Make a Paper Spider Web

🎂 6 + years ⏱️ 15 min 📍 Everywhere ⭐ medium

Imagine you're wandering in the woods. Fine threads glisten between the trees, spider webs. They look like little works of art, spun by a tiny spider. You can create your own web with paper. You'll learn how simple shapes can turn into something new. Your mind gets to work: you plan how to fold and cut so that a web appears at the end. Your hands work skillfully together, and you realize how important patience is. You might discover that mistakes aren't so bad. Sometimes the most beautiful patterns emerge when you dare to cut differently. And when you unfold your web at the end, you feel that special moment: a spider web appears from an unassuming square.

What you'll need

Square paper
A pencil
A pair of scissors

How it works

Take a square piece of paper. Fold it once into a triangle. Make sure the edges line up perfectly.
Fold the triangle in half again. Now you have a smaller triangle. Press the edges down well.
Draw two curves with a pencil like the syllable swinging in class. Draw small curved rectangles next to each other, always opposite. These are the spots you'll cut out.
First, cut off the top curve along the line. Then cut out the small rectangles.
Slowly unfold your paper, your own spider web is ready. Place a chestnut inside or hang it in the window.