How To Create Spider Web Art With Kids – 7 Activity Ideas

Are you looking for fun Halloween-theme art activities for your kids? How about trying some spider web art activities? Yes, you heard that right….spider web art.

But never fear.

I don’t do real spiders, and a project with a real spider web is also not happening….HA!

Instead, I have some fun activities that use spider web themed printables and those stretchy spider webs that we use as Halloween decor. Let’s take a look.

The activities are great for your October, Halloween, or spider-themed units and lesson plans. Plus…. they would be fun to use for a spooky Halloween party.

Spider Web Stamps

You can make fun DIY stamps with spider webs. Usually, you can find packages of decorative spider webs at craft stores and big-box stores in September and October.  I’m always on the lookout for a bargain. Be sure to be on the lookout for them after Halloween on clearance, and you can stock up on them for the following year.

To create the stamps, I cut off a small part of the web.  I then stretched it around the opening of an empty cup or container, secured it with a rubber band or two, and trimmed the edges to make it neat. Secure it with duct tape if you want. 

Now, for the fun part….I added some black tempera paint (thinned with a bit of water) to a container.  Then we pressed the spider web stamp into the paint and made prints on colored paper.  This fun process art activity is a great way to explore the texture of the material.

Spider Web Name Art

Add your kids’ names to these editable spider web name coloring pages. Then, your kids use the pages to create their personalized works of art. Kids will have a great time coloring the pages with crayons, colored pencils, or markers to create unique spider web designs.

You can also customize the coloring sheets with words like “spiders”, “spooky, or “Boo!”…. Use your imagination to create festive spider web art.

Print the pages on a thicker paper and they work well for watercolor painting. You can use other types of paint, but I especially like the look of watercolors on the different parts of the spider web.

This is a great activity for kids of all ages!

Spider Web Paint Roller

I used a pool noodle to make a roller. First, I cut off a section that was about 6 inches long. Then, I made the handle by cutting a wedge of noodle and sticking it in the hole.  Okay…it’s not the neatest handle, but it works. You can also use a round block, thick dowel, or spool.  I didn’t have any of those on hand and improvised.

I cut a section of spider web and stretched it out.  Then, I wrapped the web around the roller and secured it in place with a few rubber bands.

I found that when we dipped the roller directly in paint, there was too much paint and the detail of the webs was lost.  To solve this problem, we added the thin black paint to a few folded paper towels.  A foam meat tray would be the perfect container to hold this “ink pad”.  I didn’t have one on hand, so I used a rectangular lid.

After applying the paint, we rolled a design on some colored paper.  It really produced a wonderful design.

3D Stretchy Spider Web Art

In addition to painting with the web, you can just let kids be creative with it. Again, I cut off a section of the web.  Provide some masking tape and black paper or a black paper plate, and just let kids create their own art project.

We had fun stretching the webs and taping them into place.

If you like, you can provide some plastic spiders to add to the creation.  You can also provide a tinker tray filled with supplies that kids can use to create spiders, bugs….or whatever they want to accompany their web.

Spider Web Paint Brush

I like to get creative and make my own paint brushes from a variety of different materials. The final spider web idea that I want to share is the spider web paintbrush. This time I used the webs with duct tap and wooden dowels that I picked up at the Dollar Store.

I cut off a section of the web and taped it to the end of the dowel.  Tada…..a paintbrush! Wanna make a paintbrush that also serves as a fine motor skills activity? Have the kids pick up a small bundle of spider webs with a clothespin clip, and they can paint with that.

We used the paintbrush in two different ways.  First, we added drops of paint to a piece of construction paper.  Then, we used the brush to spread the paint.

We also dipped the brush directly into the thin paint.  It really made some beautiful brush marks!

I hope that you got some inspiration from my spider web art activities ideas.

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