This bat requires a little freehand drawing, but really is quite satisfying. It can be made more realistic than I made it. I'll tell you about that, too.

Materials: toilet tissue roll
Brown construction paper
Black tagboard
Tape
Black Marker
Elmer's Glue All
Pencil

Time: About 25 minutes

Method: 1) Cut a piece of brown construction paper that will encircle the roll and extend out about 2 inches on one end.
2) Tape the paper together. This will go on top of the wings.
3) Cut the overhanging paper into 6 slits. Make two of the slits a bit wider to make the front of the face.
4) Fold the cut pieces inward in a cone shape, finishing with the wider strips for the face. This can be tricky. Tape the face together. .
5) Cut two triangular shapes for ears. These can be colored black in the center and taped into place. Take the black marker and make facial features, as well as markings along the rest of the body to indicate hair. These should be a cross between a dot and a stripe.
6) Cut the black tagboard. Your goal is one piece of tagboard that has a middle section to glue to the bat's body and two matching wings.
7) First, measure how much room you will need for the body. It must curl up around it halfway. Mark this on the tagboard with pencil.
8) Draw a bat's wing on a separate piece of white tagboard as a template. I made a swoop with 2 points underneath. Cut it out. Use this to trace the wings to the body you have already measured out.
9) Curve the body section of the wings under the bat's body and glue with Elmer's Glue All. You will need to hold the tagboard until it has taken shape.
10) If you wish to demonstrate how a bat flies, you can glue toothpicks to the underside of the wings, showing where the bones are located.