When it comes to kids' crafts, I always prefer simple ideas that are are more open ended and play based.
And this giant sticky yarn spiderweb craft is no exception. It allows for kids to design their own spiderwebs, engage in a little storytelling as they place their spiders, build some fine motor skills, get a little sensory input, and get creative with their designs.
Plus, this craft ends up making a wonderful decoration for Halloween.
So, if you are looking for the perfect non-spooky Halloween craft for kids, then you'll want to try this simple idea. Let's take a closer look at what you'll need to make your own.
A version of this post originally appeared on the CBC Parents website.
What You'll Need for this Giant Sticky Yarn Spiderweb Craft
For this Halloween craft, you'll need a few items that can be easily found at the dollar store. In particular, you'll need:
- Clear contact paper - You can find this at Dollarama under the name of vinyl book protectors. It's what we use for all of our contact paper projects.
- White yarn or string - The yarn will be used to make the webs.
- Scissors - To cut the warn into pieces.
- Plastic spiders - We used colorful ones as that's what we had on hand, but the traditional little black ones will look really great too.
- Tape - You'll need this to hang up the contact paper while making the webs. Simple scotch tape will do the trick.
To set up this activity/craft, simply tape the contact paper, sticky side out, to a window (or wall, if you'd prefer). Then set out the rest of the materials nearby. Alternatively, you could try this craft on the light table for some added sensory input.
Depending on your child's age or abilities, you could also start things off on the web by cutting some pieces of yarn and adding them, alongside a spider or two, to the contact paper.
Time to Make Some Giant Sticky Spiderwebs!
Before my boys made their own spiderwebs, we first looked at some photos of spiderwebs for inspiration. This step is completely optional, but my boys enjoyed looking at the photos and using them as inspiration for their spiderweb designs.
My boys started cutting the yarn and positioning it onto the contact paper, carefully arranging it into a spiderweb design.
Adding pieces of yarn, bit by bit...
Stopping occasionally to experiment with adding (and eventually removing) some spiders...
Until they created a large spiderweb.
Once they were happy with their spiderweb design, the boys added some colorful spiders.
Since the spiders that we used are translucent, they really pop on the windows.
After adding some spiders, the boys decided to add some more yarn to their spiderwebs. Which makes sense given that the web kind of ended abruptly as you can see...
Here's how the finished spiderweb looks like from the front or inside the sunroom where they are hanging.
And here's how it looks from outside. I think they'll look really great at night with some lights shining through them.
Didn't this giant sticky yarn spiderweb craft turn out great? I think so! It looks really cool hanging up in our window.
