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.

1.Protect your work area with a splash mat or scrap paper. Paint 2 large wooden beads with black paint. Allow to dry.

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.

7.Thread the craft line down through the opposite hole at the top, then out through the bottom hole. 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.

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:

Once the needle is threaded sticky tape the 2 craft line ends together.

8.Attach the remaining bead onto the craft line, using the process outlined in Step 3.

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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.

6.Fold down the top of the cardboard roll as shown above.

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!