Spiderweb Crafts for Kids – Halloween Activity

There are so many ways to go when it to comes Halloween crafts for kids to make, I was feeling a little overwhelmed at how to narrow it down into a post that made sense. So instead of trying to tackle all the possibilities, let’s just look at one: spiderwebs.

I know that doesn’t sound that interesting, but there are actually lots of fun ways to make spiderweb crafts.

There’s of course the classic craft stick spider web with yarn (Buggy and Buddy), or a yarn spider web made with an embroidery hoop (One Little Project). You can do the same thing with twigs and yarn (The Kitchen Table Classroom) for a more natural look. Bonus: get some glow in the dark yarn for these projects!

You can fold and cut a spiderweb in the style of a paper snowflake (One Little Project) or print out and punch a spiderweb template that gives kids practice with lacing and counting (PJs and Paint). Or use a paper plate with holes punched in the edge for kids to make a lacing spider web (Mom Endeavors). You can even make a handprint spider to go on it.

Speaking of paper plates, they’re a great medium for spider webs of all sorts, including this fun and easy crayon resist spiderweb (ABCDee Learning). Or you can do it on watercolor paper (Taming Little Monsters). Or try tape resist and watercolors or regular paint made small (Our Kid Things) or large (Busy Toddler). I love this one as collaborate classroom art, or something you can keep up in your art area at home for kids to come back to through the season.

You can make a spider web suncatcher out of tissue paper (Happy Toddler Playtime). Or try a spider web salt painting (Crafted with Bliss). I love this multicolored version.

And once you’ve crafted all these spider webs, you can try your hand at preserving a real spider web with these tips from Mad about Science. Because nature is art, too!

Spider Activities for Preschoolers

Roll and Count Game with Spiders

Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet

Handprint Spider

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations.

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day.

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita.

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live.

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience.

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.

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