Spider Web

Grade Level:

K-2

OBJECTIVE:

The student will create a spider web using art materials, and based on what they know about how these webs are designed in nature.

Materials:

·        One 1" foam ball

• 3" x 3" black tissue paper
• Eight pieces of black pipe cleaner four inches long
• Glue
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Small colorful piece of scrap paper
• Piece of cardboard about 5" x 6"
• Yarn 

Procedure:

1. Read a book about spiders.

2.    The children are often fascinated by how spiders spin their webs. We will now create our own webs.

3.    We first make a web by cutting slits around the edge of the piece of cardboard.

4.    Then we wrap the cardboard with yarn.

5.    Next spread some glue on the tissue paper and place the foam ball in the center.

6.    Wrap the tissue around the ball.

7.    Poke the pipe cleaners into the ball so they resemble legs, four on each side.

8.    Use the hole punch to punch as many eyes as you want from the scrap paper, glue these on top of the spider’s body.

9.    Bend the legs down and attach the spider to the cardboard and yarn web.

10.                      Wow, our own spider, and its web!

Suggested books:

Of course, there are many, but don’t forget these two!

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti.  By Gerald McDermott

In this traditional tale from West Africa, Anansi, the Spider, sets out on a long journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his six sons should he reward?  A Caldecott Honor Book. Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

The Very Busy Spider. By Eric Carle.

Carle's ingenious picture book featuring a spider who is too busy spinning her web to play with a variety of animals.  A classic.