In Oct. My class made the cutest spiders/spider webs. First let children color 6 popsicle sticks with markers. We then glued the ends of the small sticks to finally make a hexagon shape. We then made spiders by twisting 4 chenille stems in the middle and gluing a pom-pom on the top. We also put googly eyes on it and attached a piece of yarn to make the spider hanging from the web. On the hexagon, stretch and/or glue "glow-in-the-dark" spider web which is in stores during Halloween. Glue a yarn loop at the top of the hexagon so the child can hang it somewhere in their home. These turn out so cute. This project may take two days to complete, but 4 and 5 year olds can do "most" of it on their own and they love the results. They usually need help making the hexagon shape, that's all.

Put store bought spider webbing in the sensory table and add spiders, (I cut them off spider rings) The children can enjoy the feel of the spider webbing as well as find, count and play with the spiders.

For our door decorations, I put a white background and drew a black spider web then the preschoolers made spiders. Our title was "Just A Spinning".

Contact_FullName: Jessica

Contact_Email: Chocolate@ucnsb.net

date:: 10/22/02

Area: Halloween Bulletin board

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at my high school we have a class where we get to watch 3-5 year olds from the neightborhood. we made a bb that said (You Can't Scare Cuda Care) we used a orange back round and a black border. we had pre made spiders or you could use the plastic ones and we stapled a web over the entire board covering everything even the letters. make sure you make the web thin or you won't be able to see the wording & but the spiders on after you put on the web. it turnd out really cute the kids seem to enjoy it.