt, googly eyes, the bat template and a little glue.  Once you have your materials, you can use them to create cute bats that can be glued to each finger of the glove.Bat Puppets Glove fb

When the poem is recited with the little ones at home or for classroom use at school, the bats can move one at a time to accompany the poem. This is a great way to engage kids and help them learn while having fun.

When Wendy taught, she recited a poem to her kindergarten class called "Five Little Pumpkins." Having a pumpkin glove puppet in bright colors would have been great for this lesson.

If you're feeling especially creative, you can also try making other types of puppets, such as sock puppets, hand puppets, and finger puppets, by going to our puppet free patterns craft idea page.  There are endless possibilities for making your puppets that you can use with young children for imaginative puppet play and learning with puppets. 

To learn more about making a Halloween bat glove puppet, watch our instructional video or read this post for a photo tutorial with step-by-step instructions.



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Craft supplies needed to make a fun glove puppet

  • Old glove (or an inexpensive one from the Dollar Store)
  • Black craft foam or black felt pieces
  • PDF free template of the bat (PDF file at the end of article scroll past my signature)
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Craft or foam glue
  • 10 Googly eyes

INSTRUCTIONS to make a Halloween puppet

STEP 1: cut out bats from the craft foam

First, download and print the free bat pattern from the PDF file.  The free PDF download is available at the end of this article.  Scroll past my signature to find the link. Bat Puppet Glove PDF template

Then, use scissors to cut the bat pattern out. This will be used to trace with the pencil onto the black craft foam. Bat Puppet Glove Traced on Craft Foam

Use the pattern as a guide, trace, and cut out five bats from the black craft foam for this puppet project. Bat Puppet Glove bat cut out

Step 2: stick googly eyes on the bats

Using the craft glue, attach two wiggly eyes to each bat. These bats become so cute once the silly eyes are on them. Wait for the craft glue to dry before moving on to the next step.Bat Puppet Glove Googly Eyes Glued

Step 3: Glue the bats to the glove

Once the bats are dry, use craft or foam glue to glue one to the tips of each finger of the glove. Bat Puppet Glove Glued to Finger Tip

Let the bats dry on the glove. Be patient! This may take some time!

Once the little bats are dried on the glove tips, slip a hand into the glove, and you will have a Halloween bat glove puppet!

At the end of this tutorial, we have links to several versions of the "Five Little Bats" poem. Scroll down past my signature to find the links.

Learn and enjoy the "Five Little Bats" poem with the young kids. Be sure to let them have a turn with the glove!!  Haha! Bat Puppet Glove Finished It's a very easy craft and fun for younger kids to play with.

I hope you enjoyed learning how to make this storytelling glove for Halloween. It's a straightforward craft and fun for younger kids to play with!

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QUESTIONS?

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New ideas for more fun puppets, puppet shows, and story telling!

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Bat Template PDF

This free bat printable template to download is perfect for all your spooky Halloween crafts. Needlepointers.com

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5 Little Bats Song

Here is a 5 little bats song. Laptime Songs

5 Little Bats Songs PDF

This is a link to a PDF printable with several versions of 5 little bats songs. Zoe Miles - Environmental Education






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