The Very Busy Spider

So many fun Spider activities. I’m excited to do these for S week!

• Read ‘The Very Busy Spider’ by Eric Carle … available here!

• Very Busy Spider Stick Puppets … Use these free printables from Making Learning Fun as you re-tell the story!
1. Print each page.
2. Color and cut out.
3. Glue to a craft stick.
4. Lay these on the ground and have your child choose the animal mentioned and make their noise as you read through the story.
5. Or use the puppets to re-tell the story from memory without the book!
6. OPTIONAL: of course, we had to do some running with these. Put all of the puppets at one end of the room. As we read through the book, we took turns running down to pick out the right animal and running back with it.

• Spider Web Lacing
  1. Use a black paper plate (or paint one!)
  2. Cut out the middle of the paper plate leaving the rim
  3. Punch holes all around the inside of the plate
  4. Use a lacing needle and black yarn (or simply tape around one end of the string to keep it from unraveling) and let the kids randomly create a web.
     • TIP: tape the yarn and needle together so it doesn’t slip off.
  5. Color a small spider (or use a plastic spider) and attach it to the web!

photo and idea from Preschool Teachers Talk

• Beaded Spider Legs
  1. Decorate a sturdy paper plate with crayons, markers or paint.
  2. Hole punch 8 holes around the outside of the paper plate.
  3. Attach a small pipe cleaner to each hole.
  4. Let the kids make a pattern with beads on each leg, then twist the ends so the beads don’t fall off.
  5. Glue on 8 google eyes (spiders have 8 eyes!)
• Sing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” … click here for music and lyrics.

 

• Treat: Oreo Spiders! … fun idea from Preschool Teachers Talk
  1. Insert 8 pretzel sticks into the cream of an Oreo
  2. Add 2 eyes with red frosting

WEB

• Dip a foot-long piece of yarn into a plate of white paint. Drag the yarn across a sheet of black paper to make a web pattern. Dry & cut into a web shape. Attach a paper spider to your web!
• Weave a yarn web ... Hole punch around the edge of a plastic lid (prepare several different sizes). Cut several lengths of yarn and dip one end in glue to prevent fraying. When dry, tie the other end to the plastic lid. Help the kids lace/weave their web. Give them a few plastic spider rings to weave into their web for fun!