Well, our Thanksgiving is over so it is time to move on to Halloween!! I am starting to bring out the Halloween decorations today and have been working on a couple of new things to add to the collection. I don’t really like the gory Halloween decorations but I do like to get a little spooky {in a cute way!} So… please welcome our new spider family!
Materials
- black yarn {both regular yarn and some fuzzy yarn}
- styrofoam balls {2 or 3 inch balls for the smaller guys and a 4 inch ball for the Mom}
- black pipe cleaners
- buttons
- black felt {I used about 8 8.5×11 sheets}
- straight pins
- wooden skewer
Directions
- For the baby spiders, just wrap your styrofoam ball with yarn, pop in the pipe cleaners for the legs, and add the buttons for the eyes.
- For the body of the larger spider, I cut off a bit on the bottom of the large styrofoam ball to make it flat so that he would sit nicely. I then cut out a bunch of felt circles, folded them in half twice, and pinned them to the ball {you can find more details from my ruffled pumpkin tutorial here} I found that it was easier to add the legs first and then pin the circles around them.
- For the head, I just wrapped a smaller ball with yarn and stuck it to the body with a wooden skewer.
So what about you? Do you decorate for Halloween? I didn’t really used to do much but it is kind of a fun holiday to decorate for and the kids love it!
Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm says
These are about the cutest spiders I’ve ever seen! They almost look cuddly! Halloween is my favorite, so much decorating is happening here!
Jaime Lyn says
yayyyy!!! I can comment!!! I LOVE you spider family!!! SO cute and simple and perfect! I totally pinned to our feature board! Thank you SO much for linking up!
Jaime
Mandy says
Never thought I’d EVER see a cute spider… they are adorable!
Come over to the link party and share them. Soooo cute!
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swoodsonsays says
Adorable! I like the mixture of textures, it’s not often you see a cute spider! Stephanie
Craftberry Bush says
Hey sweetheart…just wanted to say thank you so much for linking up again…aaaannndd..thank you for your birthday wishes…btw..i tried to reply to your email and you’re a non reply blogger…just thought I’d let you know… hope you have a great weekend …MUAH ! xo
Lu
Craftberry Bush says
ps…the show was awesome ! 🙂
Katie Adams says
Oh my heck, these are so stinkin cute! Thank you for sharing!
April says
This is talent-you managed to make spiders ADORABLE!
Julie Kelley says
What a cute idea!! I love cute Halloween projects!! I’m hosting a new We Share Wednesday Link Party and would love for you to join in!
Linda @ it all started with paint says
These are so very cute! I’m pinning!
🙂
Linda
Marie {Make and Takes} says
Oooo, I LOVE that mama spider. So fun!!
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Infarrantly Creative says
I liked that you used different types of yarns and such to create these little cutties! Adorable. Thanks for sharing. And I’ll be sharing with my Fans later…
Jaimee @ Craft, Interrupted says
How CUTE are these?!? I adore them! I’m including this in a 13 for Halloween: Decor roundup on my blog tomorrow, with one pic and a link back to this post. So charming : ) THanks for sharing an inspiring idea!
Jen says
I never thought I would say this but these spiders are so cute!
(and terrifying)
Love them!
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