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Bat-in-the-Box

Oct 29th, 2007 by Kathy

Whew, it worked. It was touch and go there for awhile. Especially when my entire family gave the one-eyed balloon a thumbs down (”not scary enough Mom”). A trip to Rite-Aid, several more trips to the hardware store and a few strokes of day-glo paint and I was back in business.

I’m totally beating myself up for not taking my camera for live photos. It’s been one of those weeks (months?). Fishing line (you can sort of see it in the photo) was hooked up over a post and pulled from behind a dark curtain. Two black lights were positioned on the bat, one from the side and one from the bottom of the box. I placed a boom box in the bottom that played Bach’s Toccata and Fuge in D-Minor on a loop.

Fortunately, I did not keep all my receipts or track the amount of hours spent making a Bat-in-the-Box that was used for 5 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I did tally up the fun Leil and I had creating this together and sharing it with the school community. Truly precious.

Posted in Craftiness | 12 Comments

12 Responses to “Bat-in-the-Box”

on 29 Oct 2007 at 10:16 am1Johanna

I love it! And I’m sure you can make use of it on Halloween night to frighten the littlies as them come to the door… And what about costumes?! Any more dragon gloves appearing this year?!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 10:25 am2Day

Wonderful and clever!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 11:12 am3Jen

THAT is awesome! Did you get to bring it home? I wish I was trick-or-treating at your house!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 11:42 am4adrienne

too cute! Glad it worked!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 1:18 pm5meg

That is some complicated crafty action! Congratulations, it looks great!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 2:10 pm6Administrator

Johanna: I’m off the hook on making costumes. Leil is wearing Caitlin’s Jedi outfit from two years ago and Caitlin doesn’t want to dress up (boo hoo). I so wish we lived in a neighborhood that got trick or treaters. I’d be operating the box all evening! We’re one of those families that has to crash in on a nearby neighborhood for the candy.

Jen: Oh yes, we definitely brought it home. It looks great in the house, I just don’t know exactly where I’m going to store it the other 11 months out of the year.
on 29 Oct 2007 at 2:15 pm7Jo Ann

Congratulations on a successful Bat in the Box.
Another crafty mom!
on 29 Oct 2007 at 3:16 pm8Anina

I love it. Isn’t it sad when they don’t want to dress up any more? Mine wants to dress up and scare all the little trick-or-treaters. Not nice at all.
on 29 Oct 2007 at 3:27 pm9heidi

Faaabulaz! Who cares how much it cost! How many more years is she going to want to build pop-up bat boxes with you?
on 29 Oct 2007 at 5:58 pm10shannon

Very cute, I love it!
on 30 Oct 2007 at 6:58 am11Verry Sherry

Well done! BOO-taful!
on 30 Oct 2007 at 9:43 am12Tiffany

LOL -you have to be the coolest mom ever!

LOVE this idea!! So cute
Tiffany