How to Make a Giant Rope Spider Web for Halloween

Spook up your front porch with a super-sized spider web made from simple materials you can find at the dollar store.

Halloween Front Porch

Photo by: Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

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Materials Needed

removable all-weather adhesive hooks
white clothesline-style rope

large store-bought spiders (optional)

Create the Base

Start by stringing white cotton rope in an “x” formation. Secure removable hooks to a wall or porch rails and string rope in this pattern: top left, bottom right, bottom left, top right (Images 1-3).

Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

Photo By: Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

Finish the Base

From the top right corner, bring rope to the top center and secure it with a hook (Image 1). Bring rope straight down to the bottom center and secure. Don't cut yet! String the rope to left-center, securing with a hook. Place two more hooks at the top, equally spaced between the existing three existing top hooks, then string the rope from left-center up to these two hooks, from left to right. Continue the pattern down to the right-center, then end at the bottom center, tying the rope onto the hook and snipping the excess (Image 2 & 3). To finish the web pattern, string another piece of rope horizontally from left-center to right-center, looping around the vertical rope in the middle, and tie it on the right hook, snipping off the excess (Image 4).

Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

Photo By: Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design

Spin the Web

To spin the center of the web, create a small octagon close to the center by looping the cotton rope around each of the web's eight "spokes" (Image 1). Tie and snip excess, then repeat with a second, larger octagon set about a foot out from the first. Finish it off with an extra-furry arachnid or two (Image 2).