In a house where creative people live, it is always a huge problem to throw away things that might be useful. For example, chocolate foil. So you don’t need to throw it away, but you will now see what to do with it in our master class. Today we propose to make a spider out of foil with your own hands. With Halloween just around the corner, this is a very timely craft.
I have been making spiders like this out of foil since school, as long as I can remember. And then she really loved leaving them everywhere: in the supermarket, trolleybus, train, on a shelf in the library. I think kids will love this craft.
DIY foil spider: job description
If necessary, before starting work, iron the entire sheet of foil well with the pad of your finger to remove creases and folds and generally smooth it out.
We bend the sheet in half and place the fold down. All folds (this and subsequent ones) are ironed well.
We bend the sheet in half again, aligning the right and left sides of the rectangle.
We repeat the same action: bend the rectangle in half, combining the right and left sides.
We bend the lower part of the resulting rectangle upward - about a third of the height of the rectangle.
We completely unfold our workpiece.
Using scissors, cut along the folds until the last fold. In the photo, the cut lines are indicated in red. If you don’t have scissors, it doesn’t matter, carefully tear it along the folds; The foil tears easily and smoothly.
We begin to form the legs of the spider from foil. To make them, fold them in half and in half again, pressing them lightly with your fingers. This is rough work, and we will finally form the legs in the next step.
We do the same on the other side.
And for all the other paws.
The main thing is that the paws do not come off the sheet, so we work carefully.
Now it will be easy to shape the legs. If the foil is soft enough, simply roll each leg between two fingers, forming a thin, dense rope. If the foil is hard, just press it with your fingers until the same thing happens.
This is how we form all the legs.
We squeeze the bases of the paws on each side into a “bouquet”.
To make the body, we take these bases of the paws from both sides and bring them to the center. Then we knead the body with our fingers, forming a ball.
Now we take each paw at the base and press it (the base, not the paw itself!) into a ball body.
The blank for our foil spider is ready.
Theoretically, the paws should be the same length. But because Foil is too plastic a material, errors are possible. You can trim the length of the legs with scissors.
All that remains is to bend the paws. I prefer to bend them not in half, but so that the top part is shorter. Then the torso will not lie on the table, but will be raised.
The foil spider is ready.
Let's let him walk on the web.
What to add and how to use
- These foil spiders look good on postcards or as an element for scrapbooking; they can be used to decorate a gift box or Halloween paraphernalia - from a pumpkin to a hat;
- you can burn a spider with the flame of a match - it will turn black and become surprisingly similar to the real thing (but if you pick it up after burning, it will get dirty);
- you can hang spiders on thin threads or fishing line on the window - they will look very impressive;
- It’s a good idea to make a panel with children: draw a web on a piece of whatman paper, and glue or pin our silver spiders onto it.
Eva Casio specially for the site Handicraft Master Classes
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