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How to Make Wine Cork Bats

Wine Cork Bats are a cute, simple decoration to add to the spirit of Halloween or even your Christmas tree. Let's get creative!
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Equipment

  • 1 Scissors
  • 1 Hot glue gun with glue
  • 1 Piece of chalk

Materials

  • 1 piece Ribbon any color, use for making an ornament
  • 2 pieces Buttons any color and size that fits on wine cork
  • 1 piece Eye pin
  • 1 unit Bat wing stencil
  • 1 piece Black felt 5 inch x 2 inch, any color
  • 4 pieces Twine various lengths to your preference
  • 1 piece D ring use for making a wall hanging
  • 1 unit Wine cork
  • 1 unit Black paint and small paint brush optional for sleep eye bats

Instructions

  • Download the bat wing stencil; you can find the stencil in the materials section above. Print the bat wing stencil onto a thick piece of paper and cut the stencil out with scissors.
    1 unit Bat wing stencil
    Simple Bat Stencil
  • Turn on the hot glue gun with glue.
  • Trace the bat stencil with chalk onto the felt and cut out with scissors.
    1 piece Black felt
    Mark Out Bat Wings Stencil
  • Place a strip of hot glue onto the center of the bat wings under the bat's ears and press the wine cork onto the hot glue.
    1 unit Wine cork
  • Positioning the wings for a flying bat. For a flying bat, leave the wings open. When pressing the wine cork onto the hot glue I like to pull the hot glue to the sides just a bit so the wings aren't completely flat but curve with the wine cork to look like it's flapping.
  • Time to hot glue some buttons as the bat's eyes. Find two buttons that will fit onto the wine cork. If the buttons have flat backs go ahead and place hot glue on the back of the button and place onto the wine cork. If the buttons have an eye sticking out (like shown in the video) use a corkscrew to make a pocket for the button's eye. Place hot glue onto the pocket and insert the eye of the button into the pocket.
    2 pieces Buttons
  • Sleepy eye bat option. If you would like your bat to have sleepy eyes, use black paint and with a small paint brush draw U-shaped eyelids.
    1 unit Black paint and small paint brush
  • If you would like to create a wrapped up sleeping bat after you complete the eyes; place a little bit of hot glue on the tip of one wing and press onto the opposite side of the wine cork. Then place a little bit of hot glue onto the tip of the other wing and wrap it across the wine cork and press it down. The bat will look like it is hugging itself :)
    Hugging Wine Cork Bat
  • "Batman" wing option. If you would like a more relaxed bat the "Batman" wings will be a good option. Place an eighth of an inch line of hot glue onto the base of the wine cork where the bat's feet would be. Press the tips of the bat wings into the hot glue and allow to dry.
    Batman Wine Cork Bat
  • Your Wine Cork Bat is all done if you would like it to stand on its own.
    All Done Sleeping Wine Cork Bat
  • If you would like to make your Wine Cork Bat into an ornament or wall hanging, screw an eye pin into the top or bottom of the wine cork depending on how you want it orientated.
    1 piece Eye pin
  • Wine Cork Bat Ornament Option: Thread your choice of ribbon and you got yourself a Wine Cork Bat Ornament!
    1 piece Ribbon
    Wine Cork Bat Ornament