Paper Plate Spiders

Ive had a swarm ofpaper plate spiderstake over my house the last couple days!

Luckily they are the cute kind that I dont mind having around!

These colorful spiders are so simple for kids to make and they make spooktacular Halloween decorations!

Five paper plates spiders in different colors clumped together on a pink background.

We used small, dessert sized paper plates for this Halloween craft.

I found they were the perfect size when coupled with the pipe cleaner spider legs.

Read our easy step-by-step instructions below for how to make your own paper plate spider craft.

A blue, purple, gray and black paper plates spider hanging from a string on a white shiplap background.

see to it to watch our video tutorial inside this post before get started too.

Before you know it, youll have some spooky spiders to hang from the ceiling for Halloween decorations too!

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Four image collage showing two painted paper plates, four pipe cleaners cut in half for spider legs, and an adult stapling together plates and stapling pipe cleaner around the edge to make a paper plate spider.

Instructions for making your colorful spider craft

1.

Do this with all eight legs, with four on each side of the paper plates.

Then place additional staples around the paper plates to close them shut.

Four image collage showing an adult making a bend in the spider pipe cleaner legs, gluing googly eyes on the spider and attaching a string to the top of the paper plate spider for hanging.

What if you cant use a stapler in the classroom with children?

I have had a few people comment that they are not allowed to use staplers inside the classroom.

Finally, place the second paper plate onto the glue with the painted side facing out.

Blue paper plate spider craft laying flat on a pink background.

It is completely optional though.

Bend spider legs

Create a bend in each of the chenille stems to make them look like spider legs.

Add eyes

Glue on eight wiggly eyes of different sizes on the top of your spider.

Black paper plate spider laying flat on a pink background.

You could also use self-adhesive googly eyes so you wont have to wait for drying time.

After they insisted on gluing on 8 eyes, I googled it and sure enough, they were right!

My sons black spider is extra creepy.

Vertical close up image of three paper plate spiders hanging from a white string on a shiplap background with the words “paper plate spiders” in the right center of the image.