Bat-in-the-Box

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.