This is a super simple spider or Halloween idea for promoting fine motor skills in young children. This spider web rubbing activity for preschoolers is also a fun way to get your kids to exercise the muscles in their hands, fingers, and arms that are necessary for holding a pencil and writing- or fine motor skills.
Supplies Needed for Spider Web Activity For Preschoolers
This spider activity for preschoolers is simple to set up with easy to find materials.
- Elmer’s Liquid Glue
- Cardstock
- Black Construction Paper
- White Crayons (peeled)
I recommend using a darker cardstock so the glue web will be more visible. I used white cardstock because that is what I had available.
How to Create the Spider Web Rubbing Template
- Squeeze the liquid glue on to the cardstock to create a spider’s web template
- After the web is dry attach the template to the easel
- Place the black paper on top of the web template and secure
- Pinch the peeled white crayon between your fingers with the long side flat on the paper
- Rub the white crayon back and forth and up and down across the black paper until a spider web appears
Tips for This Spider Web Activity For Preschoolers
I suggest explaining and demonstrating the spider web activity to your preschoolers first. I don’t know if you can tell in the picture at the top but I had a few cuties who didn’t understand you had to cover the template with a piece of paper 🙂
Using the easel (rubbing vertically) may be challenging for some younger preschoolers. Encourage the attempt but reposition the template to a tabletop and rub on the table if that works better for your preschoolers at their level of development.
Change it up! This activity could be changed up to go along with almost any theme. I’m thinking turkeys at Thanksgiving, snowmen, hearts—the sky’s the limit!
More Spider Ideas
Spider Activities for Preschoolers – over 30 ideas for spiders (great for a spider study without Halloween)
Books About Spiders for the Preschool Classroom – a collection of fiction and nonfiction books to go with any spider-related activities
Itsy Bitsy Spider Literacy and Math – fun activities that support the Itsy Bitsy Spider rhyme and supplement your spider study
Check out this research-based, playful learning unit in our curriculum shop!
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