Scary Spider

What You Need:

• Construction paper
• Watercolor paper
• Scissors
• Googly eyes
• Marker
• Black tempera
• Paintbrush

What You Do:

1. Help your child to paint the inside of one of their hands, covering the entire palm and all of their fingers. Then, press their hand onto the watercolor paper from the center pointing outwards. Make sure your child's fingers are spread apart so they can create easy-to-spot spider legs!
2. Repeat this process with the other hand, pressing the wrist part of the hand to the wrist part of the first print. Let the spider body dry.
3. While the spider dries, show your child how to draw a spider web. It begins with a star pattern, then wide "U" shapes in concentric circles. Have your child draw their own web covering the entire sheet of paper using a marker.
4. Encourage your child to carefully cut out their spider, cutting around each finger. They can get as intricate as they like, even showing knuckles.
5. Ask your child to glue their cut-out spider onto the web they designed.
6. Add personality to the spider by attaching googly eyes to its face! Add as many eyes as you like! (Some spiders have up to eight.)
7. Hang the spider in a doorway to scare trick-or-treaters!