DIY Spider Web Vase

It was a windy, overcast, very “Fall-ish” day when I took the pics of this project yesterday and the historic style of our new home certainly adds to the spooky factor of Halloween! It looks like a long list of supplies but a lot of them are things most of you crafters should have on-hand already. This was a really easy and fun project and it will be the perfect Halloween centerpiece in the dining room to go with my Halloween Mantle.

What You’ll Need:
-Vase (I upcycled a glass one laying around the house)
-Mod Podge
-Foam Brushes and Small Paintbrush
-Yarn
-Glitter
-Hot Glue Gun
-Plastic Spider
-Acrylic Paints (I used Martha Stewart Crafts Paints in orange and red shades)
-Martha Stewart Liquid Gilding in Silver
-Foam Brushes
-Styrofoam Floral Cube
-Black Roses
-Plastic SpiderFirst, I cleaned the vase with glass cleaner and allowed to dry. Then I took lengths of yarn and dipped them in Mod Podge. I wrapped them around the vase to look like a web, starting at the bottom. If you run out of yarn, just start a new strand. I left a string hanging down at the top from which to “hang” the spider. Be prepare, this step is messy! Because of all the Mod Podge, I allowed the vase to dry overnight after this step.

While the vase dried, I painted the spider with the silver liquid gilding and then used orange on his back to paint a Black Widow shape.

The next day I painted the vase with a coat of Mod Podge and sprinkled fine glitter all over. After a few hours drying time, I painted a final coat of Mod Podge to the vase. When dry, I hot glued the spider to the string that was left “hanging” down.

Then I took a foam floral block and placed it in the bottom of the vase and stuck the black roses in randomly, shortening the stems of half of them. I flared out the petals a bit and used red paint on the edges of the petals.