Your guests will go ‘batty’ when they see these Halloween stir sticks, especially if you serve them in a delicious sour apple cocktail! It’s one of the easiest and least expensive ways to decorate for your Halloween party.

It takes only a few minutes to print and cut out our cute bat templates. We even share our secret for saving you cutting time!

Basic black is always in style when it comes to these cuties, but feel free to sift through your scrapbook paper or head to your local craft store for metallic, glittery or Halloween patterned paper to fit the occasion. Cheers!

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Halloween stir sticks instructions
Ingredients
  • [url href=”https://everydaydishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DIY-halloween-stir-sticks-cherylstyle-bat.pdf” target=”_blank” title=”Everyday Dishes & DIY Halloween Stirrers”]Everyday Dishes & DIY Halloween stir sticks printable[/url]
  • white card stock
  • X-acto knife
  • ruler
  • scissors
  • black card stock or scrapbook paper
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Instructions
  1. Download the [url href=”https://everydaydishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DIY-halloween-stir-sticks-cherylstyle-bat.pdf” target=”_blank” title=”Everyday Dishes & DIY Halloween Stirrers”]Everyday Dishes & DIY Halloween stir sticks printable[/url] and open in [url href=”http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/” target=”_blank” title=”Adobe Reader”]Adobe Reader[/url]. Print out on white card stock.
  2. Use a precision knife and ruler to [url href=”https://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/how-to-score-paper-diy/” target=”_blank” title=”How to Score Paper Video”]score[/url] where indicated on the printable.
  3. Fold paper along score line. Use scissors to cut out 1 bat to use as a template.
  4. [url href=”https://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/how-to-score-paper-diy/” target=”_blank” title=”How to Score Paper Video”]Score[/url] down the center of black card stock and fold in half. Wrap the bat template around the fold then cut out—if you leave the paper folded in half when cutting, you only have to cut half the bat!
  5. Cut the 2 lines where indicated in the center of each bat. Insert plastic stirrer and place in a drink.
Notes
Use the back of a precision knife or butter knife to gently [url href=”https://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/how-to-score-paper-diy/” target=”_blank” title=”How to Score Paper Video”]score[/url] paper that is difficult to fold. You’ll end up with a crisp, clean edge.