Halloween Bat Garland

I love bunting, banners and garlands. You can put them anywhere and everywhere. Really!

This year I added a bat garland to my mantel. It’s easy to do…

You’ll need:

~Felt in black, green, purple, and orange

~bat silhouette about 8” long printed on paper (I just pulled one off the net and sized it in Word)

~fabric scissors

~pins

~sewing machine

~contrasting thread black, green, purple and orange

1. Pin the bat silhouette to 2-3 layers of felt and cut. 2. Decide on a color pattern then lay out your bats in order. I did, black – purple – black – orange – black – green. Repeat twice. Then add black – purple – black

3. Chain stitch from beginning to end connecting the bats by overlapping the ends of the bat wings.

4. Switch to another color thread and make another pass along the bat garland. Repeat with each color.

Tip: get creative with the stitch by making rolling patterns.

5. Hang on the mantle or in a window or doorway or staircase or… you get the idea!

If you don’t want to sew, just hot glue those suckers together by overlapping the ends of the wings. If paper and paint is more your style then go ahead and watch this video from a few years ago. This is great to do with kids! I had my kids paint on a full sheet of black paper, then I cut out the bats.