Fuzzy Pumpkin Spiders!

Fuzzy Pumpkin Spiders!!

Each year I try to have my kiddos create a decoration for

the upcoming season! Not only is it fun to create with them

but it is fun to look back and see what they made in

the years past as you get the decorations out for the season!

 Since Halloween is fast approaching I thought it would be fun to make some spooky spiders to sit or hang around the house. 

 So I found some treasure in the craft room that we could use this year to create our:

FUZZY PUMPKIN SPIDERS!!
I saw something similar to this for sale at Michaels craft store, but thought it would be more fun to make them!

The older two had so much fun making them, Kate was too

little so I had to help her! (really she just played with the

pipe cleaners, but hey! She was happy!) So here is a guide

for you and your little ones to follow in creating your

own! 

This requires a low-temp glue gun so please supervise.

Best for ages 5 and up!

Here is what you will need:

-googley eyes *Sorry I didn't get these in the picture** however many

your little one wants his/her spider to have

-part of a feather boa (depends on your pumpkin size, will need enough to wrap around it

and cover the pumpkin. I divided mine into 3 pieces as we had little pumpkins.

-9 black pipe cleaners

-low-temp glue gun and extra glue sticks

-fake pumpkin (mine are the small ones)

- pieces of felt in a dark color :  2pieces that will go from stem to bottom edge of pumpkin  

1 piece about an inch square

2 pieces big enough to fit your spiders eyes on. I cut mine alittle big to make it easier

to get the eyes glued to them. you will trim it off later!

 (black, green, blue, whatever you have that won't

show up to much through the boa)

-scissors * sorry not pictured either**

Okay! Here is what you do to create your spider!

Step 1: 

 Take 8 of the pip cleaners and create legs! Hold the pipe cleaner and bend so that the ends match up. Then twist the folded end leaving a little loop to be the spiders foot. Twist the two loose ends all the way down
until you reach the ends. Creating one leg! Do to other 7 to create your fuzzy legs!

                                                                    This is what it should look like!

Step 2!

                                              Using one of the felt pieces that will go from the

                                                stem to the bottom of the pumpkin, begin to hot glue

on the legs. Run  a nice thick line of hotglue across the felt shortways and attach the end of a leg. Press the leg firmly into the glue and hold for a second (be careful  not to glue your finger to the felt! ha!)                     Continue to glue four legs to each piece. We alternated directions so that spider had some legs going forward, and some going back.

You should have something like this when they are all glued on!

STEP 3!

Now you are ready to glue your eyes onto the pieces of felt you cut! It is easiest to put the glue onto the felt and then stick on an eye. Keeps fingers less sticky!  Stick them on however you like. There are no rules here!!

Once eyes are on carefully trim off the extra felt as close as you can!

Step 4!

    Now you are ready to hook your eyes onto the eye holders? Don't know what else to call these.  Take the last pipecleaner and bend the two ends in like this.  Place  hot glue on the felt on the back of the eyeballs and then glue it to the bent part of the pipecleaners.  Hold them there for a second or two to make sure they stick.

Step 5! 

 Now you simple place hotglue around the stem of the pumpkins and attach your eyes! Glue the loop of the eye pipecleaner around the stem. Adjust them now or wait until your boa is on. Doesn't matter..

Step 6! 

 Now you are ready to glue on the legs! Simply put hot glue, my kids used quite abit, onto the back of the felt that your legs are glued too and place on on each side of the pumpkin going up and down.

                            You should now have something like this!
                                          Beautiful! hee-hee!

Step 7! 

  Okay. Now you are ready to start attaching the boa, or the spider fuzz as my kids called it!  Place a good deal of hot glue onto the last piece of felt. the 1x1 ish piece.

Then stick one end of your boa into the glue and carefully hold down. Remember you are gluing feathers so it will come through to your fingers.

                      Then put glue on the back of the felt
              on the boa and glue it to the bottom of one
            of the felts that has legs on it!

Step 8! 

Last step! Slowly add glue and stick the boa to it, wrapping around as you go. We put glue on the felt of the legs, then inbetween the felt, and so on. Wrap your boa between the legs as you go. When you reach the top use a good dab of glue to get the very end to stick down by the stem!  You don't have to keep the boa wraps very close together since the fuzzyness of it will fill in the empty spots!

ANd Their you go! Your very own Fuzzy Pumpkin Spider!! 

Have fun! And keep on Crafting!