Flying Bat (K-2)

1. Attach a magnet to the end of a child-size fishing pole or attach a string near the end of a wooden dowel, securing a magnet to the opposite end of the string.

2. Cut bat shapes out of black construction paper. Glue paper clips on the mouth area of the bats.

3. Place several cut-out bats into a container such as a child's wading pool or a box painted black. Decorate the container with round white moons. Add black cut-out bats over the moons.

4. Children fish and try to catch bats inside the container. When the magnet "hooks" onto the bat, the student can pull out the pole and watch the bat fly!


 

Bats in a Cave (K-6)

1. Have the class sit in a circle on the floor.

2. Turn off the lights and have the kids pass a plastic bat around the circle, each child passing the bat quickly to the child next to them.

3. When you turn on the light whoever has the bat is eliminated.

4. Continue to play for a set amount of time or until all players are eliminated.

5. To make this game more challenging for older grades, use two or three bats going around the circle in opposite directions.

Beat the Bat (K-6)

1. Sew three bean bags using Halloween fabric. Material with bats on it would look great.

2. Remove the plastic lids. Cover the cans with white construction paper. Replace the plastic lids.

3. Decorate the cans with white round moons and black bats made from construction paper.

4. Stack the cans on a child's desk. Line up three cans on the bottom row, then two on top of them, and one more on top of those two to form a pyramid.

5. Use making tape to make a line on the ground which the children must stand behind when throwing the bean bags at the cans. Place the line farther back for older kids.

6. Give each child three tries to throw the bean bags in order to try to knock all the cans off the desk. This game is noisy but popular with kids of all ages.

7. Restack the cans for the next child's turn.

Note: This game will rotate faster if two helpers can retrieve cans and stack them.

Bat Coin Toss (K-6)

1. Cut bat shapes out of black construction paper.

2. Tape the bats onto clear goblets or glasses and line them up on a desk in the shape of a bat. Give the children six pennies a piece.

3. Determine a starting line and mark it with masking tape.

4. The object is to toss the pennies into the goblets and have them stay. If you want to make the game harder for older kids, move the starting line back. Another way to make the game more difficult is to wipe the glasses with a napkin that has cooking oil on it. The oil makes the glasses slippery so that it is harder for the pennies to stay in them.

Bat Volleyball (K-6)

1. Before the party, blow up the balloons and decorate them with bat faces.

2. For younger grades (K-1), have the kids sit on their chairs in a small circle. Tell them that they must say seated during the entire game. Hit the balloon into the air, then let the kids keep hitting it up until touches the floor, and a new round begins.

3. For older kids (2-6), divide the kids in half. You now have team A and team B. Have the kids sit on their chairs in two rows facing each other. Tell them to hit the balloon back and forth similar to volleyball. For a harder game, play in the dark with a balloon painted with glow-in-the-dark paints.

4. Keep score for older kids only. When one team (team A) hits the ball and it falls (on the ground) on the opposite teams' side (team B) they (team A) score a point. A total of 15 points wins the game. Remember: Children must stay seated all all times.

Bat! Bat! Who Has the Bat? (K-2)

One to three tiny plastic bats ( small enough to fit in the palm of hand)

1. This is played like "Button! Button! Who has the Button?, except you use a tiny plastic bat.

2. Choose a child to hold the bat. He will be called the starter.

3. The other kids sit in a circle with their hands held out with palms touching. The starter stands in the middle of the circle.

4. The starter holds the bat inside of his hands held the same way as the other kids.

5. He goes around the inside of the circle pretending to drop the bat onto each child's hands.

6. He does drop it into a classmate's hands but continues to play for a few more minutes so no one knows where he left the bat.

7. He stops and stands in the middle and repeats the chant: "Bat! Bat! Who has the bat?"

8. Whoever guesses what child has the bat goes to the middle of the circle to be the starter.

9. Repeat the game.

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