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Fluffy (pompom) Spider This is one of the easiest and quickest models to make. It is based on a pompom, which needs wool, to make one spider you will need about a quarter of a ball. The templates provided make sure that your spider will always be able to keep up with your changing mood! This is quite an easy model but you should
SKILL LEVEL
6yrs + (quite easy)
EQUIPMENT
GLUE GUN, MARKER, CRAFT KINIFE, KITCHEN SCISSORS, INKJET PRINTER (templates)
TIME
1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS WITH CHANGING EMOTIONS
cut out the eye template and body leg frame and prepare the wool in to lengths for younger children, but your kids will love making this and playing with it, because you made it together. Remember a glue gun is very hot and children should not use it unsupervised as the hot melted glue can cause nasty burns.
Junk used to make this model: leftover wool, small piece of waste cardboard, flat piece of a detergent conatiner bottle 1. PRINT OUT THE TEMPLATE SHEET
x2
2. GLUE THE DISC GUIDES TO A THIN PIECE OF CARD AND CUT OUT TWO DISCS 3. PREPARE THE WOOL BY DOUBLING IT UP SO THAT YOU HAVE PIECES ABOUT 2m IN BUNDLES OF ABOUT 6 TO 10 STRANDS, DEPENDING ON HOW THICK THE WOOL IS. YOU MAY NEED 4 OR 5 SUCH BUNDLES 4. PASS THE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISC REPEATEDLY SO THAT YOU WIND IT ROUND THE DISC. WHEN YOU FINISH A BUNDLE, JUST TUCK IT OVER AND START ANOTHER UNTIL YOU CAN NOT PASS ANY MORE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE 5. USING STRONG SCISSORS, PUSH ONE BLADE OF THE SCISSORS INTO THE WOOL AND BETWEEN THE TWO CARD DISCS AND CUT THE WOOL ROUND THE RIM 6. PASS SEVERAL SHORT STRANDS OF THE WOOL BETWEEN THE DISCS AND TIE TIGHTLY ROUND THE BUNDLE AND CUT OFF BELOW THE ENDS OF THE POMPOM 7. MAKE THE BODY LEG ASSEMBLY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SPIDER TEMPLATE SHEET. THEN PUSH ONLY ONE OF THE DISCS OFF THE BUNDLE AND SLIDE IN THE BODY LEG ASSEMBLY OVER THE REMAINING DISC. WHEN LEGS ARE IN PLACE, REMOVE THE OTHER DISC 8.
BEND THE LEGS ROUND SO THAT YOUR SPIDER STANDS STRAIGHT 9. GLUE ON THE EYE SURROUND MADE BY CUTTING ROUND THE EYE TEMPLATE 10. CAREFULLY CUT OUT THE DIFFERENT EYES FROM THE TEMPLATE SHEET AND FIX ONE TO THE EYE SURROUND USING BLUE TACK 10. CHANGE YOUR SPIDER S MOOD WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT BY USING THE DIFFERENT EYES
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DADCANDO.com FLUFFY (POM-POM) SPIDER TEMPLATE SHEET EVERY DAY SPIDER
DEAD SPIDER
DESPONDENT SPIDER
ANGRY SPIDER
BOSS EYED SPIDER
WHATEVER! SPIDER
NIGHT TIME SPIDER
CRAZY SPIDER
1.
EYE TEMPLATE MAKES EYE SURROUND
PRINT OUT THIS SHEET
2. ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE EYE TEMPLATE AND THE BODY LEG FRAME AND GLUE TO A PIECE OF STIFF CARD OR SHEET OF PLASTIC (e.g. THE FLAT SIDE DETERGENT CONTAINER BOTTLE) 3. USING STRONG SCISSORS, CAREFULLY CUT OUT THE EYE TEMPLATE AND THE BODY LEG FRAME 4. COLOUR THE EYE SURROUND WITH BLACK MARKER, MAKING SURE TO MARKER ALONG THE CUT EDGES, SO THAT IT IS ALL BLACK
GLUE
BODY LEG FRAME
5. CUT 8 BENDY DRINKING STRAWS TO ANOUT 70mm LONG SO THAT THE BENDY BIT IS IN THE MIDDLE (USE DARK OR BALCK ONES IF YOU HAVE THEM) 6. ONE BY ONE, APPLY GLUE TO THE TABS ON THE BODY LEG FRAME AND PUSH A STRAW ON EACH TAB, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HORIZONTAL WITH THE FRAME 7. PUSH ONTO BODY AS DESCRIBED ON THE FLUFFY SPIDER MAKING SHEET AND THEN BEND DOWN THE LEGS, ADJUSTING THE BENDS, SO THAT THE SPIDER STANDS LEVEL
DISC TEMPLATES
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