As the leaves turn crisp and the air fills with a hint of pumpkin spice, it’s time to embrace the magic of Halloween! This Spider Web Weaving Craft is the perfect place to start!
Halloween crafts can engage kids in imaginative play while also giving them a chance to express their creative side. This season is the perfect opportunity to unleash your child’s inner artist with some fun crafts that are also designed to promote important fine motor and visual motor skills.
This Spider Web Weaving craft is a simple project that focuses on bilateral coordination and grasping skills. Best part is, most of the supplies can be found around your house!
Looking for other Halloween themed activities?
Resist Painting Spider Web Craft for Kids
Ghost Cutting Crat [FREE Printable]
Sticky Spider Web Obstacle Course
DIY Fidgets for Halloween
Halloween Templates for Wikki Stix and Play Dough [FREE Printable]
How to Make a Spider Web Weaving Craft
What You’ll Need
-Paper plate
-Scissors
-Yarn
-Pipe cleaners
-Craft eyes
What to do:
Check out this spider web weaving craft in action!
First, cut small slits all around the edge of the paper plate, about 2 inches apart.
Then, have kids wrap the yarn through the slits (crossing over the center of the plate) to make a spider web.
Cut small pieces of pipe cleaners and twist them together to make a spider shape. Add the craft eyes and then weave the spider into its web.
How to Change it Up:
-Try using a black paper party plate with white yarn or a white paper plate with black yarn to make the colors really pop!
-If you don’t have pipe cleaners, simply use a plastic toy spider to hang on your web.
-Encourage kids to stabilize the plate with their non-dominant hand while they weave the yarn with their dominant hand to encourage bilateral coordination.
-Pair this activity with our Sticky Spider Web Obstacle Course for some gross motor fun!
-Check out this other easy spider craft for kids!
