Happy Alphabet Spider Viscid Wall

Hi everyone! This calendar week nosotros are kicking off SPIDER WEEK! My kids are totally excited. Every autumn at that topographic point are tarantulas inward the hills past times our household in addition to my kids e'er dearest going on spider hunts (eek!). We also dearest creating elementary spider themed activities. (This postal service contains Amazon affiliate links)

I'm non a fan of existent spiders, simply I definitely dearest the spider inward Eric Carle's Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids.

After reading Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Very Busy Spider, nosotros set together a elementary alphabet spider gummy wall. My preschooler is actually interested inward the alphabet correct straight off in addition to particularly loves exploring the letters inward his name. This gummy wall was pretty tardily to develop in addition to helped us run on missive of the alphabet recognition, word/name building, in addition to some get-go audio recognition.

MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE AN ALPHABET SPIDER STICKY WALL:

clear contact paper
scissors
black Sharpie
colored cardstock
circle arts and crafts punch
tape
laminating pouches

HOW TO MAKE AN ALPHABET SPIDER STICKY WALL:

To instruct started I made a big spider spider web on the exterior of a slice of clear contact paper. Afterwards I taped the contact newspaper onto the wall, gummy side out.

Once the gummy wall was up, nosotros made spiders! To brand the spiders nosotros cutting out circles using our circle arts and crafts punch in addition to colored cardstock. Next nosotros used pair of scissors to cutting minor strips from colored cardstock. Finally, I taped 8 legs to the dorsum of each circle in addition to nosotros had a bunch of spiders!

To instruct the gummy wall activeness started, nosotros wrote alphabet letters on each spider.

Once nosotros made the spiders, nosotros started sticking them on our gummy wall in addition to having fun moving them around. My preschooler fifty-fifty built his hollo using the spiders.

While nosotros played alongside the spiders, nosotros talked virtually the alphabet letters on their backs, the sounds each missive of the alphabet made, in addition to other words that the missive of the alphabet started with.

The infant joined inward besides in addition to started ripping everything down, LOL.

In lodge to popular off on the newspaper spiders from getting destroyed, it is best to laminate them.

It is totally fun to deed out the Very Busy Spider storey piece playing some alongside our gummy spiders.

Do you lot convey whatever spider lovers? Below you'll uncovering to a greater extent than spider themed activities from our co-hosts.

MORE SPIDER THEMED ACTIVITIES

Alphabet activities
Printable Spider Web Letter Match Activity - Artsy Momma
Spider Writing Tray - Adventures of Adam
Alphabet spider gummy wall- Toddler Approved

Name activities

Name Webs - Rainy Day Mum

Numbers activities

Simple Web Abacus WH Big Owl Little Owl
Spider Web Fingerprint Counting (FREE PRINTABLE)
Hands-on Spider Counting Activity--- School Time Snippets

Sensory activities
Spider Web Sensory Bin + Counting Activity - My Storytime Corner
Spider Sensory Bin - Sugar, Spice & Glitter

Science activities

A Very Busy Climbing Spider: DIY Toy in addition to STEM Activity
Fizzy Spider Web Art - Inspiration Laboratories
Spider Types Matching Cards - Kori at Home

Colors activities

Feed the Spider Color Catapulting - Preschool Powol Packets
How to Make a Rainbow Spider Web - Powerful Mothering

Pre-writing activities

Spider Web Sensory Bottle Activity - The Educators' Spin On It
Web formation lines for writing fluency Kara Carrero
Pre-Writing Lines Spider Craft-Sugar Aunts
Follow the designing Spider Activity Sheet

Movement activities

Spider Web Obstacle Course - Mama Smiles

Shape activities

Spider Shape Craft
Spider Counting Puzzles - Sea of Knowledge