Pom Pom Spider

Bring some critter charm to your kids crafting with a cute, fluffy pom-pom spider. It’s super easy to make from wool and with its googly eyes and craft pipe cleaner legs, it’s just adorable. This simple project is perfect for all ages, making it an ideal activity for classrooms, family craft time, or a fun addition to a bedroom shelf. This cute pom-pom spider is a must-try for any crafting session!

A hand holding a pom pom spider spinning below his paper plate web. — Kids can craft this cutie in next to no time.

Related: Pom pom crafts are so much fun, so be sure to check out some of these including DIY Pom Pom Chicken, Pom Pom Flip Flops, Pom Pom Bracelets, and Pom-Pom Ornaments.

Pom Pom Spider Supplies

Black wool
Craft pipe cleaners
Inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll
Googly eyes
Black marker
Pencil
Scissors

Video: Watch How to Make a Pom Pom Spider

Pom Pom Spider Step-by-Step

Here’s how to craft a pom pom spider in a few easy steps.

Step 1: Take the inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll and using scissors, cut two small slits at either end.

Two hands holding an inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll. — Start with the inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll.

Two hands cutting a short slit at the bottom of the inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll. — Cut a short slit at the bottom.

Two hands cutting holding the inner cardboard tube from a toilet roll showing the two slits that have been cut. — Note the slits shouldn’t be too long.

Step 2: Take a length of black wool and place it lengthways along the cardboard tube while pulling down the ends through the slits that you cut to help secure it.

Two hands holding a length of black wall over the cardboard tube. — Take a piece of black wool.

Two hands pulling the ends of the wool down through the tube to secure them while the length of the wool runs along the tube. — Pull the ends of the wool down through the two slits to secure it so the wool runs lengthways along the cardboard roll.

Step 3: Now turn the cardboard roll 90 degrees and start wrapping your ball of wool around it as shown in the images below.

Two hands wrapping a ball of wool around the cardboard roll which has been turned 90 degrees. — Turn the cardboard roll and start wrapping the wool around it.

Two hands wrapping more wool around the cardboard roll. — Wrap…

Two hands holding the cardboard roll with a lot of wool wrapped around it. — And wrap some more until you have a large amount of wool to form the pom pom.

Step 4: Now tie the two loose ends from earlier around the wrapped wool and secure it.

Two hands tying the loose ends of the wool around the wrapped wool to secure it. — Tie the loose ends tight around the wrapped wool.

Two hands crunching the cardboard roll inwards. — Crunch the cardboard roll inwards.

Two hands pulling the wool off the cardboard roll. — Pull the wool off the cardboard roll.

Step 5: Cut the ends of the ball of wool on either side. Be careful not to cut the wool securing it.

Two hands cutting the wool on the sides of the secure section. — Cut the wool on both sides of the secure section.

Two hands holding the ball of wool after the sides have been cut. — This is how it should look after you’ve cut the wool.

Step 6: Trim the edges to form a pom pom.

Two hands trimming the edges of the wool to form a popm pom. — Trim the edges with a scissors.

The pom pom after the trimming is completed. — Your pom pom spider is taking shape.

Step 7: Now apply some googly eyes before we start to add the spider’s legs. You will need craft pipe cleaners for that.

Two hands placing googly eyes on the pom pom. — Add some eyes.

Two hands holding a craft pipe cleaner that will form the spider's legs. — Get the craft pipe cleaners ready for the spider’s legs.

Step 8: Bend the craft pipe cleaner as shown in the image and push it into the pom pom to secure it. Make the seven other legs and do the same.

Two hands bending the first craft pipe cleaner to form the spider's leg. — Bend the craft pipe cleaner.

Two hands pushing the first spider leg into the pom pom to secure it. — Push the leg into the pom pom to secure it. Add some glue if you need to.

Two hands holding the pom pom spider with all his legs secured. — Bend and secure the seven other legs in the same manner.

Step 9: Take a paper plate and draw on a spider web with a pencil. Use a black marker to trace over the pencil lines you have drawn.

Two hands holding a paper plate with a spider web drawn on it in pencil. — Use a pencil to draw a spider web on a paper plate.

Two hands using a black marker to trace the spider web onto the paper plate. — Use a black marker to trace over the pencil lines.

Step 10: Punch a hole through the middle of the paper plate and feed the string from the pom pom through.

Two hands punching a hole in the center of the paper plate. — Punch a hole in the center of the paper plate.

Two hands feeding the string from the pom pom spider through the hole in the paper plate. — Feed the string from the pom pom through the hole.

Step 12: Make a loop in the string and attach it to your finger. The pom pom spider is ready to play with!

Two hands making a loop at the end of the string and attaching it to a finger. — Make a loop at the end of the string and attach it to your finger.

Two hands playing with the pom pom spider. — Boing! Boing!

More Crafting Fun for the Whole Family

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