I was given this cute Christmas story at our ward's Relief Society Christmas dinner. I'd never heard of it before but it was so cute James and I decided to share it with our family. I found a great tutorial on how to make these beaded spiders on You Tube. James helped me bead them and then I curled the edges. All in all we made 13 spiders for friends and family.
Here is the story that goes with the spiders:Once upon a time a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year - the day on which the Christ child came to bless the house. Not a speck of dust was left. Even the spiders had been banished from their cozy corner in the ceiling to avoid the housewife's busy cleaning and fled the farthest corner of the attic.
'Twas the Christmas eve at last! The tree was decorated and waiting for the children to see it. But the poor spiders were frantic, for they could not see the tree, nor be present for the Christ child's visit. The oldest and wisest spider suggested that perhaps they could peep through the crack in the door to see him. Silently they crept out of their attic, down the stairs and across the floor to wait in the crack in the threshold. When the door opened a wee bit the spiders scurried into the room.
They must see the tree closely, since their eyes weren't accustomed to the brightness of the room so they crept all over the tree, up and down and over every branch and twig until they saw every one of the pretty things. At last they satisfied themselves completely of the Christmas tree beauty.
But alas!! Everywhere they went they had left their webs, and when the little Christ child came to bless the house he was dismayed. He loved the little spiders, for they were God's creatures too, but he knew the mother, who had trimmed the tree for the little children, wouldn't feel the same, so He touched the webs and they all turned to sparkling, shimmering, silver and gold! Ever since that time, we have hung tinsel on our christmas trees, and according to the legend, it has been a custom to include a spider among the decorations on the tree.
The spiders are designed to just sit on a branch, not suspended like most ornaments. They look so cute on the tree!
This was Jack's favorite spider.
'Twas the Christmas eve at last! The tree was decorated and waiting for the children to see it. But the poor spiders were frantic, for they could not see the tree, nor be present for the Christ child's visit. The oldest and wisest spider suggested that perhaps they could peep through the crack in the door to see him. Silently they crept out of their attic, down the stairs and across the floor to wait in the crack in the threshold. When the door opened a wee bit the spiders scurried into the room.
They must see the tree closely, since their eyes weren't accustomed to the brightness of the room so they crept all over the tree, up and down and over every branch and twig until they saw every one of the pretty things. At last they satisfied themselves completely of the Christmas tree beauty.
But alas!! Everywhere they went they had left their webs, and when the little Christ child came to bless the house he was dismayed. He loved the little spiders, for they were God's creatures too, but he knew the mother, who had trimmed the tree for the little children, wouldn't feel the same, so He touched the webs and they all turned to sparkling, shimmering, silver and gold! Ever since that time, we have hung tinsel on our christmas trees, and according to the legend, it has been a custom to include a spider among the decorations on the tree.
The spiders are designed to just sit on a branch, not suspended like most ornaments. They look so cute on the tree!
This was Jack's favorite spider.
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Those spiders are so cute! What a great idea.
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