Turn the paper so that the crease is horizontal, then cut the paper in 7 straight lines up
to the crease to create eight spider's legs.
For younger children, draw in the lines for them to practice cutting on. For older
children, show them how to make the first cut in the middle, dividing the area below the
crease into 2 halves. Then show them how to divide each half again to make quarters, then
the quarters to make eighths. There is no need to be too accurate.
Now wrap the spider around the child's
finger and fasten with sticky-tape or glue. Remove the spider again and decorate - either
with scraps of paper or with googly eyes. Put back on the finger and bend the legs into
shape or curl them around a pencil.
Variations:
Hang the spiders up! Simply cut a
length of black yarn (wool) and attach inside the head of the spider with a small piece of
sticky-tape.
Make smaller versions of these spiders
to decorate the ends of Halloween pencils.
Wrap small spiders around straws to
decorate your Halloween table! Make some bigger spiders and scatter them around the table
as well.
Cut a small slit on either side of the
spider's head and insert a name card to turn these spiders into spooky place markers!
Once the body of the spider has been
made but before decorating, wrap a black pipe cleaner around the head of the spider to
give a furry effect. The protruding end of the pipe cleaner can be curled into a hook
shape, which makes the spider easy to suspend from shelves, the tops of doors, and other
spooky places! Stick googly eyes on top of the pipe cleaner.
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