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Here are some snazzy spider crafts for kids to try for Save a Spider Day or for Halloween. Make spiders out of paper, pipe cleaners & more!

We have days for saving tigers, elephants and other grand animals, but no one would think about having a day to save a tiny creature that gives everyone the heebie-jeebies, like a spider. However, prepare to be surprised; we do, in fact, have a day dedicated to it – Save a Spider Day on 14th March!

But why on earth would anyone want to save the spider? Well, that’s exactly what this day talks about – the importance of preserving spiders in our environment.  

Why should we save the spider?

1. Spiders prey on insects that cause health hazards, like flies and mosquitoes
2. On the other hand, they act as prey for other creatures like reptiles and birds
3. Spiders are natural pest controllers, getting rid of pests that attack crops
4. Spiders contribute to pollination as they move around
5. Since spiders are sensitive to changes in the environment, they can be studied to understand the environment better

Well I certainly wasn’t aware that spiders were this helpful to us; were you? Seems like it’s only right to celebrate the spider on it’s special day, with some fun and snazzy spider crafts for kids!

15 Super Snazzy Spider Crafts for Kids

1. Very Busy Spider Styrofoam Craft

One of the most popular kids books about spiders is probably Eric Carle‘s ‘The Very Busy Spider’, a story about a spider who’s handling the important task of building a web! This cute craft is a great accompaniment to the book, and is easy enough for young kids.

2. Gigantic Styrofoam Plate Spiders

Spider crafts for kids are quite popular during Halloween, thanks to the image they have among us humans! If you’d like to decorate your home with spiders around scary season, try out these gigantic paper plate spiders!

3. 3D Spider Coloring Page Printable

Technically speaking, spiders aren’t insects – they’re arachnids like scorions, ticks and mites. However, that didn’t stop us from including them in this set of 3D insect coloring pages!

4. Tape Resist Spider Web Craft

Our spider crafts for kids also include spider webs, like these from Happy Toddler Playtime! Spider webs are intricate and beautiful, but they also seem fragile. However, that’s far from the truth; a single strand of spider silk is five times stronger than a steel strand of the same thickness! A single web can also last a long time, housing different generations of spiders. 

5. Simple Rolled Paper Spider Craft

Easy Peasy and Fun brings us a spider craft featuring a little spider with lots of eyes! Spiders always have eyes in even numbers, with most spiders having eight eyes, and others having six or less. Despite so many eyes, they still have poor eyesight, unable to see in the distance.

6. Paper Itsy Bitsy Spider Craft

We love how colorful this itsy bitsy spider craft from Arty Crafty Kids is! By the way, do you know what color spider blood is? No it’s not red; it’s blue! In humans, oxygen binds to iron, making blood red, but in spiders, oxygen binds to copper, creating blue blood. Fascinating!

7. 3D Paper Spider

Spiders use their legs for more than walking – they also hear and sometimes taste and smell using their legs! Maybe that’s the reason the spiders in this craft from Krokotak have kept their special legs protected with socks!

8. Free Printable Hairy Spider Craft

You’ve probably heard of the black widow, female spiders that aren’t just poisonous, but also murderous – they kill their own mates! However, the red widow is different; here, the male spider wants to be eaten by the female, pestering her till she gives in! These spiders from Kids Craft Room sure look like they’re ready to eat, with their fangs and all!

9. Spider Life Cycle Craft

These spider crafts for kids are great learning tools, especially when learning about the spider’s life cycle, like this project from Living Life and Learning shows. Spiders lay their eggs in a silken sac, and baby spiders are called spiderlings – how cute!

10. Easy Paper Spider Craft

Spider silk is made by spiders using their silk glands – it starts out as a liquid and then hardens when it comes in contact with air. However, Red Ted Art shows us how to make a spider web out of paper, along with some cute spider ornaments.

11. Spider Handprint Craft

The Best Ideas for Kids shows us how handprints are perfect to create eight-legged spiders out of craft paper! In fact, this is one thing that separates spiders from insects; most insects have only six legs and two eyes, as opposed to the spider’s eight. 

12. Halloween Spider Craft

We often think of spiders as these creatures that spin a large web and then wait in the center of it for its prey to get caught. Not all spiders do this though; the ogre-faced spider, for instance, weaves a net between its forelegs and hangs around places frequented by prey, much like a booby trap! These spiders from Krokotak certainly look like they have a few tricks up their sleeves!

13. Paper Straw Spider Craft

Googly eyes add an extra interest to spider crafts for kids, like this one from Our Kid Things. Though most spiders have poor eyesight, some spiders can see both UVA and UVB light, beyond spectrums we can see!

14. Pipe Cleaner Spider Craft

Messy Little Monster makes spiders using pipe cleaners and they do look scary, marching towards us in a group! Yet, the fact is that most spiders don’t bite humans, and even if they do, it’s unlikely to be poisonous, except for some like the black widow and the brown recluse.

15. Pom Pom Spider Craft

We love how cool these spiders from The Best Ideas for Kids look, like they’re all dressed up with beads to go somewhere! 

We hope you’ve been able to learn a lot about spiders while making these spider crafts for kids. We may wish certain annoying creatures didn’t inhabit our world, but we need to remember that they’re crucial to our ecosystem, and have every right to be here too!