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September 30, 2019 By Chelsey 7 Comments

Flying Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable Bat Template

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Make your own flying bat straw “rockets” using our free printable bat template. This Halloween science and STEM / STEAM activity is super easy and lots of fun for kids of all ages. This bat activity for kids makes a great project to do during a Halloween party and also is the perfect extension activity to go with a bat unit.

 

Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

 

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This post was originally posted on September 16, 2018 and has since been updated.

 

Our printable straw rockets are always a hit year round, so I wanted to create something similar for Halloween… flying bat straw rockets! With just a few materials and our free printable bat template (in both color and black and white), kids can create their own flying bats and explore physics through play. This STEM or STEAM activity also makes a great extension activity to a bat unit or the popular picture book, Stellaluna.

 


 

Also be sure to check out tips and ideas for extending the activity after the directions. There’s so many fun ways to use these cute, little flying bats!

 

Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

See them in action here!

Flying Bat Straw Rockets

 

Materials for Bat Straw Rockets

  • Paper straws (You could use black straws or orange straws for Halloween.)
  • Tape
  • Plastic pipettes (We use these all the time for science and art activities like our color activity and our spooky Halloween tree art. They are very inexpensive and always great to have on hand of all kinds of activities using pipettes.) You can also use paper straws with a larger diameter than your other set of straws in place of the pipettes.
  • Scissors
  • Optional: Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
  • Free printable bat template in color or in black and white (Click on the link or image below for the free bat templates. You’ll first see the black and white bat printable. Scroll down to also see the bat printable in color.)

free printable bat template pdf - bat coloring page

 

Directions for Making Bat Straw Rockets

1. Print out the free bat templates. You can print out bats already in color or print out bats in black and white and decorate them however you’d like using crayons, markers, or colored pencils.

2. Cut out your bat.

 

color and cut out your bat craft

 

3. Turn your bat over. Cut off the bottom of a plastic pipette and attach it to the back of a bat using tape.

If you don’t have any plastic pipettes handy, you can use a straw instead. (Just make sure this straw is wider than the other straw you’ll be using for launching.) Cut the straw to fit the length of the rocket and tape one end shut so it’s completely sealed. Attach it to your rocket with glue dots or tape.

 

attach a pipette to the back of your bat

 

4. Slip your straw into the pipette and you’re ready to make your bats fly!

 

Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

 

5. Blow a big burst of air into your straw and see how far your bat can fly. Check out ways to extend this activity below.

 

Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

 

 

Tips and Ideas to Try with Your Flying Bat Activity

  • Try out both bat designs. Does one bat fly further than the other?
  • Incorporate math into your activity by measuring how far your bat can fly. You can even have bat flying races with your friends!
  • What happens if you modify your bats wings by bending them different directions? How does it affect the bat’s flight.
  • How does the angle of your straw before blowing affect your bats flight?

 

Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

 

 

Check out all kinds of fun Halloween STEM ideas in our STEAM Kids Halloween Ebook!

STEAM Kids Halloween Ideas

50+ pages of spooky fun STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) activities that will wow the boredom right out of your kids!

 


Halloween STEAM Activity for Kids: Bat Straw Rockets with Free Printable

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Comments

  1. Becky says

    October 14, 2018 at 2:38 pm

    This is an adorable craft! Question: Is it necessary to use a paper straw, or will a plastic one work just as well. I am guessing it doesn’t matter, but maybe there is some reason I’m not thinking of that a paper one will work better.

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      October 15, 2018 at 3:48 pm

      Plastic will work too. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Cyrilla Helm says

    October 15, 2018 at 11:40 am

    Where do you get the plastic piece to put on the bat??

    Reply
  3. Jaime says

    October 18, 2018 at 4:55 pm

    Did you use print paper or card stock for the bags?

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      October 18, 2018 at 6:02 pm

      Hi Jaime- I printed them out on cardstock. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Catalina Garcia says

    October 22, 2018 at 6:50 am

    Hi Chelsy!
    Do you think this activity might work with 6 years old kids? I am guessing cardstock would be a lot heavier for them to blow than print paper. Could it also work with print paper?
    Tx for the tips!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      October 22, 2018 at 2:33 pm

      Hi Catalina- I’ve done my regular straw rockets with 5 and 6 year olds, and they loved them! Some had trouble taping the back pipette on straight, but it was a learning experience for them to see how their rockets flew when it was on crooked. And afterward, we’d work together to tape it on straight. But that was just a few kids. I’ve done the bats with 7 year olds. The only tricky party might be cutting the curvy part of the bottom of the wings. For those kids, I’d just have them cut straight across. Cardstock will definitely work better. πŸ™‚ Hope that helps! I think they’d really enjoy them! Let me know how it goes if you end up doing them!

      Reply

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