A splash of color and a few dabs on the paper and you have an easy and gorgeous Bat Silhouette Halloween Art.

What you need:

  • white card stock
  • black cardstock
  • scissors
  • marker
  • sponge brush or use finger tip
  • paints
  • optional – tape

Directions:

  1. Fold a sheet of white paper in half.
  2. Draw two bat “halves”.
  3. Cut out along the drawn lines to get the bat silhouettes.
  4. Prepare your paints – we used white, yellow and orange in our project.
  5. Place the bat silhouette on the black paper. If working with younger kids, secure the bats by making a roll of  tape and sticking it on the bat – press the bat on the black paper – the tape will hold it in place and it will be easy to remove afterwards.
  6. Dab the sponge brush (or your finger tip) in colors and start dabbing all around the bat cutouts. Add more paint, until you are happy with the intensity and spread of the paint.
  7. Remove the bath silhouettes. All done, this simple Halloween art project is complete.

Check out the video of this art project here.

Try this art project with different silhouettes and background colours, like pumpkins, ghosts or black cat.