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How to Make A Bat-o'-Lantern
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Description: Everyone loves a classic Jack-o'-Lantern pumpkin carving! Let's switch it up a bit this year and create the bat version of this pumpkin fellow. The bat-o'-lanterns are unique, fun and different. Stage a spooky scene by assembling a colony of these winged creatured made from miniature pumpkins and craft foam.

You Will Need:
Black acrylic paint
Ornamental (miniature) pumpkins
Black and white craft foam
Wings,ears & eyes template

How to make it:

1. Cover your work surface with a drop cloth or newspaper, then paint the pumpkins. Allow them to dry completely.

2. For each bat, choose a style of wings and eyes from the template . Then, trace and cut out two identical eyes from the white craft foam and use the hole punch to make pupils. Adhere the eyes to the pumpkin with glue dots.

3.Cut a matching pairs of ears and wings from the black craft foam (our wings are about 6 inches long). Attach the ears by taping a toothpick to the back of each one, leaving about 1 1/2 inches of the toothpick exposed, then inserting it into the top of the pumpkin.

4. Finally, tape a skewer to the back of each wing, leaving a 2-inch point exposed, and push it in place