Add a unique touch to your front door this Halloween by skipping the wreath and using a wood tray. With a mix of glitter and creepiness, this spider decor is sure to invite trick-or-treaters to your door.
Made by: Danielle Hunter
Time: 1 hour (not including drying time)
Level: Beginner
Here's what you need:
- Glue Dots® Glue Lines™
- Glue Dots® Permanent Dots™ or All Purpose Dots™
- 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" unfinished wood tray
- Deco Art Media acrylic fluid paint (metallic silver, carbon black)
- Deco Art Media crackle paste (white)
- Deco Art decoupage (gloss)
- Stampendous micro glitter (silver)
- Crafter's Square deco mesh tubing (purple)
- Fake spider
- DCWV cardstock (purple)
- Cardboard
- Pipe cleaner (purple)
- Wire
- Wire cutters
- Scissors
- Paper trimmer
- Staple gun
- Hammer
- Paint/foam brushes
Here's what you do:
Apply light coat of silver paint onto tray. Let dry.
Lightly mix together 3 tablespoons of crackle paste and 15-20 drops of black paint. Mix should be darker than silver paint.
Dab the stucco-like mixture onto tray with a paintbrush and let dry overnight.
Cut a 14" piece of deco mesh tubing and use Permanent Glue Dots® to attach it to back of tray. Secure with staples and turn project over to hammer staple ends down against the tray.
Trim cardboard and cardstock to fit inside tray (7 1/2 x 10") and attach cardstock to cardboard with decoupage.
Mix decoupage with a sprinkle of glitter and apply to front of cardstock, let dry and attach to tray with Permanent Glue Dots. Tip: Skip the homemade glitter paper and save time with glittered cardstock.
Attach spider to center of tray with Permanent Glue Dots.
Make a bow with deco mesh tubing by creating 10 loops secured together with a pipe cleaner.
Attach bow to project with wire and hang.
Happy Halloween!
~Danielle
Danielle Hunter is a multitasking mom of two creative girls. She works in human resources for a non-profit organization and is a yoga teacher in training. She lives in Northeast Ohio and has been dedicated to crafting since childhood. Danielle completed her first scrapbook at the age of four, was a scrapbooker-for-hire for several years, and has shared her knowledge in a classroom setting. She enjoys turning trash to treasure, making crafts for kids, and creating artistic projects with bold colors and fun designs. Danielle joined the very first design team for Glue Dots in 2010. Her projects have been featured in Craft Ideas and CardMaker magazines, as well as websites such as Reader’s Digest, HGTV, and Crafting a Green World.
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