October 7, 2008 1 Comment

long legged spider suckers

This easy craft made my little guys smile. Not only could they make them, but they could quickly pull them apart to eat them! All you need are:

Suckers
Black pipe cleaners (4 per spider)
Plastic eyes
Glue

Here’s how:

Take four pipe cleaners in one hand and one sucker in the other
Wrap the cleaners around the stick portion of the sucker once and then twist the cleaners to make the wrap tighter (the knot will be on the bottom of the spider)
Extend four legs onto either side and bend the ends (for feet) about a ½ inch to ¾ inch from the end of each pipe cleaner
Next bend the pipe cleaners (legs) so that the spider stands up
Finally apply the eyes using any white non-toxic glue (although on the outside of the wrapper, better safe than sorry)

Kim Byers, creative director & owner of The Celebration Shoppe. Her work and products have been featured in Parents magazine, Better Homes and Gardens Tricks & Treats special issue, Pregnancy magazine, Columbus Parent magazine and many others. Kim is also a contributing writer for Kellogg's Snackpicks.com.