Spider webs to dye for - part 2

Thanks Mama Jane for noticing I forgot to link to part 1 - Start here to tie dye the shirts...part 2 is appliqueing the spiders.




So the next step in the spider web shirts is to add a spider. I cut it freehand from black fabric, and I also cut corners on the applique process and just sewed the cutout on the t-shirt. I used a zig zag stitch all the way around the spiders, trying to create a hairy leg look. I also left the edge raw and frayed to add to the "hair".

Oh the tangled webs we weave...

We did this lacing craft from Make and Takes. See her great tutorial here.
Hers are much tidier and we went a little wild with the stickers. The boys loved it!!!

my spidey-sense is tingling

meet blukey and inky, our egg-carton-pipe-cleaner spiders. the giant googley-eyes added a lot. a favourite feature for play is the web (string) attached up through the middle of the head, so you can take spidey for a walk or a swing on his web. i pre-punched the holes, which the boys threaded the pipe cleaners through - 8 legs of course. they colored them with felt-pens and glued the eyes on (the most torturing part was waiting for the glue to dry so they could play with them)!

great books:
Amazing Spiders: Eyewitness Juniors, Alexandra Parsons
The Very Busy Spider: Eric Carle
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: Simms Taback