Halloween craft: Make kawaii DIY plush bat pouch

September 1, 2022 February 2, 2024 by Ayelet Keshet in crafts, DIY

Spooky-cute Halloween craft: make this DIY kawaii plush bat with a pouch for candy!

It’s Halloween craft time! Today we’ll make a kawaii DIY plush out of a felt. It’s a cute bat with a pouch for candy.

This felt craft tutorial comes with a printable template, which makes things easy. It does requires some sewing, so I would classify it as a Halloween craft for adults and teens, or as a Halloween craft for kids with a gown up’s help.

Put some candy in the pouch and it will make a sweet handmade Halloween gift!

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Halloween craft – DIY kawaii plush bat pouch

You will need*:

This printable bat plush template
colorful felt
Thread and needle
Felt glue (I use Aleene’s original tacky glue)
Scissors
Polyester stuffing
Pink cotton ball crochet thread (optional)
5” Zipper

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instructions:

1. Print out the template, trace it onto the felt and cut out the pieces. You’ll need 2 copies of the body, 2 of the pocket, 4 of the wings, 2 of the eye, 2 of the ear and 2 of the cheek.

If you don’t want to make the embroidery on the wings (step 3), cut 2 pieces of each set of wing lines. Otherwise, ignore the wing lines in the template.

2. Glue the two pieces of the pocket to each other. Set aside to dry. I like Aleene’s Tacky Glue because it dries fast, becomes transparent, doesn’t bleed through the felt and keeps the felt soft and flexible.

3. Take one part of the left wing and one part of the right wing. Use the crochet thread to embroider the lines on each wing.
For an easier version, cut the wing lines out of felt (use the ‘wing lines’ parts from the template) and glue them to the wings.

Easier option:

4. Sew (or glue) the back parts of the wings. Now each wing consists of two layers, sewn / glued together.

5. Cut the pocket in half, horizontally.

6. Stitch or glue the zipper to the pocket.

If your zipper is too long, you can trim it with scissors. Just make sure you seal the edge of the zipper with bulky stitches to prevent the zipper’s head from sliding out.

7. sew the pocket to the body.

8. Glue the eyes, ears, cheeks and mouth. For extra cuteness, add small white circles to the eyes and two pointy teeth from felt.

9. Sew the two body parts with the wings sandwiched between them. Leave unsewn space at the bottom of the body, for putting the fluff in.

10. Put the fluff in. Press and adjust the fluff until it’s equally spread (don’t overfill).

11. Stitch the bottom, and you are done!

If you like this kawaii DIY plush Halloween craft, Pin it to Pinterest. You can also visit my Pinterest, where I collect many Halloween craft ideas, as well as other felt crafts.