How to make Scary Box Spiders for Halloween: step by step guide
Follow our simple step by step picture and video guides to help your child make these fun, spidery Halloween decorations
Looking for a fun, simple Halloween craft to make with your kids? These clever Box Spiders will keep little fingers busy for a while and provide some brilliantly spooky 8-legged decorations to dangle next to your pumpkins on October 31st.
We've created an easy-to-follow step by step guide to show you how to make the Box Spiders: you can either watch our how-to video (above) or follow our photo steps (below).
Huge thanks to tip-top crafter Sinéad from our Top Testers Club who, along with her daughter Áine, created our Halloween Box Spiders how-to video. Sinéad took the photos for our step-by-step instructions too.
Here's how to make Halloween Box Spiders, step by step
What you'll need:
- A small box (such as a tissue box or small cereal box)
- Tissue paper
- Clear tape
- Glue
- Googly eyes (£3 for 200 pieces)
- Paper
- Felt-tip pens (£3.50 for 18 pens)
- Scissors
- 4 pipe cleaners (£4.99 for 120)
Step 1
Wrap your box in tissue paper and use the clear tape to fasten.
Step 2
Use the glue to add the googly eyes. Then draw the outline of a scary mouth and a pair of thick eyebrows on the piece of paper, colour them in with the felt-tip pens, and cut them out with the scissors. Glue the mouth and eyebrows onto the box.
Step 4
With the scissors, punch 4 holes on each side of the box. Then thread a pipe cleaner through the top hole on one side and out of the top hole on the other side, so it is sticking out from either side like spider legs. Repeat with the other 3 pipe cleaners, using a lower set of holes each time.
And you're done!
Pics and video: Sinéad Ellams. Video edit: Emily Longman Wall.
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Emily is the Digital Content Producer at MadeForMums and creates editorial and video content across the brand. She also edits the weekly editorial newsletter, oversees our reviews process and loves creating our craft articles and videos. She specialises predominantly in car seats and pushchairs, and has yet to meet a buggy she couldn’t fold! With a 1st class degree in History, she always researches topics thoroughly to find the best recommendations for parents.
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