Spider Crafts for Kids

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!

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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