Make an easy pipe cleaner spider! It’s the perfect kids’ activity for a nature or garden study, or to add to a spider web craft.
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Pipe cleaner crafts are so easy! And for this one, the only other supply you need is a few pony beads. You can make this pipe cleaner spider classic black or any color.
This would be fun to make after reading Charlotte’s Web and doing some other farm animal crafts. Or switch to nonfiction and read a book about bugs.
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How to make a pipe cleaner spider
Supplies
- scissors
- pipe cleaner
- pony beads
Instructions
1. Cut the pipe cleaner.
Start with a pice of pipe cleaner and cut it in half twice. You’ll have 4 segments that are about the same size. Be careful crafting with little kids; the cut ends can be sharp.
2. Thread the bead.
Next, take one pony bead and thread each of the pipe cleaner segments through the center. They’ll be a bit snug and should hold in place.
3. Shape the spider.
Adjust the pipe cleaner segments so they’re even, then bend each leg so the spider can stand on them.
That’s it! This pipe cleaner spider is so quick to make, you can easily create a whole family of them. Now your spider is ready to tiptoe around the house. Be careful where you leave it — you just might startle someone!
Printable instructions
Pipe Cleaner spider
Make a simple pipe cleaner spider in black and white.
Materials
- scissors
- pipe cleaner
- pony beads
Instructions
- Cut the pipe cleaner.
Start with a pice of pipe cleaner and cut it in half twice. You'll have 4 segments that are about the same size. Be careful crafting with little kids; the cut ends can be sharp. - Thread the bead.
Next, take one pony bead and thread each of the pipe cleaner segments through the center. They'll be a bit snug and should hold in place. - Shape the spider.
Adjust the pipe cleaner segments so they're even, then bend each leg so the spider can stand on them.
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