Kids can make a colorful spider and web, using all the colors of the rainbow. Spider crafts are fun for kids to make, especially when they use their imaginations to create something unique like a rainbow spider. 

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Rainbows, and spiders and marbles, oh my! It's time for a colorful painting activity with your preschoolers.

Spring and summer generally bring out ALL the insects. I don't mind spiders over many other bugs. But I like spider crafts better than the real thing! 

This rainbow spider craft made with recycled egg cups is perfect for a spring theme craft.  The spiders are painted in a variety of colors to make them bright and cheerful.

Set out a few different colors of paint and see what your preschooler will create. This craft might be the cutest bug you'll ever make.

Related: Corrugated Cardboard Spider 

Colorful spider and web kids craft

Instructions for the rainbow spider

1. Paint a cardboard egg cup with several different paint colors.

2. When the paint is dry, invert the egg cup and hole punch eight holes around the cup.

3. Cut four chenille stems in half. Insert the stems through the holes as shown in the diagram, to make eight legs.

4. Bend the stems to form spider legs.

Instructions for the spider web

We used the rolling marble method of painting a spider web with black paint in this Halloween activity.

One of the children wanted to use lots of different paint colors, instead of just black. That's where the idea for a colorful spider web originated.

1. Cut a piece of white paper to fit inside a round cake pan.

2. Drop a few dabs of paint colors into the pan.

3. Drop a marble into the pan.

4. Hold the pan with both hands and tip it back and forth and side to side, rolling the marble around inside the pan. The marble will drag the paint colors into crisscrossing lines resembling a spider web.

It's fun to use our imaginations when doing arts and crafts. Making rainbow spiders is one way to create something new and special, while enjoying all the colors of the rainbow.

To date there has been no spider classified as a "rainbow spider".
Do you think we will ever see one?

More fun with colors in this awesome preschool resource!

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