Wacky Wednesday; Itsy Bitsy Spider

Wacky Wednesday:
Itsy Bitsy Spider

Crafts Supplies :

• Spider Mobile: Paper Plate, Yarn, Scissors, Black Pom Pom or Black Construction Paper, Gogglie Eyes, Glue, Black Pipe Cleaners

1. Cut slits around the plate.  Then take some yarn and wrap it around the plate and tie in the back.  Then take the remaining yarn and continue wrapping it around the slits in the paper plate. Wrap it around until you form a spider-web.
2. Take a black pom pom and add eyes to it. 
3. Cut black pipe cleaners so get 8 legs for the spider and glue onto spider's body.
4. Attach spider to web by legs.  
5. Can also add spiders hanging down from web from yarn. Then,  hang web up.

• King-Size Spider: Grocery Bag, Paints, Newspaper, Stapler, Glue, Ruler, Chenille Sticks, Construction Paper, Scissors

1. For the body, paint a grocery bag and let it dry.  Stuff it with newspaper. Fold and staple the opening closed.  Glue it in place so it is as flat as the bottom of the bag.  Add cut-paper features for the face and glue them on.
2. For the legs, cut down one side of a grocery bag and cut off the bottom section.  Cut the large rectangle into long 5-inch-wide strips.  Twist chenille sticks together, end to end, as long as each strip.  Glue each paper strip around connected chenille sticks.  Make eight legs.  Paint them.  Staple them onto the spider's body and bend them to shape.

• Crawling Critters: Paper Plates, Yarn or Pipe Cleaners, Paint, Crayons or Markers, Construction Paper, Buttons, Beads or Gogglie Eyes, Glue, Scissors

1. Choose the size plate that best suits the critter you want to make.  With markers, crayons, or paint, color the front of the plate as your critter's body.  Or if you want your critter to have a more rounded body, paint the bottom of the plate.
2. Add a head, legs, and other features with paint, markers, paper cutouts, or chenille sticks.  Use small pieces of yarn dipped in glue to add fuzz to your spider.  Add button, bead, or moveable plastic eyes.

• Spider Egg Carton: 2 Cardboard Egg Carton Cups, Black Paint, Black Yarn, Glue, Construction Paper, Gogglie Eyes, Black Elastic or String

1. Poke a hole in the top of the spider and push through string.  Tie a knot on the inside of the cup,
2. Cut out two cardboard egg carton cups and glue them together.  
3. Paint the cups. 
4. Attach eight yarn legs with glue.
5. Glue on eyes.  Cut out mouth  and glue in place.
6. Now you spider can bounce.

• Spider Egg Carton Place Card: 1 Cardboard Egg Carton Cup, Black Paint, Black Pipe Cleaners, Glue, Black Construction Paper, Toothpick, Construction Paper(any color)

1. Cut one cup from an egg carton and paint it black.
2. Poke four evenly spaced holes on each side of cup.  Insert chenille stick into each hole, using a bit of glue.  Bend each stick into a leg shape.
3. Glue a black paper circle to the bottom of the cup.  
4. Add gogglie eyes.
5. Make a sign by folding a piece of paper over a toothpick and gluing shut.  Write your guest's name on the sign.  Glue the toothpick in place on one of the spider's front legs.

• Stained Glass Spider Web: Heavy Black Paper, White or Yellow Crayon or Pencil, Scissors, Colored Tissue or Colored Plastic Wrap, Glue

1. With the light-colored pencil, draw a design on your dark paper that has parts that can be cut out.
2. Cut out the "holes" of your design.  What's left is your frame.  Cut pieces of tissue to fit the holes.
3. Glue the tissue pieces onto the back of the frame.
4. Tape your creation to a bright window.

• Wild Weave: A Large(12 by 22-inches or so) Sheet of Construction Paper or Other Sturdy Paper and Several Other Sheets The Same Width In a Different Color Or In Assorted Colors, A Pencil, A Ruler, Scissors, Glue, A Thin or Wooden Dowel or a Small Straight Stick From a Tree, 15-to-20-inch Length of String or Yarn

1. Fold the large sheet of paper in half so it is approximately 12 by 11 inches.  Starting at the fold, use the pencil, and ruler to draw 11 lines on the paper, spaced 1 inch apart.  Stop the lines 2 inches from the sides of the paper.  Cut each line through the double thickness.
2. Using the other-colored paper, draw, then cut out, 14 strips, each 12 inches long and 1 inch wide. Use one color or many colors.
3. Open the large sheet of paper you "sliced" in step 1 and flatten it at the fold.  One by one, weave the colored strips into the large sheet. (On a scrap of paper, test your glue to make sure it does not bleed through the paper.) Glue each strip neatly at each end, not letting the glue show.)
4. When all the strips are glued, snip the bottom edge of the sheet into a fringe.

• Spider Pom Pom Puppet: Glove(that fits your child), Pom Poms (Black-2", 1", eight 10mm; Green 10mm), Three Black 6mm Chenille Stems, 2 Black 6mm half round eyes, White Fun Foam

1. Glue the small black pom pom onto the large pom pom.  
2. Glue on green pom pom eyes onto the head. Then glue the 2 black eyes onto the green ones.
3. Cut out a little white mouth.
4. Cut the pipe cleaners into 4 legs.  Twist them around.  Glue the little black pom pom onto each end of a pipe cleaner.  Glue onto body.
5. Glue spider onto the glove.  May want to try hot glue.  If you do, place a piece of wax paper in between so the glove don't sitck to each other.

• Spider Hat: Four 1" Black Pom Poms, Four Black 6mm Chenille Stems, Eight 6mm Gogglie Eyes, Red Baseball Cap, Glue

1. Glue eyes onto big pom pom.
2. Cut pipe cleaners into 4 legs.  Twist them.
3. Glue spider onto hat.  May want to use hot glue.
4. Make at least 4-6 spiders to glue on hat.

• Spider Finger Ring: Same supplies as in the Spider Hat, except no hat, Elastic, Hot Glue 

1. Make a spider. Then cut a piece of elastic.  Make a circle.  Glue the circle onto the bottom of the spider. 
2. Could also put an extra leg onto the spider and then pull the extra leg around and twist the extra leg around each other and form a ring.

• Spider Bookmark: Same supplies as Spider Hat, Except no hat, Chenille Stem(any color)

1. Make a spider.  
2. Take a chenille stem and make waves with it.  Glue spider on it.

• Weather Wheel: Two 9" Paper Plates, Light Blue, Dark Blue, and Yellow Tempera Paints, Silver Glitter, Cotton Balls, Cotton Swab, 18" Length of Ribbon, Permanent Marker, Brad, Scissors, Glue, Hole Puncher, Crayons

1. Cut out a quarter section of one paper plate.  
2. Use the marker to divide the other paper plate into quarters.  White a cotton ball, lightly paint the entire plate light blue, leaving the lines visible. Let the paint dry.
3. Use a cotton ball to stencil a yellow sun on one section of the plate.
4. Use the cotton swab to dot dark blue raindrops on another section.
5. Glue a stretched-out cotton ball cloud to a third section.
6. Sponge-paint a dark blue snowflake on the last section; then sprinkle glitter on the wet paint.
7. Write a weather word for each section and cut it out and glue the weather word to the corresponding section. Snowy, Rainy, Sunny, Cloudy
8. When the project is dry, stack the plates and attach the two plates with the brad.  
9. Draw a person pointing up.  Have them in a rain-jacket.  Glue this person on the top plate pointing their finger right on the cut line.
10. Write Today's Weather on a piece of paper and cut it out and glue it on the top plate.
11. Punch a hole on each side of the opening on the top plate; then attach the ribbon.

• Rain Cloud: 9" Paper Plate, Cotton Balls, 4" Square of Blue Copy Paper, White Thread, Ribbon, Scissors, Clear Tape, Hole Puncher, Glue

1. Cut out a cloud shape from the paper plate.  Glue cotton balls on the cutout.
2. For each raindrop, fold a square of copy paper in half and then in half again to create a smaller square.
3. Cut out a raindrop from the smaller square.
4. Using a tape and thread, suspend each raindrop from the cloud.
5. Punch two holes in the top of the cloud.  Tie a length of ribbon to the cloud to create a hanger.

• Paper Plate Spider: Paper Plate Which Has A Slightly Curved Rim, Small Paper Plate, Black Paint, Scissors, Glue, Construction Paper(For Eyes and Mouth)

1. Obtain a paper plate which has a slightly curved rim.  Paint both sides of the plate black.
2. When dry, turn the plate upside down.  Cut away segments of the rim on each side to leave four legs on each side.
3. From one another, smaller paper plate, cut away the rim entirely.  This leaves a small circle to use as a head. Paint it black.  When it is dry, glue the circle to the body.
4. Make sure the body plate is still upside down.  This way the rim legs are curved down, elevating the spider from the surface.  Crimp the middle of each leg slightly to make leg joints and raise the spider even more.  Add paper cutouts for eyes.

• Spider and Web: White Paper, Toothpicks, Glue, White Yarn, Black Paper, or Spider Pom Pom

1. Using white paper, cut out a circle about one inch across.  Glue eight toothpicks on the circle in a sunburst patter from the center of the circle.  Make sure the inside tips of the toothpicks almost meet in the middle of the circle.  Notice how the toothpicks stick over the edge of the circle!
2. After the glue dries, weave a long piece of white yarn in and out through the toothpicks, around in a circle, over and over, until a web is formed.  Fasten the end of the yarn to one of the toothpicks with glue.  Using black paper, cut out a small spider and glue him to the center of the web.

• Paper Plate Sun: Paper Plate, Yellow Paint or Crayon, Yellow Construction Paper, Glue or Stapler, Crayons to use for face

1. Paint paper plate yellow. Let dry.
2. Cut yellow strips out construction paper for the sun's rays.  Glue or staple them on plate.
3. Draw a face on the sun.

• Styrofoam Sun Magnet: Styrofoam Ball, Yellow Paint, Yellow Pipe Cleaners, Gogglie Eyes, Magnet, Glue, Red Marker, Scissors, Craft Knife(Cut Ball in Half)

1. Cut ball in half. 
2. Paint the half yellow.
3. Cut the pipe cleaners to form the sun's rays.  Glue into ball.
4. Glue on eyes.  Draw a smile on with the red marker.
5. Put magnet on the back of sun.

• Spider Pops: Black Pipe Cleaners, Black Pom Poms, Gogglie Eyes, Red Pom Pom, Tootsie Roll Suckers

1. Cut pipe cleaners into 4 pieces.  Twist them onto the sucker.  
2. Glue a black pom pom onto the legs.  
3. Glue red pom pom for the nose and the eyes.

• Spool Spider: Spool, 8 Pipe Cleaners, 16 Black Beads, Black Paint, 2 Gogglie Eyes

1. Paint the spool.
2. Stick 8 pipe cleaners, after dipping them in glue.  Bend each leg.
3. Glue on eyes.
4. Put 2 black beads onto each pipe cleaner.

• Washed Out Spider: Scissors, Short and Long Cardboard Tubes, Black Pipe Cleaners, Black Marker, Clear Tape, 1/2 Inch Wooden Bead, Masking Tape, Silver Thread, Black Yarn, Aluminum Foil, black paint

1. Cut a slit halfway down the side of the short tube.  Overlap the two sides of the cut tube and use the tape to hold the sides together.  Slide  uncut the end of the short tube up into one end of the tube to look like the bend end of the waterspout. Cover spout with foil, secure with tape.
2. Cut a string that is longer than the waterspout.
3. Paint bead.
4. Cut 4 pieces of yarn and put through wooden bead. Tie knots on both sides. Also put the string through the bead too.  Tie the bottom on.
5. Cut several pieces of yarn and tie them together to make rain drops.  Then tie the rain onto the string just above the spider.
6. Place the spider into the tube.  Until the spider comes out.
7. Then the spider goes up the spout and the rain washes the spider back down the spout.

Activities:

• Toss and Catch Jug Game: Milk Jug, Hole Puncher, Black Chenille Sticks, Paint(Black and Whatever else and Paintbrush, Yarn, Styrofoam Ball, Skewer, Plastic Needle, Gogglie Eyes

1. Cut the top section off the milk jug.
2. Punch holes around the cut edges of the catcher.
3. Weave pipe cleaners in and out of the holes all the way around the edge.
4. Paint designs like webs on the bottle.  Let the paint dry.
5. Paint the ball black.  Let dry.  Glue on eyes.  
6. Take a skewer and push it all the way through the ball. 
7. Cut 2-to 3-foot length of string.  Tie one end of the string around the neck of the bottle.  
8. Thread a needle and push the needle through the ball.  Put a knot in the end.

• Spiderman Game: "It", One is a Spider and the other are Flies
• Spider Ball Game: Heavy Cardboard, White  Felt, 8 Ping Pong Size Styrofoam Balls, Black Paint, Velcro, Black Pipe Cleaners (Legs and Web), Hot Glue, 8 Sets of Gogglie Eyes, Other Felt Colors(Make Numbers for the Game) or Permanent Marker, Picture Hanging Tab(For Hanging It Up)

1. Cut the cardboard into a circle, like a dartboard. Trace the cardboard onto the white felt.  Cut the felt out and glue it onto the cardboard.
2. Divide the game board into sections with black marker to make the points.  Make the points with the other felt colors and glue on.
3. Paint balls.  Let dry.
4. Glue or stick a strip of velcro around each ball. 
5. Glue on hanging tab.

• Fly Wrap Game: Toilet Paper, 2 Teams

1. Have each team pick the fly.  
2. Then each team must wrap the fly up with TP(web).  
3. The first team to wrap their fly up the best wins.

• Web Shooting Fun: Silly String (Dollar Tree has these for $1 can.  Target has 3 pack for $5(bigger cans.  May want a couple of cans a kid, they do run out fast.  Could set up cardboard boxes to use as walls for protection.
• Spider Coloring Pages: Click Here
• Web Fun: Yarn, Spider(Pom Pom) or Prize

1. Take pieces of yarn and string them into different rooms.  On the end of each string put a spider or prize on the other end.
2. Have your child or children pull a piece of string and they get the prize on the other end.

• Itsy Bitsy Spider Coloring Page: Click Here
• Great Site for Printable Activities: Click Here
• Weather Chart: 2 Pieces of Cardboard(Size of a Cookie Sheet), Glue, Light Blue Felt(Size of Cookie Sheet), Felt(Yellow, White, Green, Gray, Blue, Red, Orange), Scissors

• Coloring Pages: Click Here

Food:

• Cookie Spider: Licorice Sticks, Frosted Filled, Sandwich-Type Cookie(Like an Oreo), Frosting or Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chips

1. Cut eight licorice sticks into spider legs.  Slit and bend them in the middle for joints.
2. Fasten the legs to the body by sticking them into the layer of frosting in the middle of the cookie.
3. Use frosting or peanut butter and chocolate chips to make the eyes and nose on top of the cookie.

• Spider Gummies
• Spider Web Crackers: Ritz Crackers and Can Cheese

1. Make spider webs with the spray can cheese

• Spiders and Web: Spagetti and Meatballs
• Webs: Honey Comb Cereal
• Cheesy Webs: Wagon Wheels, Velveta Cheese

1. Follow directions on the velveta cheese box.

• Spiderman Mac and Cheese
• Spiderman Spaghettios 
• Cupcakes with white frosting and black webbing, Gumdrops(spiders), String Red Licorice(Legs)
• Spider Marshmallows: Big Marshmallows, Pretzel Sticks, Peanut Butter or Frosting, Chocolate chips or M&M's

1. Push pretzel sticks into the marshmallow for the legs.  
2. Put frosting or peanut butter on the marshmallow to hold the chocolate chips or M&M's eyes on.

Books: 

• Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iva Trapani (Paper Book)
• Itsy Bitsy Spider by Jeanette Winter (Board Book)
• Mrs. Spider Books by David Kirk
• Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
• Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
• Are You A Spider by Judy Allen
• The Spider And The Fly by Mary Howitt
• The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders by Joanna Cole

Movies:

• Charlotte's Web
• Spiderman Series
• Mrs. Spider SunnyPatch Kids Shows

Poems:

Spider Poems

"The Silly Willy Spider" The silly willy spider Crawled up on _____'s head! It crawled all around Then made a nice soft bed. It wiggled down his/her shoulder And jumped down to the floor Then the silly willy spider Crawled to someone else for more!	"Little Miss Muffet" Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away!
The Spider in the Web (tune: Farmer in the Dell) The spider in the web,  The spider in the web Spin, spin, oh watch him spin, The spider in the web. The spider eats a (bug name) The spider eats a _________. Spin, spin, oh watch him spin, The spider in the web.	Tune: I'm a Little Teapot: I'm a little spider watch me spin If you'll be my dinner I'll let you come in Then I'll spin a web to hold you tight And gobble you up in ONE BIG BITE!
There's a Spider on the Wall Tune: Twinkle Little Star There's a spider on the wall If he's careful he won't fall He moves slowly down the wall I can watch him crawl and crawl I wonder if he minds my stare Or does he know and just not care?	Spider, Spider Fingerplay Spider hurrying, (Run fingers back and forth.) Spider scurrying, See her silken thread. (Stretch thread between fingers and thumb.) Spider hurrying, (Run fingers back and forth.) Spider scurrying, See her little web. (Make spiral with fingers.)

Spider Poems were found out a great website:  www.teachingheart.net

Wacky Wednesday; Itsy Bitsy Spider