This adorable Spider Craft for Kids is perfect for Halloween. It is fun for little kids to make and is a creative way to repurpose a paper plate. I love how it is a craft that kids can play with as they move the spider around on his web!
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⭐Why You'll Love This Craft
- Not only a cute Halloween craft, but fun for kids to play with
- Easy to make with supplies you already have at home
- Gets you in the Halloween spirit
🎨Supplies
- Black pipe cleaners - Always great to have on hand for easy crafts
- Large pom poms - Another kids craft staple. Buy a giant bag with a variety of colors and sized for the best bang for your buck.
- Googly eyes - You have lots of options here when it comes to size and colors.
- Colored popsicle sticks - You can make this spider craft with plain popsicle sticks but it wouldn't be as fun.
- Glue - You can use white glue or a hot glue gun. If you use a hot glue gun, please be sure an adult is using it and be careful.
- Paper plate - You don't need a fancy paper plate. Just a plain one will do.
- Crayons - To color the plate.
- Scissors - For cutting out the web.
📋Step By Step Instructions
STEP 1: Cut four black pipe cleaners in half and twist them together in the middle to secure. This will form the body of your spider.
STEP 2: Bend the end of each pipe cleaner leg to form the spider’s feet.
STEP 3: Glue the large pom pom on top of the pipe cleaner legs. I like using two different color pom poms for variety.
STEP 4: Glue two eyes on top of the large pom poms. Now this spider is starting to get some personality! These spiders would be cute as is, but to make this spider craft, we will be adding a colorful popsicle stick.
STEP 5: Flip the spider over and glue your craft stick to the back to create a puppet. Set the spider aside and move on to decorating the plate.
STEP 6: Use a black crayon to draw a spider web on a white paper plate. Color the background of the web a color to match the spider.
STEP 7: Cut along the center line of the spider web with your scissors, leaving the sides of the plate intact.
STEP 8: Now it is time to insert your spider into the plate.
This is a fun and easy Halloween craft that kids can make and play with. To play with the spider, slide the craft stick through the cut in the plate and move the spider around its web.
📝Expert Tips
TIP 1: To draw the spider web on the plate, you will be drawing lines like you are drawing a pizza pie. Then draw 3 circles starting from close to the center in increasing size.
🤷🏻♀️FAQs
I like to use a popsicle stick in a color that matches the pom pom, but use whatever kind of popsicle stick you happen to have on hand.
To extend this activity even further, have kids come up with a story for the spider and act it out.
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📖 Recipe
Spider Craft for Kids
Materials
- Black pipe cleaner
- Large pom poms
- Googly eyes
- Colored popsicle sticks
- Glue
- Paper plate
- Crayons
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cut four black pipe cleaners in half and twist them together in the middle to secure. This will form the body of your spider.0 seconds of 1 minute, 40 secondsVolume 0%
- Bend the end of each pipe cleaner leg to form the spider’s feet.
- Glue the large pom pom on top of the pipe cleaner legs. I like using two different color pom poms for variety.
- Glue two eyes on top of the large pom poms. Now this spider is starting to get some personality! These spiders would be cute as is, but to make this spider craft, we will be adding a colorful popsicle stick.
- Flip the spider over and glue your craft stick to the back to create a puppet. Set the spider aside and move on to decorating the plate.
- Use a black crayon to draw a spider web on a white paper plate. Color the background of the web a color to match the spider.
- Cut along the center line of the spider web with your scissors, leaving the sides of the plate intact.
- Now it is time to insert your spider into the plate.
- To play with the spider, slide the craft stick through the cut in the plate and move the spider around its web.
Marisa
This is such a cute craft!!! I'm so ready for everything Fall , I might even put up my halloween decor early!
Angela
This is such an adorable idea! My daughter will love making this, we will do it this weekend!!
Renee | The Good Hearted Woman
I always loved doing quick, easy crafts like this with my kiddos when they were little!
Vicky
Mine did! Thanks for stopping by!
Vicky
It is a fun craft for sure!
Helen Little
Ahhh my son is going to love this, it's so cool!
Marta
What a sweet craft! I think my older kids would even love making these!