Stick Spider Web Craft

Spider webs, nature’s intricate artwork, have always captured our imagination. Let’s channel our inner web-weaver and create a delightful stick spider web craft that’s perfect for kids and adults alike. With just sticks and string, you’ll have a masterpiece to show off in no time! Let’s get weaving!

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Materials

• Five similarly sized sticks (a little adventure outdoors to find them will add to the fun!)
• String – feel free to play with colors; whites, silvers, or any color your budding artist prefers!

Step-by-step Guide

Instructions:

1. Create the Base: Start with two of your sticks and lay them down to form an X.
2. Secure the Center: At the point where the sticks intersect in the middle of the X, wrap your string around a few times to make sure they are joined securely.

3. Star Formation: Time to grab another stick and add it to our X, positioning it so that we have a star shape.

4. Steady Center: Now, wrap the string where all three sticks meet in the center, creating a sturdy foundation for our web.
5. Begin the Web: From the center, carry your string to one of the star points and wrap it around the stick.
6. Weaving Around: Now move to the next stick, looping the string around it, and then onto the next, in a circular path, weaving as you go.

7. Growing the Web: Once you have made a full circle, move your string slightly outward and start creating another circular path around each stick, just like before.
8. Repeat the Process: Continue this process, moving outwards each time you complete a circle, until you reach the ends of the sticks.
9. Finishing: To finish off, secure the end of the string with a little knot on the last stick you wrap around. And just like that, your web is ready!

Tips for Fun and Success:

• Patience is Key: Remember, just like a spider takes its time to weave a web, we too need a bit of patience to make our web beautiful and strong.
• Mix it Up: Feel free to use different colored strings to make your web vibrant and lively. You can even paint your sticks beforehand for a colorful surprise.
• Decorative Options: Once your web is ready, why not add a little spider? You can make one using a pompom and some small pieces of black pipe cleaner for legs.

And there we have it, an art piece that is as fascinating as the natural wonders it is inspired by. Display your new masterpiece proudly in your room or even hang it on the front door to show it off to the whole neighborhood. It’s not just a craft, it’s a fabulous, fun, and educational activity that fosters creativity and patience, while letting everyone have a bit of web-weaving fun!

Age Suitability

This activity is good for kids aged children 4 years old and up with adult assistance.

Mess Level

The mess level for this activity is low.

Difficulty to Create 

Low.

Skills Developed

Language development, shape recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

Toddler and Preschooler Curriculums, Books & TV Show!

Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers

There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!

But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.

Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.

Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again! 

These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!

Click here for more information: Play2Learn

Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.

Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids

Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon. 

Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.

Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.

Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids

Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more. 

Find out more and grab your copy here.

Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.

Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids

Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.

• 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
• Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
• Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.

Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!

Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.

TV Show: Curious Crafting

I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.

Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!

Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create. 

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up. 

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

Shop our ready made play kits here.

Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.

WILL YOU MAKE THIS STICK SPIDER WEB CRAFT WITH YOUR KIDS? PIN IT FOR LATER!