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
🎨Supplies
📋Step By Step Instructions
📝Expert Tips
🤷🏻‍♀️FAQs

⭐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. You can also make this Skeleton Craft for Kids with items you can find 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.

pipe cleaners, pom poms, popsicle stick, googly eyes

📋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

Do I have to use a colored popsicle stick?

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.

How can I extend this activity?

To extend this activity even further, have kids come up with a story for the spider and act it out.

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