Creepy Spider Crafts

The spiders have gone absolutely crazy out here in the country spinning their beautiful webs… and although I wish they would choose somewhere else to call home, it makes for a good opportunity to craft!

Here are some fun and creepy spider crafts that work well for Fall or as Halloween crafts!

Spider Webs - Cut several pieces of yarn in various lengths. Use white glue (like Elmer’s Glue) and make a spider web pattern on a piece of construction paper. Let child glue yarn onto the paper to form a spider web.

Thumprint Spiders - In one corner of a plain sheet of construction paper, draw a spider web with a marker. Use a black washable stamp pad or black paint and have your child put a thumbprint on the paper. Draw on the legs(8), eyes, etc. and connect the spider to the rest of the web.

Styrofoam Ball Spiders - Paint a styrofoam ball (any size you want) black. Let dry. Use black pipe cleaners to make the legs by poking them about half an inch into the ball. There should be 8 legs. Use wiggle eyes to give your spider a little character. Attach a string to the top of your spider (so that you can hang it) by opening a paper clip up to form a “U”, tying a string to a paperclip and then pushing it into the top of your spider as far as the paper clip will go. (Younger children shouldn’t do the paper clip part on their own.)

Glittery Spider Web - On black construction paper, draw a spider web outline with elmer’s glue. Sprinkle with glitter and let dry.

Spaghetti Cobwebs - Cook some spaghetti and let it cool completely. Dip strands of spaghetti into white glue and arrange the pieces onto waxed paper. When the spaghetti dries, carefully peel the “cobweb” off the waxed paper.

September 16, 2008 · Filed Under Animals, Archive, Halloween

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3 Responses to “Creepy Spider Crafts”

Matthew on September 16th, 2008 10:13 pm

I need halloween projects like that one
Lynda Geswin on September 22nd, 2008 9:54 pm

Another neat thing to do with abandoned spider webs:
Spray it generously with hairspray and lift it off with a piece of dark paper. It sticks to the paper and gives you and intricate view of the spider’s handiwork.
Chris on September 23rd, 2008 4:32 pm

I personally don’t want to get any closer to spiders than I absolutely have to… even if their webs are abandoned… but that’s a really neat idea.

Spider webs are really neat to look at. It’s just too bad they come with spiders!

Can you tell that I don’t particularly like spiders?