Spider Crafts for Kids

September 27, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Spiders are amazing all year, but we generally only make spider crafts during Halloween season. Whatever time of year it is when you read this, it’s always a good time to remember that spiders (generally) aren’t scary! Let’s take a look at some fun spider crafts for kids.

A cardboard tube and pipe cleaner spider is a classic, and this one from Creative Family Fun is a good one. Other than painting the tube it’s a pretty quick craft, too, and even little kids can help make it.

Use a tube or make your own out paper to add to this printable spiderweb scene from Krokotak. This is such an easy one but kids will have fun building a scene around their spiders.

Or how about a pompom spider? This idea from Easy Peasy and Fun uses pipe cleaners and a black pompom to make the spider, and has the added (cute!) aspect of a spider web made on an embroidery hoop.

You can also make an easy spider out of a paper cup, like this one from Raise Curious Kids. Thriving Parenting has a similar one that has lots more eyes if that’s something your kids will enjoy (it definitely ups the creepy factor!).

Or give your spider a 3-D look with paper with this idea from Arty Crafty Kids that includes a printable template for making the head and the back pieces.

If your kids love “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” they’re going to love making this climbing spider craft from Mom Brite. There’s even a lesson in friction in here, so you can turn craft time into science time as well.

Make a printable paper spider that kids can decorate and assemble with this free template from Learn Create Love. This way kids can decorate their spiders any way they want, get cutting and assembly practice and they can put their spider in a scene they draw or paint, too. So much fun!

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Printable Letter Books for Preschoolers

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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