Not all spiders are scary — this one smiles, waves eight friendly legs and hangs from a thread like it owns the place. This set makes spiders four ways: on popsicle sticks, out of handprints, folded into a card, and spun across a paper plate. Every sheet is a black-and-white template to colour first and build second, so a preschooler gets the making and the colouring in one go. Print the pack, pick a spider, and count the legs together — eight, every time.
This is a Halloween-season pack of four free spider crafts for preschoolers — download them all, print in A4 or US Letter, no sign-up and no email gate. Each sheet is a guide or template to colour first: the popsicle-stick spider is a pattern for a build with real sticks, the handprint spiders are to colour or press, and the paper-plate web is to colour — a real paper plate is the craft base. The sheets are not finished 3D spiders; they are the templates you build from.
Ages 3–5. The handprint spider and the paper-plate web are colour-in sheets — good for 3s. The popsicle-stick spider is a colour-in guide for a build with real sticks — a 4–5 job with adult help. The card needs adult help with the cutting and folding; colouring and sticking are fine for 4–5s. Counting the spider’s eight legs is built into every sheet — use it as a counting game for 3s.
Popsicle Stick Spider
A smiling spider with eight legs on two crossed popsicle sticks. Colour the spider first, then glue it onto two crossed popsicle sticks — or lolly sticks — to make the spider stand. The sheet is the pattern; the sticks are the build. A 4–5 job with adult help — and count the legs as you go: eight, every time.
Handprint Spiders
A spider with a round smiling face and four handprints for legs, hanging from a dotted thread. Colour the handprints, or press real painted handprints onto the outline around the face. A colour-in sheet — good for 3s — and a counting game too: four handprints, eight legs.
Spider Handprint Card
A foldable two-panel card: a small hanging spider on the top panel and a big handprint spider on the bottom panel, with dashed fold and cut lines. Colour, cut along the dashed lines, fold along the centre line, and write a Halloween message inside. The cutting and folding need adult help; colouring and sticking are fine for 4–5s.
Paper Plate Spider Web
A paper plate with a spider web drawn across it and a smiling spider hanging below on a thread. Colour the web, then make the real thing by wrapping yarn across a paper plate. A colour-in sheet — good for 3s.
How to print (A4 and US Letter)
Print the PDF single-sided on A4 or US Letter, at 100% scale. The extra supplies are a glue stick, safety scissors, popsicle sticks, yarn and a paper plate. This is a Halloween-season page, made for October crafting.
