Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Meet your personal Halloween bat!
Equipment: glass mug, orange and black gouache, paintbrush, metal wire, aluminum foil, pencil, scissors, thread.
Coat a glass mug with orange paint. Add black eyes and a sinister smile, and insert a candle. Draw an outline of a bat on some aluminum foil, cut it out, poke a hole in it, and pass a thread through the hole. Make a wire stand arching over the mug and hang the bat on it. Light the candle – the bat takes flight!
The candle heats the surrounding air, making it less dense. The hot air then rises, creating so-called convection flows. These flows are strong enough to make the lightweight bat flutter.
Cool experiments await you in the MEL Chemistry subscription!
Warning! Only under adult supervision
Meet your personal Halloween bat!
Equipment: glass mug, orange and black gouache, paintbrush, metal wire, aluminum foil, pencil, scissors, thread.
Coat a glass mug with orange paint. Add black eyes and a sinister smile, and insert a candle. Draw an outline of a bat on some aluminum foil, cut it out, poke a hole in it, and pass a thread through the hole. Make a wire stand arching over the mug and hang the bat on it. Light the candle – the bat takes flight!
The candle heats the surrounding air, making it less dense. The hot air then rises, creating so-called convection flows. These flows are strong enough to make the lightweight bat flutter.
Cool experiments await you in the MEL Chemistry subscription!
Warning! Only under adult supervision
