Halloween: Web Napkins
Transform a napkin into something for special Halloween dinners. This would also be fun on a table cloth.
you'll need Materials
- Cloth napkins
- Embroidery floss
- Needle
- Threader
- Thimble
- Scissors
- Beads (optional)
- Sewing marker
- Paper & a pencil
Directions
- Have an adult iron your napkins.
- Practise drawing webs on a piece of paper. With a sewing marker, draw you web lightly on your napkin.
- Cut a length of embroidery floss.
- Tie a knot in one end. (An adult might need to help with this part, particularly if you are trying to make a double knot.)
- Thread your needle. For children (adults too!) using a threader may be helpful.
- Start at the centre and make straight spokes going out, using a basic “up and down” stitch.
- Make lines in between the spokes to join the web together. Or if your child is older, they could try a “U” shape to join together the spokes. Take off your needle and knot the end, trimming off the excess.
- Should you like, add a bead or two and make it into a spider with the thread as legs as shown.
Purpose
- Developing one’s fine motor skills with sewing.
Safety Notes
- Exercise care with a needle and scissors, with adult supervision.
