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We had a bunch of fun taking Little Big Man's favorite song, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, and extending it with a fun fine motor craft! Introducing the Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet, SURE to get your little one's hands moving! Quick note – affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience.

I discovered an easy shortcut for working with craft foam that is my new favorite trick! You'll see in my photo that I include a plastic lid and sharpie marker in the supplies, but it is not what you think! I actually did not trace anything to make this craft! I used the lid and the cap of the marker to press into the craft foam instead of tracing any shapes! You could do this with any cookie cutter or other shape you have and it will make it MUCH easier to get just the right shape!

The Sharpie marker cap made just about the right size hole for toddler and preschooler fingers. If your kids are older you may want to use something larger.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet Materials

Black Craft Foam

Googly Eyes

2 Black Pipe Cleaners (ours Fuzzy Sticks were provided for free from Craft Project Ideas)

1 Red Pipe Cleaner (Also from Craft Project Ideas)

Scissors

Plastic Lid or Round Cookie Cutter

Sharpie Marker

Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet Instructions

1. Place the lid rim-down on the craft foam and press down hard all the way around the edge. Use scissors to cut on the resulting circle. Do the same thing with the lid of the Sharpie Marker to mark four small circles for finger holes. Cut them out with scissors or a craft knife.



2. Using the tip of your scissor blade or a pen, carefully poke two holes on both sides of the craft foam for the pipe cleaner legs. Feed the pipe cleaners through from the back. (No need to cut the pipe cleaners, they should be just right if you feed them through from the back!)

3. Stick on the googly eyes.

4. Fold the red pipe cleaner in half. Poke two more small holes in the craft foam, under the eyes for the red pipe cleaner mouth and feed that through too.

That is it! Now you just have to invite your little one to put on the puppet and sing the appropriate song! Get those spider legs wriggling!

RELATED: 40 Nursery Rhyme Activities AND Preschool Fingerplay Favorites

Even More Nursery Rhyme and Book Related Fun

More Itsy Bitsy Spider Fun

For more ideas, or for gifts to go along with the Itsy Bitsy Spider, check out these goodies! Click each link for product details.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Finger Puppet Board Book

Hape Spider Hand Puppet

Itsy Bitsy Spider Game

Itsy Bitsy Spider & Other Nursery Rhymes Book, CD and Plush Set

Fine Motor Friday

Here we are again with a group of fantastic bloggers to bring you a list of activities designed to target Fine Motor Skills in a playful way! Please do visit the other bloggers to see the fun ideas they have come up with this week!

Train-Themed Unwrapping Activity from Craftulate

Fine Motor Play with Marshmallows & Toothpicks from Little Bins for Little Hands

Practicing Fine Motor Skills with Classic Games from Stir the Wonder

Mardi Gras Play Dough from Still Playing School

Post It Notes Sudoku from School Time Snippets

Hedgehog Fine Motor Skills and Counting from Powerful Mothering

Thanks for reading my post today! If you enjoy trying simple, playful activities with your baby or toddler, I invite you to check out our Fine Motor Fridays Book! It is full of playful Fine Motor Skills Activities that you and your little one are sure to love!

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