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Egg Carton Spider Craft {with Some Counting Included}

October 20, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: Learn how to make a simple spider craft using egg cartons while also working on counting skills. A fun art activity for preschoolers!

Awhile ago we put a call out to our preschool families for empty egg cartons.

We ended up with bags of them in a matter of days!

We were planning a spider unit at our science table, so I wanted to do something with spiders at the art table as well. The light bulb went off when I realized I could use a few of those bazillion recycled egg cartons.

But I really wanted to add another skill to the activity. You all know how I love hands-on ideas for building multiple skills! I thought back to our ladybug counting craft, and then our thankful turkey counting craft. I noticed that children who might not normally be drawn to our counting activities really enjoyed this hands-on method.

And that’s when I came up with this fun and easy spider craft.

 

Egg Carton Spider Craft

 

Egg Carton Spider Craft {with Some Counting Included}

Supplies for your spider craft:

 

  • Cardboard egg cups
  • Black tempera paint
  • Black pipe cleaners
  • Googly eyes

 

Before we started this activity, we read a few spider books:


 

Step 1:

Paint the egg cup black. I put ours on separate small paper plates so that I could identify who the artist was of each spider. I knew if I wrote their names on the cups ahead of time, they’d most likely paint over them.

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

Allow the cups to dry thoroughly. Then you can write their names either on a piece of masking tape and stick to the inside of the cup, or directly on the cup where there might be no paint.

Step 2:

Now it’s time to count and attach the legs.

Cut the pipe cleaners in half. Take a piece of paper and draw 8 lines, one for each leg. Place one pipe cleaner on each line.

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

Push the pipe cleaners through each hole and twist the end of the pipe cleaner around the hole to secure it.

preschool spider craft 4

Glue eyes onto the cup. Most spiders have 8 eyes, so we let them put as many as 8 on their spiders.

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

When thoroughly dry, we attached our spiders to spider webs that we stretched across our window, above our science table.

Spider Counting Craft for Preschoolers

Simple spiders!

More to read:

Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppet 

Spider Counting Snack

Spin Art Spiders

Free Spider Printables:

Spider Scissor Practice Cards

Spider Counting Cards

 

Egg Carton Spider Craft

 

More fun spider resources:

15+ Spider Activities Your Preschoolers will Love

Learning About Spiders at the Preschool Science Center

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Mirela

    October 27, 2015 at 12:04 am

    Ooo i Like it! You also have a another activities for preschooler on Halloveen? 🙂

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