Christmas spider
THE CHRISTMAS SPIDER On a Christmas Eve many years ago, a mother was busily cleaning her house. To keep from being swept away, all the spiders in the house ran upstairs to the attic. Later that night, when all was quiet, the spiders came out of hiding and went downstairs for a peek. They were so excited when they saw the beautiful Christmas tree, they ran up the trunk and out among the branches. The spiders were fllled with joy as they danced throughout the tree. When they were through, the tree was covered with their dusty grey spider webs. When Santa Clause arrived with presents for the children, he saw the tree covered with spider webs, and smiled at how happy the spiders were. He knew how upset the mother would be if she saw the tree covered with the dusty webs, so he turned the webs into shimmering strands of silver and gold. The tree sparkled and shone and was even more beautiful than before. This is why we have tinsel on our Christmas tree today, and why each tree should have a Christmas spider in its banches. To make a spider: Use a large bead or two (the beads from those car seats are ideal) and two pipe cleaners cut in half, push all the pipe cleaners through the bead and bend the eight legs to make it look like a spider! Christmas spider