Halloween Costumes & Masks | Haunted House Props & Animatronics

Learn how to make this Giant six foot Spider Web and a Giant three foot Spider that spins Webs, has Adjustable Legs and has Glowing Red Eyes !

If you don't have the time to make a 3 foot spider visit our BODIES PAGE to purchase our Gigantic 6 foot Spider with Flashing Eyes.

All together it should cost about $40 to make.

If you are not interesting going through the trouble to make your own Giant Spider you can purchase one from our Bodies Shop

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1- Cut the plywood with a jig saw into the shape of a figure eight.

Step 2- Cut the 2x4 to fit on the plywood you just cut so that you have 1 piece on each side of the figure eight plywood.

Step 3- Cut the PVC tubing into 3 foot sections and heat where the spiders joints should be.(If you are using the flexible mic stands you will be able to bend them in any position).

Step 4- Drill holes big enough so the PVC or mic stands fit into the 2x4's.

Step 5- Cut the basket ball in half, this you will use for the head.

Step 6- Puncture 6 holes in the basket ball half so you can insert the eyes (LED's) , if you don't know where the eyes go just look up spiders on the Internet for some photos, this will also come in handy for the detailing Step.

Step 7- Place the LED's into the holes and wire them up, positive.
To positive and negative to negative, you can use a 9 volt battery for the power.

Step 8-Cut a hole large enough for the battery to fit through in the front part of the figure eight
plywood (later you can Velcro the battery on the bottom of the wood).

Step 9- Cut the Styrofoam into a u shape and glue it onto the plywood, facing the pointy end away from the head (basket ball).

Step 10- Place the small motor on the front end of the plywood, bend a coat hanger so that when attached to the motor shaft it moves back and forth, and cut a hole in the basket ball for the coat hanger to slip in and out of. (When spider is done you will put some fake spider web on the coat hanger giving the illusion of the spider spinning a web ( the coat hanger should go in and out).

Step 11- Glue the half basket ball with the LED's on to the front of the plywood allowing the coat hanger to fit through the hole and also allowing the motor power cord to fit through the battery hole you cut earlier.

Step 12- Glue the legs in position

Step 13- Cut 2 small triangles from the left over plywood and use them as the spiders fangs (screw them to the front part of the plywood.

Step 14- Now here comes the fun part, now that the spider frame is complete, get the 3m spray glue and spray the spider and the fabric with the glue, first on the legs one leg at a time and then on the body applying the fabric a little at a time. Don't forget to cut holes for the LED's.

Step 15- This step is optional , to give some detail to the spider I used my air brush and painted the joints black and the gave some spider markings on the spiders back for a detailed look. Paint in a can should do the job also.

That's it, it took about 4 hours to complete but it really was worth the time, when your done you will have a spider that spins a web, has glowing red eyes and is about 3 feet long.

THE WEB

Materials Needed - 200 feet of cloths line
1 - Hot glue gun (Warning: use the hot glue gun with caution, these glue guns run very hot and can cause a serious burn)

INSTRUCTIONS:

There aren't many steps to this project, just connect a piece of clothes line together forming a circle about 6 inches in diameter. Then connect 16, 6 foot pieces of clothes line to the circle and then continue to connect the 6 foot pieces starting from the 6 inch circle and working your way out to the outer ridge. That's it, you will have a 6 foot spider web for your 3 foot spider.