One of many Christmas spiders that hang on our trees during the holidays. This one is made from wire and cotton batting and a tiny bit of paint. The face is modeled from Sculpey pressed into a factory made mold. I'm not sure whether or not one of these may be found just anywhere... So crafters may need to paint a small wooden bead and attach it to their spider's body for a head.
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| This cotton batting spider hangs on a white Christmas tree ordinarily, however, this year she has been hung on a woodland themed tree in our study. |
Supply List:
- Sculpey (oven-bake clay)
- thin wire or chenille stems
- acrylic paint
- white cotton balls
- white school glue
- hot glue and hot glue gun
- white thread
- transparent glitter.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
- First, cut long lengths of a thin wire or chenille stems to wrap with cotton batting. If you are using chenille stems, trim off excess fuzz, before wrapping these stems.
- Unravel several white cotton balls and dap on the glue to the surface of the wire.
- Twist the cotton fuzz around the sticky surface of the wire. You can roll the wire between the palms of your hands to get the cotton to adhere evenly.
- Now shape the spider's web twisting and trimming off ends as you go. Hang the web and let dry.
- To make the spider, cut eight short legs for the arachnid and wrap or glue these to a oval shaped bead.
- Glue on a head, I molded one from Sculpey.
- Cover the surfaces of the spider with a bit more cotton batting and glue and then attach the spider to the web using thread or hot glue.
- Paint on a few details if you like. I painted stripes on this spider and highlighted eye-brows.
- Brush more white glue on the entire surface of the spider and web to sprinkle on transparent glitter.
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| Left, the spider prior to painting. Right, the painted version. |
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| The spider get a shower of glitter after painting. |
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