Pipe Cleaner Spiders
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A webful of these fuzzy arachnids strung between a doorway is sure to stop holiday callers in their tracks.
| Prep Time: Under 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Pipe cleaners
Four-hole buttons Stick-on googly eyes Synthetic spider web Double-sided tape | |
| Seasons: Halloween | |
| Materials: buttons, pipe cleaners | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Bend a pipe cleaner into a V shape. Push the base of the V up through one of the buttonholes until it protrudes 1/2 inch. Then, bend the 1/2-inch length over the top of the button. Use the same method to thread the three other pipe cleaners through the remaining buttonholes. |
| 2. | Next, shape the legs (there should be eight, of course!) by bending the pipe cleaner ends first 1 inch from the button and then again 1/4 inch from the tips. Stick the googly eyes onto the button between the front legs. |
| 3. | To create a web, the easiest option is to use a synthetic
stretching spider web (sold at most novelty shops for under $2).
If you can't find one, use a thin sheet of cotton batting.
Stretch the web across a doorway, using pieces of double-sided
tape to anchor the sides to the door frame. Then, set your
spiders in the web wherever you like -- their legs will stick
easily to the fibers.
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