Flying Bat Materials: • • • • • • • • • •
Cardboard Rolls – Pack of 10 – 15616 Craft Line – Clear – 30 Metres – 11160 Cardboard – White – A4 – Pack of 100 – 16288 Wooden Beads – Natural – 340g Pack – 10841 CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Black – 75ml – 16885 CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Purple – 75ml – 16882 CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Yellow – 75ml – 16879 Safety Needles – Pack of 32 – 10837 Clear Sticky Tape – 18mm x 66m – 17769 Other Materials Required: Template (pg 8), paint brushes, splash mat or scrap paper, scissors, pencil, hole punch and ruler.
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1. Protect your work area with a splash mat or scrap paper. Paint 2 large wooden beads with black paint. Allow to dry.
2. Print the template on page 8 onto cardboard. Cut out the bat template. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Use paint to decorate the front and back then allow to dry.
3. Cut a 3 metre length of craft line. Thread one end through a bead and tie to secure in place. Repeat this process then trim the excess on the short end.
4. Measure and mark 1.5cm down from the top of a cardboard roll. Repeat for the other side, then both sides from the bottom of the roll. Use a hole punch to create a hole at each mark. Paint the roll black then allow to dry.
5. Use a needle to thread the end of the craft line through one of the bottom holes, then directly through the top hole. Clever Tip:
6. Fold down the top of the cardboard roll as shown above.
8. Attach the remaining bead onto the craft line, using the process outlined in Step 3.
9. Use sticky tape to attach the cardboard roll to the back of the bat template. Hook the loop of craft line at the top of the cardboard roll to something solid and pull the bead ends away from each other to watch your Bat fly!
7. Thread the craft line down through the opposite hole at the top, then out through the bottom hole.
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Once the needle is threaded sticky tape the 2 craft line ends together.
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