The second in my series of Quick Makes – a tutorial for making a headband with a cute bat for your little ‘trick or treaters’!
Read on to find out how…
What you need:
- Scraps of grey, white and dark pink felt
- 9″ x 4″ piece of black felt
- 3″ x 18″ piece of black jersey (for a 9 year old size headband – you may need more for a larger headband) or buy a ready made black headband
- All purpose glue – suitable for fabrics
The sticking and sewing bit
- Cut out your felt pieces using the Betty Batty template
- Stick the eyes, mouth, inner ears and bow to Betty Bat
- Leave to dry whilst you make the headband
- Fold your jersey strip in half lengthways with right sides together and sew along the long edge – leaving the ends open (I used pink siz-zag stitching so you can see it – zig zag works well with Jersey because it allows the fabric to stretch)
- Turn right side out, so you have a tube, then press so the seam is in the centre
- Fold in half, matching the short ends and sew the ends together (this seam will be hidden by Betty Bat)
- Sew Betty Bat to the headband (over the join) – sewing down each side of her body (or stick to the headband if you’re using a ready made one)
- Place on child’s head and get them to jump up and down to make Betty Bat flap…
- Then send them out with matching bat outfit (I love this one from Alpha Mom)to get far too many free sweets!
Happy Halloween!!