Spider | Paper Mask | Printable Craft

Let creativity take hold and imaginations spin wild with this creepy-crawly spider mask craft! Students will weave colorful fun bringing their spider designs to life with this complete printable mask template.

The resource includes exterior spider shapes with interchangeable facial features so students can create a variety of spiders by mixing and matching eyes, mouths, and nose parts. Interior eye holes and mouth openings are also incorporated right onto the templates, providing a ready-to-use mask for coloring, cutting, assembling and wearing.

Younger elementary students will appreciate the structured templates they can color before wearing, while older students can add more details and embellishments using a variety of art materials before cutting, assembling, and decorating.

The spider mask craft works wonderfully as a Halloween activity or for dramatic imaginative play any time of year. Students can act out stories while embodying a curious jumping spider, sneaky trapdoor spider, or friendly garden spider. Use the masks during insect and arachnid lessons to reinforce key traits, anatomy, behaviors and habitats related to spiders or other crawlies.

Photos of students wearing their homemade spider masks can even become writing prompts displayed on bulletin boards. And coordinating habitat dioramas make for complete cross-curricular projects tied to literacy, science and art standards.

Creepy, silly, or fanciful - this spider mask template sparks creativity while inspiring science connections that students will find positively captivating!