Spider Door Decor

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