Shack Spiders
Excellent way to teach counting from 1-8
as well as insects.

2 tablespoons Peanut butter per child
2 tablespoons Powdered sugar per child
2 tablespoons Graham cracker crumbs per child
2 tablespoons Coconut per child
Bowl of Licorice Bowl of Raisins

Mix peanut butter, sugar and crumbs together
with hands or fork and form a ball.
Divide the ball into 2 parts to form 2 balls.
Roll balls in coconut.
Place smaller ball on top of larger one.
The smaller ball will be the head.
The larger ball will be the abdomen.
Add 8 licorice legs and raisin eyes.
Eat spiders!

Black Widow Spiders
Using the same recipe as above but changing a few things.
Slightly harder fine motor skills and teaches dangerous spiders to avoid.

2 tablespoons Peanut butter per child
2 tablespoons Powdered sugar per child
2 tablespoons Graham cracker crumbs per child
Thin black Licorice strips
Bowl of Raisins
Bowl of cinnamon candies

Mix peanut butter, sugar and crumbs together
with hands or fork and form a ball.
Divide the ball into 2 parts to form 2 balls.
Wrap licorice strips around balls.
Place smaller ball on top of larger one.
Add 8 licorice legs and raisin eyes.
Stick one red cinnamon candy on the belly of the spider.

Yucky Spider Cake

Use any chocolate cake mix.
Bake in two metal bowls, one small, one medium.
Cool to room temp.
Cut top off of each cake and hollow out a space.
Fill with Jello brand pistachio pudding (kids make this too) and replace tops.
Ice the cake with favorite icing.
Add licorice legs and gum drop eyes.
When you cut the cake the pudding sqooshes out! Ooooo...yucky

Butterscotch Spiders

Melt a 6oz. package of butterscotch chips over low heat, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and stir in 2 cups peanuts, and 3 cups chow mein noodles.
Drop by teaspoon onto waxed paper.
Add red licorice strips for legs and cool.

Chocolate Spiders

Melt a 12oz. package of semisweet chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and stir in 3 cups chow mein noodles.
Drop by teaspoon onto waxed paper.
Add black licorice strips for legs, M&M's for eyes and cool.

Super Fast Spider Cookies

We do this as an independant cooking project each.
Make sure kids have clean hands then let them create!

2 rolls of Pillsbury Halloween sugar cookie dough.
Bowl of raisens
Bowl of red hots
Bowl of peanuts
Bowl of small licorice strips
Bowl of chow mein noodles
Bowl of cheerios cereal

Provide children with a clean playdough set.
Use one that you squeeze different shapes of dough
through different patterned seives. The one I use is
the old Kitchen Playdough set with noodle and french fry seives.

When they finish their "cookie" place on a pan and follow sugar cookie dough directions to bake.

Clean up time is not the nightmare you imagine.
Provide kids with an old tooth brush and a bucket of soapy water.
When they get tired of cleaning you'll be surprised how little you have to re-do.

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