Itsy Bitsy

For some family fun, here’s an easy and inexpensive project to make creepy spiders.  When you’re done, follow up with some study of arachnids and learn what purpose spiders serve in nature.

You’ll need some pipe cleaners (I refuse to be politically correct and call them chenille stems), some pom poms and craft glue.

Take 2 pipe cleaners, any color you prefer (thank you to hand-model Rich for helping with this project).

Line them up side by side and bend them in half so that they’re relatively equal in length.

Snip in half at the fold using heavy shears or wire cutters.

You’ll now have four relatively equal length pipe cleaners.

Holding them in the middle, twist until the four pipe cleaners hold together.

They’ll look like this.

Now gently bend the pipe cleaners and fan them out a bit to form the legs of the spider.

Till it looks like this.

Now place a dab of glue at the center of the pipe cleaner legs.  You don’t need much.

Carefully place a pom pom on the dab of glue and press gently.

Make sure the pom pom adheres to the glue.

Set your collection of spiders aside to allow the glue to dry.

You can make a mobile to display your spiders…

…or, to frighten your family & friends.