Spider Web Art

Jessie Pearl

Create a spider web painting using string.

Materials Needed:

• Black paper.
• White paint.
• 15 cm piece of string.
• A bowl.
• Sticky tape

What to do:

• Add the white paint into a bowl.
• Tape down the black paper onto a flat surface.
• Dip the string into the paint.
• Encourage baby to hold one end of the string and drag it across the piece of black paper, to create a spider web.
• Remove the sticky tape from the piece of paper and hang to dry.
• Get a pretend spider and add it onto the spider web.

Hints and Tips:

• Use white paper instead of black and add different coloured paints instead of just white.
• Use the artwork as gift paper.
• Add different textures to the paint to create a different effect (glitter, sand, dirt etc.).
• Make spiders out of egg cartons and pipe cleaners and add them onto the spider web.