Spider STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids

A spider theme is always fun for Halloween or as part of a unit learning about arthropods, insects, and other creepy crawlies. This collection of ideas includes spider STEM and STEAM activities. Learn about a spider’s web through the list of STEAM activities. You’ll find spider themed science and spider themed math activities as well as a list of spider books at the end. I get commissions for purchases made through the affiliate links in this post.

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Spider Themed STEM and STEAM Activities for Kids

Spider Web STEAM Activities

Use these artsy science activities to learn about a spider’s web.

Design and build your own spider webs using yarn and glue. The Learning Hypothesis has the details for this STEAM activity. You’ll also find more background on spider webs.

Combine science with art with our Fizzy Spider Web Art.

Combine art with science in this fizzy spider web art activity.

Make spider webs with colored chalk and glue with these instruction from Pink and Green Mama. This a great activity to help focus on different spider web designs.

Take on this Spider Web Hanger STEM Challenge from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Make your own Very Busy Spider web like Rainy Day Mum. Kids will love pretending to be spiders in the giant web.

Explore magnetism with this spider web game from Teach Preschool.

Construct a spider web with straws and play dough. Rainy Day Mum shares the instructions.

Make giant kirigami spider webs with the directions and template from Babble Dabble Doo.

collection of spider web STEAM activities

Spider Themed Science Activities

Take your spider craft up a notch by turning into a robot. Learn how to make Halloween spider robots.

These Halloween Robot Spiders use an electric toothbrush to move. Such an easy and fun Halloween STEM or STEAM activity for kids!

Use Science Spark’s Halloween Squeezy Bottle Rocket Spiders to learn about physics and Newton’s laws.

Try these Incy Wincy Spider Experiments from Science Sparks.

Investigate the parts of a spider with this fine motor activity from Teach Preschool.

Learn about a spider’s life cycle with the sequencing cards from The Preschool Toolbox.

Explore spider web vibrations and learn about a spider’s prey with this activity from Buggy and Buddy.

Build a Spider Drawing Robot. Science Sparks shows us how.

Set up an invitation to create spiders with play dough. Fantastic Fun and Learning has the details.

Rescue the spiders from ice in this Spider Ice Melt sensory activity from Little Bins for Little Hands.

Spider Themed Math Activities

Create a number line, practice counting and number recognition, and get kids moving with these Spider Math Games.

Play spider math games to work on counting and number recognition plus get kids moving.

Toddlers and preschoolers will love this spider toss number game from Creative Family Fun. You can easily modify it for other math skills.

Try this Skip Counting Spider Webs game from Rainy Day Mum.

Practice adding near doubles with this spider math activity from The OT Toolbox.

Check out these Spider Counting Mats from Fantastic Fun and Learning. I especially love how they use play dough with the mats and spiders.

Print out the Spider Counting Book from Fun A Day to practice counting spiders with your kids.

Spider Books for Kids

I also wanted to include a list of our favorite spider books for kids. You’ll find an assortment of non-fiction and fiction books. Do you have a favorite spider book to add?

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