Every year, our moms' group has a Halloween party. It is one of the really big events we do, and we go all out.
I saw similar cute little spider craft kits on a bulk-order site for a small fortune. I decided this was something I could replicate for little cost and effort. The cost was definitely lower. I may have gone a little overboard with effort, but that's how I do. My definition of "simple" is skewed.
For each spider web set you will need:
3 Notched popsical/craft sticks
1 black pom pom
2 pipe cleaners, cut in half (for 4 total pieces)
Black and glow-in-the-dark paint (or colors of your choice, or none at all)
About 64" of yarn
A hot glue gun
Start with the sticks. Glue them together to look like a snowflake. I chose to spray paint them black, then coat them with glow-in-the-dark acrylic paint.
While those dry, make the spiders.
Twist the pipe cleaners together in the middle to create 8 legs. Hot glue a pom pom right in the middle, and glue the eyes onto the pom pom. If your kids are older, they can make the spiders. I am aiming for the PreK crowd, and want something quick, since we have a million crafts.
Hot glue the length of yarn onto the back of the craft sticks. Mine took about 64" of cheap, worsted weight acrylic yarn. You might want to test one out on your sticks to be sure.
The kids weave the web, and glue the end of yarn into a loop on the end of a stick. Now, all that is left is to wrap a spider leg around a web string and display!
Happy Halloween!
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