How To DIY A Stunning Spider Web For Elegant Halloween Decor

Halloween decorations tend to be campy and fun, but if refined and elegant is more your style, you don't have to fill your house with plastic trinkets. Tiktoker Naomi Vizcaino custom-designed a sophisticated spider web inspired by the work of the sculptor Kathleen Ryan. The end result is a unique Halloween decoration that's anything but tacky. It will fit in perfectly with the tarot card Halloween-inspired decor trend that's everywhere in 2025.

For this project, you're going to need a piece of cardboard, white string, and some quartz glass beads. You'll also want your hot glue gun or a tube of super glue, and some adhesive hooks for hanging the web. If you like the luxury look of this spider web decoration, you could also create it using other materials and styles. Try using small-gauge copper wire instead of string for a more durable spider web that will hold up for multiple years. You can also use silky yarn and single crochet stitches to crochet a web. Work in some glass beads for that extra sparkle. Or, you could change out the clear quartz beads for more colorful ones, to create a web that's bright but still looks high-end. You may even be able to decorate for Halloween without spending any money, using beads, string, or wire you already have on hand.

To start with, you want to measure the area where you want to hang the spider web and create a template using a piece of cardboard. Draw the spider web design on the cardboard and use white string and quartz glass beads to fashion the web. Start with a small circle of beads as the center of the web, and then work your way out, securing the beads by going through the holes once, then going back through in the opposite direction to minimize visible knots.

Apply some hot glue or super glue to help hold the beads in place. Once you've completed the strands radiating out from the center, move back to the middle and use the same procedure for the strands running around the web. At the end of each radial strand, create a little hook for hanging. After you've completed the web, hang it by attaching each strand to a stick-on hook on the wall.

To up the glitz even more, add larger pendant beads everywhere the strings intersect. Or, instead of interspersing beads throughout the web, you can make one that's all beads. It will be sturdier and easier to hang. You can also recreate the spider web on a smaller scale. Use wire and beads to make one or more webs that fit into your door or window frames. Finally, you could add a beaded spider to your web for an adorable extra detail, and pair this with another affordable idea, which involves turning thrifted holiday villages into a spooky-chic Halloween DIY.