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Easy Bat Paper Lantern

September 4, 2014 by Albion

It’s never too early to start preparing for Halloween! Let’s face it–I started two weeks ago! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I’m always looking for ways to add to the fun. Our girls loooove decorations (I wonder where they got that from!) and I love to surprise them with something new when they get home from school. This easy bat paper lantern can be whipped up in no time and is perfect for the Halloween season and an easy decorative surprise.

Bat Paper Lantern

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For this lantern, I used:

  • one sheet of black vinyl
  • one paper lantern
  • swag light kit (similar)
  • Cricut Explore

supplies

I loaded up Cricut’s Design Space and pulled up my favorite bat shapes. I cut them out in a bunch of different sizes.

Cricut Design Space

bat shape

It was really easy to pull the vinyl off the sheet. I opened up the paper lantern and carefully applied the bats.

remove the bats

bat

Once I had as many bats on the lantern as I wanted, I screwed in a light bulb to the swag kit and inserted through the top of the lantern. The girls are going to love this one! This easy bat paper lantern is sure to be a hit this Halloween!

easy bat paper lantern

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Category: crafts, Cricut, makeTag: bat, craft, cricut, cricut explore, easy, Halloween, light, paper lantern

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  1. Adelina Priddis

    September 4, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    It’s easy until I needed special equipment….lol. I may try my hand at cutting some bats out of vinyl by hand. Very fun halloween decor
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    • Albion

      September 5, 2014 at 9:22 am

      Totally fair criticism! I’m sure any cutting machine would do the same thing, or using a free bat template online to cut out the shapes by hand shouldn’t be too bad.

      Reply
    • Cassandra

      September 21, 2014 at 9:41 pm

      You could get away with hand cutting bats on card stock instead of vinyl.

      Reply
      • Albion

        September 22, 2014 at 8:03 am

        Absolutely!

        Reply
  2. Steph @ Crafting in the Rain

    September 8, 2014 at 11:34 pm

    Cute, simple and fast–my favorite kind!
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  3. Lisa at Mabey She Made It

    September 9, 2014 at 12:51 am

    cute! I even have some yellow lanterns to use…

    Reply
  4. Jillene@inkhappi

    September 9, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    These are awesome! Fun and easy project. I love the results!
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  5. laura londergan

    September 10, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    these are always so much fun to make! Halloween decor is the best! 😉
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  6. Dee @CupcakesandCrowbars

    September 12, 2014 at 9:03 am

    This is a cute idea! I have about a trillion of these things in my closet left over from my wedding – I should make some!
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  7. Tracey @Let's Go Junking

    September 12, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    Now these are cute and should be easy even for me. Great time to try out cutting vinyl.
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  8. Crystal

    September 12, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    Great idea!! Perfect for Halloween!!

    Reply
  9. Kaysi @ Keeping It Simple

    September 14, 2014 at 5:42 pm

    I love this!! So simple but so stinkin’ fun and cute!
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  10. Mrs Major Hoff (sara)

    September 14, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    Great idea!
    Mrs Major Hoff (sara) recently posted…Pumpkin Pie Gingersnap Mini TartsMy Profile

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