Today's Summer Daily Fun

Holy Trash Bags Batman!

Make a giant bat for Halloween:  It's never too early to think about your Halloween decorations.  This giant bat will be terrific, so get started early this year!  You'll need:

• 2 large black trash bags
• 2-liter plastic soda bottle
• Black electrical tape
• Rubber bands
• White plastic lid
• 2 red dot stickers
• 2 relatively straight sticks

How to do it:

1. To make the bat's body, wrap one of the trash bags around the plastic bottle and secure it in place with the electrical tape.
2. Create the bat's ears by pinching two small bunches of plastic (near the cap end of the bottle) and wrapping a rubber band around the base of each bunch.  Cut a set of fangs out of the white plastic lid and tape them in place.  Stick on the red stickers for eyes.
3. Cut open the other trash bag, lay it flat.  Cut out two large bat wings, with three pointy triangles on the top and three pointy triangles on the bottom.
4. Lay one of the wings flat on the ground and place one of the sticks just above it.  (If necessary, trim the stick to the wing's length with clippers).  Tape the three "points" on the top of the wing to the stick with electrical tape.  Repeat for the other wing, then securely tape both wings to the sides of the bat's body.
5. To hang the bat outside, nestle the sticks among the branches of a tree.  If the weather is windy, you may want to tape the wings in place, so your bat won't fly away!  To hang the bat inside, just tape it up.  BlackDog is already scared!

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