“On the 9th day of Christmas, Zanzibar gave me:
Nine spiders weaving,
Eight cats a howling.
Seven bats a squeaking.
Six cauldrons boiling,
Five magic wands –
Four hooting owls.
Three blind mice,
Two jumping frogs,
And a sardine prepared for my tea.”
For this Christmas craft, you will need a grown-up to help with the wire and beads.
WHAT YOU NEED:
- Beads – 9 large multi-colored beads
- 9 smaller beads
- tube of sparkly, tiny seed beads or delicas
- 24 gauge wire
- 18 size 8 seed beads
DIRECTIONS:
To make one spider (body first):
- Cut 4 lengths of wire about 4.5″ each
- Cut 1 length 3″
- On the 3 inch wire string 2 size 8 seed beads for eyes
- Bend the wire and twist
- Insert the twisted wire into the smaller of the two larger beads to make a head with the eyes sticking out
- Add the large bead to the wire leaving a small gap between the two bigger beads.
- Complete by making a small loop in the wire behind the larger bead
- Cut off excess wire
To make the legs:
- Take the 1 of the 4 lengths of wire and put a small loop at one end
- Fill the wire with very small beads leaving about 1/2″ of bare wire at the end
- Finish with another loop
- Repeat 3 more times
- Take one of the beaded wire strands and move beads to both ends so the bare gap is in the middle
- Wrap the wire around the gap between the two bigger beads in the shorter wire.
- Repeat 3 more times
- Take each “leg” and bend it slightly so your spider stands on its own!