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HAND PRINT SPIDERS
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Place your toddlers hands on a piece of black paper, fingers spread apart. |
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Draw around each hand and then cut out the hand shapes. |
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Snip off the two thumbs and give the two remaining shapes to your child, along with some glue. |
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Have your child spread glue on the palm section of one of the hand shapes. |
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Then place the other palm section on top of the first, creating an eight-legged spider. |
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Finally, help your child glue on two white circle for eyes and some white yarn for a mouth. |
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Hang the spider on the wall, or hang from the ceiling for viewing.
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SPIDER FINGER PUPPET
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First, cut out a ½” x 3” strip of black paper. |
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Put a glob of glue in the middle of the paper strip, then lay across the middle four, 2” pieces of black yarn, (for the spider’s legs). |
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Then add a large 1” black pom to the center of the yarn, (for the body of the spider. |
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Finally, wrap the black strip into a circle to fit your finger and secure the ends with tape. |
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Use the puppet spider while you do the following activity with your child. |
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CREEPY CRAWLY SPIDER
Put on the spider puppet and move it up and down your toddler’s body while you sing the following song.
THERE’S A SPIDER ON YOUR NOSE
Tune” “If You’re Happy And You Know It”
There’s a spider on your nose, on your nose.
There’s a spider on your nose, on your nose.
There’s a spider on your nose,
Let’s see where else it goes.
There’s a spider on your nose, on your nose.
Jean Warren
(Continue singing about other body parts the spider travels to.)
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SPOOKY SPIDER WEBS
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Draw a spider web on a white piece of paper with a white crayon. |
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Give the paper to your toddler along with some watered down black paint and a large paint brush. |
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Have your toddler cover the paper with black paint to discover the spooky spider web. |
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