Creppy Crawly Spiders

Who wouldn’t mind coming across these creepy crawlers in your classroom, I know I wouldnt!!

What you will need for both friendly and scary spiders:

• Foam or Plastic cup,
• Acrylic paint: black, white, orange, green, red, & purple
• Wiggle eyes 
• Foam applicators
• Red and Black Sharpie markers
• White paint pen
• Toothpicks
• Chenille stems: red, orange, purple, green and black

Step 1: Paint foam or plastic cup in desired color, black or orange. Set aside to dry.

Step 2: Line up all the Chenille stems  together evenly, cut in half. Bend each stem half about 1/3 of the way down, Set aside for step 6.

Step 3: For the black spider's eyes, dip the round applicator in white paint and gently press and turn on the front of the cup.

Step 4: Use a white paint pen to add a line for a mouth. Use a toothpick dipped in red paint to ad eyebrows, nostrils and fangs.

Step 5: For the friendly spider, add some spots to the cup with your purple,green,red paints. Glue on 2 wiggle eyes (use different sizes for fun!). Draw a smile on with a red Sharpie marker, with white paint pen add tooth and with black marker add nose.

Step 6: To add the legs, poke the shorter end of the bent Chenille stems  into the cup. Repeat so that there are 4 legs on each side. Bend the bottom of the long end of the Chenille stems  to form a foot.

 

Hope you enjoy your Creppy Crawly friends this Halloween!