Spider in the Web (2+ years)
Materials: Paper plate, black yarn, scissors, inkpad, and a black marker.
Description: Give each child a paper plate and inkpad that is washable. Have them use their thumbprint to make a spider on the plate. Use the black marker to draw in the legs. Cut a few slits around the paper plate and thread the yarn across the plate, wrapping it around the front and back until you have made a web.
Caterpillar on a Leaf (2+ years)
Materials: construction paper, hole puncher, glue, and pipe cleaner or yarn.
Description: Cut a leaf shape from a piece of construction paper. Let your child use the whole puncher to punch out holes. When they are done punching, have them glue on a piece of pipe cleaner or yarn for the caterpillar.
Footprint Butterflies (3+ years)
Materials: Construction paper, markers, crayons, scissors, and glue.
Description: Trace both of your child's feet (with their shoes on) on the piece of construction paper. Cut out the prints and glue onto another piece of paper. Use a black marker to draw the butterflies body and antennae in between the two footprints. Let the children decorate the wings.
Crawling Spider (4+ years)
Materials: Paper plate, streamers, tape, yarn, stick, paint, paintbrush, and hole puncher.
Description: Decorate the paper plate, tape on 8 legs out of streamers to make into a spider. Punch two holes in the middle of the plate, and thread through the yarn and tie around the stick. Children now can walk the spiders.
Paper Caterpillars (4+ years)
Materials: Construction paper, glue, scissors, black crayon, and yarn.
Description: Cut paper into strips, make 3 or 4 loops and glue the ends together on each loop. Then glue the loops together to form a head and body of the caterpillar. Draw in the eyes and cut and glue on the antennas. Attach a piece of yarn to help the caterpillar crawl. |
