These lollies will be great for a birthday party craft as well and get the children learning how to singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider". You can make them as cute as you want to be.
Some variation we did where using colorful legs for the spider and making the wiggle eyes big! We had good laughs at our craft shop doing these spiders.
Let's get crafting...
Now it might be tough to find cheap fuzzy wires in Metro Manila so here is a tip we can share. Get yourself some really nice colorful yarn of your choice, then go to Ace Hardware or any hardware store and get those thin Twist Tie wires that you can use for wire tie wraps. They come in black, white and green color (you know the ones you untie when you buy a new phone and the charger cable is twist tied with this black wire?). Now, grab a crafter's favorite tool - Glue Gun! - just dab a glue on one end and start twisting the yarn with the wire, dab a glue mid way to hold the twist better and finish off at the end with another dab of glue. Cut 4 pcs of 6" length of wire and 4 pcs of 12" length of yarn per spider.
Another tough one will be finding those tiny cute wiggle eyes. Alternately you can just grab a puncher and punch some white paper and for the black part of the eye you can just use a marker to draw it out. But if you can find those wiggle eyes we highly recommend that because it really makes these spiders really cute!
For the set of materials for this craft you will need lollipops, fuzzy wire (if not available see above how to make them), wiggle eyes, glue gun and glue stick.
Cut the fuzzy wire to about 6". You will need 4 of them per lollie. Wrap the fuzzy wire on the stick of the lollie just right at the base of the candy. Make sure the wire folds at mid way (3") of the wire. then twist the folded wire together tight in just 2 to 3 turns. Do the same for the 3 other fuzzy wire. Bunch the twisted wire all to the base of the candy. If it doesn't hold together you can dab glue using your glue gun. Arrange your spider legs to look like tarantula legs by bending them. Ones you are happy with how it looks then lets attached the wiggly eyes. Use the glue gun and dab a little bit of glue to attach the wiggly eyes. (Adult supervision or an adult should be handling the glue gun all the time when you do this craft.) There you go "Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the water spout...." :)
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