This is not my original idea, I found it and then pinned it on my Inspiration Board on Pinterest http://makingofamom.com/craft-stick-spider-craft/ ….. and then made a few minor alterations.
I have never used lolly pop sticks in my crafting before, but they kept cropping up during my Pinterest browsing, something I always do in bed for about half an hour before turning off the light …. so finally I decided to get me a few packs to play with, and this spider was the first thing I decided to make.
I coloured the sticks using a black Sharpie pen. Positioning the sticks to get an evenly spaced, convincing spider leg combo was a bit tricky, but in the end I got there, securing them with a “tacky” PVA glue.
I can’t believe that I didn’t have any black card to use for the spiders body, but this corrugated card turned out to be a much better substitute, because it added some texture. I punched it with a large, scallop edged circle punch and then again coloured it with a black Sharpie.
More dollops of glue ensued, plus two pieces of self adhesive magnet strip.
The final touch was the googly eyes, it was tempting to add a couple of fangs too, but I resisted.
Although originally with Halloween in mind ….. I think Mr Spider can go on my fridge and be Incy Wincy Spider for now.
He's cute! And Iris will have fun repositioning him on your frig. Perhaps you need an entire family of them for her to play with. hee hee
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun make Helen.
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love him, amazing what you can find on pintrest!
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