You will need:

  • Modelling Wire
  • 1 Medium Polyball
  • 4 Small Polyballs
  • Google Eyes
  • Pipecleaners
  • Paint

Instructions:

  1. To create the spider’s legs, cut eight 30cm lengths of wire. Then measure 10cm into each length of wire and bend it.
  2. The larger polyball will be the spider’s body. Take one wire leg and push the shorter end down into the polyball. Leave a small space and repeat with the next leg. Repeat with the remaining legs, keeping them evenly spaced and leaving a few centimetres free at the front for the spider’s face.
  3. Cut the smaller polyballs in half and attach one to the bottom of each leg.
  4. Cover all the joins with masking tape to make sure the wire stays in place.
  5. Paint the polyballs and wire black and leave to dry.
  6. Stick some google eyes on the spider’s face. We also used pipecleaners to give our spider big furry eyebrows and a smile!

All items (or similar) are available from Play Resource Shop & Scrapstore.

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