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Article: Weekly lab.(how to use a toilet paper tube to make a trap door spider)
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- Science Weekly
- Article date:
- April 26, 1995
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Let's make our own trapdoor spider. These spiders build their homes under the ground and quickly jump out when their prey walks by.
Trapdoor spiders are extremely fast.
You need: a toilet paper tube, rubber band (cut open), a piece of string about 15 cm (6 in.) long, paper hole reinforcer, hole punch, scissors, tape, paper, piece of cardboard
Step 1: Trace the end of your toilet paper tube onto the piece of paper. Cut out the circle. This is your spider's trapdoor.
Step 2: Tape the trapdoor to the end of the tube. (See picture 1.)
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Step 3: Cut out the circle with the spider and punch out the hole. Put the ...