Children's Learning Activities: Yarn Spider

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Yarn Spider

This activity is not one that a child can do much of, but the kids love to play with it.

AGE RANGE
All kids can have fun playing with it. But only an older child can create it. I would say probably 4 and up. Some 3 year olds might be able to do it.

SKILLS TAUGHT

Science (if you talk about spiders)
Fine motor for the child who helps.

SUPPLIES

Yarn
Square piece of cardboard
Scissors
Pipe cleaner

ACTIVITY

Cut out a small square of cardboard
Wrap yarn around it
Tie a piece of yarn around it horizontally. Don't knot it because you will tighten it when you remove the cardboard
Use the scissors to cut the yarn wrapped around the cardboard
Remove the cardboard
Tighten the horizontal piece of yarn
Cut one side of the horizontal piece of yarn to be as long as the rest of the yard for the spider. Leave the other one long
Insert pipe cleaner
Add eyes if desired

PHOTOS
Here are some photos of the process. We did grey because we are learning about the color grey this week. The kids have had fun playing with them, but it really wasn't something my two year old could do at all.