How to Make a Bat and Spider Decoration for Halloween

The shops are starting to stock Halloween merchandise. You could buy decorations but for children a much better option is for them to make their own. Halloween is a great time for children to use their imaginations. I have designed a bat and a spider both based on pom poms. Very easy to make you just need a little application and patience. A previous post with comprehensive instructions for a pom pom can be found  here. When Susie and I ran a halloween workshop for children both boys and girls liked to make these creatures and all were pleased with the results. You will need cereal packet card to make your 2 discs to create your pom pom. Black wool if you want to make a standard bat/spider but if you want to make it more funky any colour will do. A black sheet of Funky Foam, for bat wings and faces. Silver marker pen for spiders features. Google eyes, these are optional you could just draw the eyes. Double sided tape to attach heads to pom poms. For the spiders legs you need two 30cm (12in) long craft pipe cleaners cut in half, this gives you four lengths measuring 15cm (6in). Down load attachments for instructions and templates.