Halloween Fun with 3-Year-Olds! Easy Origami Bat Ideas You Can Make
Get ready for the Halloween season—let’s make crafts with kids! How about decorating your room with simple origami bats? There are many ways to fold bat paper that even three-year-olds can try, from cool styles with outstretched wings to cute designs with little ears.
It’s also fun to add eyes and a mouth or choose your favorite colors to make each one unique.
From basic steps to more detailed projects, here are Halloween craft ideas that both kids and adults can enjoy!
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Halloween Fun with 3-Year-Olds! A Collection of Easy Origami Bat Ideas (11–20)
Halloween bat
Perfect for the Halloween season! Here’s an easy bat origami that a 4-year-old can make.
All you need is one sheet of origami paper and a pen.
First, fold the paper into a square to make a crease.
Fold it in half to add another crease, then fold it into a triangle to create diagonal creases.
Follow the crease lines and fold in order.
Toward the end the folds get smaller, so please help your child with any tricky parts.
Once the bat is finished, draw a face with a pen.
If you used black origami paper, use a white pen to draw.
It’s also cute to make them in different colors or use Halloween-patterned origami paper.
Halloween wand
Let’s make a Halloween wand! Using colorful origami, fold ghosts and jack-o’-lanterns and decorate them on a stick.
Making it together with your child helps nurture creativity and fine motor skills.
If the teacher prepares the basic stick, children can decorate the motifs however they like.
The finished wands can be used at Halloween parties or displayed in your room—there are many ways to enjoy them.
Let’s cherish the process of creating each original wand and make your Halloween time even more special.
Halloween paper fan
Why not try making a Halloween-themed paper fan, a classic decoration for parties? Divide a standard sheet of origami paper into four equal parts and use three pieces folded in an accordion style.
If dividing into quarters feels like too much work, you can save time by using smaller-sized origami paper.
Any steps involving scissors or a craft knife should always be done by an adult.
You can have the kids do the accordion folding, and let an adult assemble the pieces into a paper fan! Decorate them with Halloween motifs—orange for a jack-o’-lantern, black for a black cat or bat, and white for a mummy—to enjoy a festive look.
Halloween origami wreath
You often see wreaths around Christmastime.
It’s also a great idea to decorate with a Halloween-themed version of one.
You can even make it using only origami, so it’s perfect if you want the children to take the lead in a craft activity.
Another feature of this Halloween wreath is how easy it is to add originality.
Try placing a ghost in the center of the wreath, or a black cat—come up with whatever designs you like.
There are many folding instructions available online, so it’s a good idea to look those up as well.
Monster Balloon
How about making monster origami balloons that are perfect for Halloween? The folding method is the same for all of them—just change the color of the paper depending on the character or motif, and add ears, eyes, and other features.
Frankenstein, a mummy, a jack-o’-lantern, a skeleton…
These monsters might seem a little scary normally, but as round, chubby balloon monsters, they’re all adorable and will surely make you want to create lots of them.
Another great point is that you can play with them or use them as decorations after you make them.
origami
A simple and very cute bat.
The way to make it is very simple: fold it into a triangle and then open up the ends.
Don’t you think it’s a bit similar to how you fold a crane? With just a little tweak, it can become either a crane or a bat—origami is amazing, isn’t it? Once you’ve made the bat, try making a ghost or a pumpkin too.
They’re all easy to make and super cute.
If you draw on the face, you can enjoy all kinds of variations—smiling or crying expressions, bared fangs, and more!
Halloween Fun with 3-Year-Olds! A Collection of Easy Origami Bat Ideas (21–30)
Cute Halloween bat
Fold the paper into a triangle by matching the top and bottom corners.
Crease well, then open it.
This time, overlap the left and right corners slightly out of alignment and fold.
Fold up the base, leaving a little of the top corner of the triangle visible, then fold that remaining corner down—this will be the bat’s head.
Fold the paper in half along the vertical center line, and fold in the left and right sides of the head, aligning edges to edges, creasing as you go to shape the bat’s wings.
Once all the creases are made, open the paper and make wavy cuts along the lower part of the wings to finish.
