Homemade Bat Costume

My five year old really wanted to be a bat for Halloween this year.  We have lots of costumes in the costume bin, but no bats.  A ready made bat costume was no where to be found.  So I looked on Pinterest for ideas and decided on this.  There is a great tutorial here.  I also looked at a picture of a real bat wing to know how many curves to cut out of the wings.  There are only three.  

This is really simple to make except it can get a little tight in the shoulder area so make sure to leave extra room when measuring your fabric.  I actually cut the shoulder to underarm area at an angle to give him more range of motion.  I also added a tie at the neck to secure it from slipping off.  He already had a silly bat hat that he wanted to wear so I didn't need to make any bat ears.  

Pretty simple and I only spent $4 on fabric.  He's a very happy bat and will be wearing this at least two more times before Halloween week is over.