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DIY Clay Spiders

April 13, 2016 by Emma Gadsby 4 Comments

Our #BostikBlogger theme this month is Minibeasts. There is one minibeast that Adam loves – the spider. The sole reason he loves them so much is because Daddy is scared of them and Adam gets a reaction whenever he shows a spider to Daddy. We couldn’t resist creating a few DIY Clay Spiders in order to make Daddy jump more.

DIY Clay Spiders

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Resources needed to make DIY Clay Spiders:

Resources needed to make DIY Clay spiders

* Bostik White Glu

* Cornflour

* Wooden Matchsticks or small craft sticks

* Black Permanent Marker Pen

* Googly Eyes

* Bostik Glu Dots

How to make DIY Clay Spiders

1. Pour 1 cup of Cornflour and 1/2 cup of Bostik White Glu into a bowl and mix together. Knead the clay for some time until you get a dough similar to ready to roll icing.

Making DIY Clay Spiders

2. Sprinkle additional cornflour onto a work surface and roll the clay out flat. Ensure that the clay is fairly thick. Use a plastic bottle lid to create circles out of the clay. A deep bottle lid works best. TIP – use a knife to scrape off any excess clay from the bottle lid in between each use. This will mean you get a neat circle. Place the clay circles on a baking tray lined with baking paper. We made several clay circles at once for different activities.

Using matchsticks and clay to create spiders

3.  Take your Wooden Matchsticks and snap the ends off. Carefully insert eight matchsticks into the clay circles to represent the spiders legs. We made four spiders.

4. Use a paintbrush to dust off any cornflour and leave the clay spiders to dry out over night.

Spider toddler craft

5. Once the clay has dried out use a Black Permanent Marker Pen to colour in the spiders. Ensure that all sides of matchsticks are covered.

Colour in DIY clay

6. Use the Bostik Glu Dots to attach two Googly Eyes to each spider.

Toddler made clay spiders

Within a few easy steps we had made our own DIY Clay Spiders. Using a black permanent marker pen certainly saved time as we didn’t have to wait for layer upon layer of paint to dry.

We have big plans for our DIY Clay Spiders. We are already planning where to hide them to make Daddy jump! I can see us making an insect small world for them too – watch this space!

Disclaimer: We received a box craft materials as part of the Tots100/Bostik Craft Bloggers Club  #BostikBloggers

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Filed Under: Creative Activities, Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Animal themed play, Arts and Craft Activities, Bostik, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, DIY Clay

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Comments

  1. Niki - Play & Learn Every Day says

    April 13, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    These are so cute! I’m sure that Adam is loving scaring Daddy!

    Reply
  2. Baby Isabella says

    April 26, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    Awww they look so cute! What a great idea! We’ve made them out of pipe cleaners before but never clay! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday

    Reply
  3. My Bored Toddler says

    May 2, 2016 at 2:10 am

    I love these spiders – not a theme we normally do but I”m keen to give them a try now!

    Reply
  4. Clare's Little Tots says

    May 2, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    We’ve not tried cornflour and glue clay yet but these look really simple so can’t wait to give them a try. Thanks for linking up to #ToddlerApprovedTuesday

    Reply

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