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Creepy Crawly Spider Bracelets
This is a fun and easy Halloween project that I did with a small
group of 2 to 5-year-olds. They love tracing their hands and fingers whenever
they are playing with crayons or markers, so this is simply a "twist" on an old
favorite. We also talked about the number 8 that day, so on the backside of the
spiders' legs, I wrote the numbers 1-8 in white crayon while each child
counted with me.
This project is rated VERY EASY to do.
What You Need
- Black construction paper
- Wiggle eyes
- White paper (for "fangs")
- Paper fastener
- Stapler and staples
- Scissors
- White crayon
- Glue
- Pencil
How To Make It
- Fold black construction paper in half.
- Along folded edge, lay child's hand palm down (midway through palm) and
trace fingers with white crayon.
- Cut out the outline of the fingers.
- Unfold and you have a complete image of a spider with eight legs. Now turn
the spider over and with the pencil, roll the legs around the pencil...this
makes the legs curl under and gives a more creepy, crawly effect.
- Cut a 1" strip of black paper from the remaining scraps, and form it into
a circle for the bracelet part. At the appropriate length, staple the ends
together.
- Attach the bracelet to the underside center of the spider using the paper
fastener.
- Glue on the wiggle eyes and the "fangs" that you design and cut from the
white paper to the spider's head.
- The child puts his/her fingers or wrist through the bracelet...the kids
can make their spiders creep and crawl with a back & forth rocking motion
of their wrists. The paper fastener allows the spider to turn back and forth
or 360 degrees, too!
[>>Charles<<]
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