These paper spiders are a very simple last minute Halloween craft suitable for toddlers and preschoolers. Make a whole bunch of them and hang them on the wall or in doorways to add some extra Halloween spirit! All you need is some black construction paper, glue or tape, thread for hanging, and googly eyes if you have them, a white crayon or white paper if you don’t.
Draw a circle on some black construction paper (I traced a mug) and cut it out. This will be the body of your spider. Next you need eight strips of paper. I made mine about half an inch wide and five or six inches long to suit the size of my paper circle. Accordion fold the strips for the legs.Alternatively, make springy spider legs by weaving together two paper strips of the same width and about twice as long. Start by gluing the ends together at right angles, then fold each strip over the other, repeating until the strips are woven together all the way to the end. Glue the ends together to finish. This was Tee’s favourite part of the whole craft!
Glue the legs onto the bottom of the circle and add eyes on top. We used googly eyes from the dollar store that I already had lying around, but if you don’t have any handy, draw the eyes on with a white crayon or glue on small circles of white paper. Tape some thread on and hang your paper spider wherever you need a little more spookiness. Happy Halloween!
Cute craft ๐
These are awesome! I vividly remember doing these in elementary school.
Super cute!!!
That is so cute and simple! I love the oogly eyes.
Very cute ๐ I love how easy this would be for any age range
Looks like it’s gonna be a rainy Halloween this year so we might be doing extra crafts inside. This is a cute one! My son is obsessed with spiders and other creepy crawlies!
Really cute and simple! Love this!
I\m looking forward to the time when I will get to make cute little crafts like this with my little one. Very cute and easy craft idea which I expect kids will find to be a lot of fun to make! ๐
These are super cute! Think me and my little guy will make some today! Thanks for the great idea ๐
So I completely missed this for Halloween! ๐ Pinning it because I want it where I can find it for next time. My kids would love to do this!
What a great easy craft to have the kids make. Thanks for sharing.
These are really cute and even I could put up with those around and I’m scared of spiders – I know it’s stupid but that’s just how it is. I had 2 aunties who were petrified of frogs and were literally paralysed if they saw one and they don’t scare me so I’m not too badly off really.
So Cute
I love these spooky spiders. I think I will make some and hang them from my dining room chandelier to entertain my great grandchildren.