A Tangled Web - Make your own Halloween Spider Web

What a Tangled Spider Web!

My neighbors and friends keep stopping by to ask about our new pet…Charlotte. To be honest, I sort of winged the construction of this web when I started it on my porch last weekend. The whole time I was thinking, I should be taking pictures because I might want to blog about this…but I wasn’t even sure how it would turn out. Well, needless to say, we all LOVE her!

Sadly, I didn’t take any how-to pictures. This really didn’t work out for my friend, since her daughter begged her to make one at their house too. Back to the hardware store…and this time it was documented in a step-by-step guide!

Supplies to Make Your Own Halloween Spider Web

For my web I ended up using 200ft of clothes line, but here I only used 100ft. I also needed some ceiling hooks for this porch, but you may already have them for your hanging baskets.

Step-by-Step Guide to Make Your Own Halloween Spider Web

STEP 1

String one length of rope vertically, tying knots at both ends.

Before you tie the knots, you’ll need to burn the rope once it’s cut to prevent fraying!

STEP 2

Tie another length of rope horizontally tying a knot at the center point.

STEP 3

With the remaining rope, tie another knot in the center and begin to tie tight knots as you circle around the horizontal and vertical ropes.

STEP 4

Keep going and going and going! Don’t worry if it’s not perfect…spiders don’t seem to mind.

WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE! You might want to be a little more organized with the rope when you make your own Halloween spider web, just sayin’.

STEP 5

Make it as BIG as you can covering as much of the horizontal and vertical rope as possible.

STEP 6

Let’s move on to the vertical ropes. Starting from the center loop the rope around the connections you have already made and pull tightly. Repeat on all sides!

Check out the difference between the knots on the horizontal and vertical connections vs. the looping on the diagonal connection. It helps give you a little wiggle room to straighten things out when you are done!