The Itsy Bitsy Spider

This is a great Halloween Craft! Click here for PDF.

Ages 5 and up

You will need:

• an egg carton (Styrofoam works best)

•black Tempura paint

• black chenille, 4 strands per spider

• googly eyes

• glue

• paint brush

• sharp knife

• scissors

Preparation
Cut out the egg carton compartments; these will be your spider bodies. Paint the outside black and let the paint dry. Cut the chenille into ten-inch strands.

Construction
Poke the Chenille into one side of the spider body and out the other. Repeat with three more strands of chenille to make eight spider legs. Bend the legs into shape. Glue on the googly eyes.

note:  The chenille can be pushed through a Styrofoam egg carton relatively easily, but for cardboard cartons an adult will need to use a sharp knife to create holes before pushing the chenille through. 

Did you know?

• The modern Jack-O-Lantern got its start in Ireland and Scotland, where people carved scary faces into turnips and potatoes. 

• The Portia spider doesn’t make its own web. Instead, it climbs onto another spider’s web and plucks the fibers. The resident spider  feels the vibrations and, thinking it has caught an insect, approaches the Portia spider. The Portia then pounces, and eats the web’s rightful owner. 

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