My daughter's school is having a Halloween Party this month and the PTC needed help with decorations. I volunteered this morning and we made ghosts and....spiders! I don't know about you but I find spiders scarier than ghosts...they're hairy, they creep, they crawl, they run on wild spindly legs and the humongous ones seem to reach down into your soul when they stare at you with their glassy eyes...creepy...thrilling creepy!
And now...thanks to the brilliant mothers of the PTC...I know how to make my very own SPIDER! We used coloured paper for the eyes of the school spiders but I had a different plan...
Humming the 'Spiderman song' I started on my egg carton - yes folks, you heard that right - egg carton. We used cartons made from molded pulp this morning, but plastics ones will do fine...and since they were the only ones I could find after scouring the kitchen...
Three egg molds make the perfect spider, so cut the carton accordingly
The center mold will be the spider's body, while the two side molds will form the legs. Cut two fang like pincers on the center mold, and four legs each on the side molds.
Paint it black.
Stick on google eyes for a friendly looking spider...specially if you do not want to frighten your 3-year-old too much.
Can you feel him staring into your soul yet...? :)
Why not putting more eyes to the spider? Spiders have more than just a pair of eyes. I think that will make the spider even scarier.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea and can be done easily with slightly smaller sized flat backed pearl beads that can be found here...http://www.summer-ray.com/Round-Pearl-3mm/View-all-products.html
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