Sock Spiders - Step-by-step Craft Lesson Plan Freebie!

But what you might not know is that spiders can actually make really great roommates. As long as you keep your distance (just in case they're poisonous) letting a spider live in your house with you is actually a great idea!

They eat all sorts of indoor pests like roaches, earwigs, mosquitoes, flies, and moths. If left alone, spiders will consume most of the insects in your home, providing effective home pest control. 

So, why not save money on bug spray and get yourself a spidey roommate?

In today's lesson we'll show you step by step how to make your very own eight-legged friend using a few simple crafting supplies.

This craft is great fun as kids will get to create spider webs with wool, dance and sing along to the Itsy Bitsy Spider song, and paint their sock spiders all the colors of the rainbow. 

Age recommendation: 

This project is recommended for kids ages 2 to 3 with adult assistance, so be sure to ask your students' caregivers to stay and help during class. This craft will be a great bonding experience for everyone involved.

What super skills will your students learn?

• Eye-hand coordination: This is the ability to be able to use both one’s eyes and hands in coordination to a task so that they can respond simultaneously and work together. This craft is loaded with eye-hand coordination exercises, from spinning a web to sticking paper bugs down.

• Fine motor coordination: Is usually the coordination of smaller intrinsic muscles within the hands and fingers. This will be brought through when the children are given paper "bugs" to pick up and stick down. The children will also able to paint their spider where they have to hold the brush with pincer or lumbrical grasps.

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What you'll need:

• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Googly eyes + glue gun (optional)
• Old/cheap white sock and stuffing
• Colored paper
• Wool
• Crayons
• Craft glue
• Tape
• 4 pipe cleaners
• Acrylic or fabric paint, bowl of water, paintbrush

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