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Easy Halloween crafts: spooky spider plants

October 23, 2020 by Catherine 8 Comments

easy halloween crafts - spooky spider plants

We’ve had so much fun making these spooky spider plants!  Aren’t they just perfect for Halloween?

I saw this easy Halloween crafts idea on the Amateur Gardening website, and thought the kids would love to have a go.  We did this craft outdoors, but it would work perfectly well indoors if the weather isn’t great.

How to make spooky spider plants

Here’s what you need to make your very own spooky spider plants.

  • Plant pots (please try to avoid plastic if you’re buying new ones)
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Googly eyes
  • Permanent marker or chalk pen
  • Compost
  • Little spider plants – these came from a larger spider plant that had sent out ‘runners’ with new little plants on them. If you don’t have these you could just use bigger pots and bigger plants – or maybe ask friends and neighbours if they have any?
spooky spider plants nature craft

We went for a black colour scheme, but I bet colourful pipe cleaners and plant pots would look brilliant too.

Start by making eight little holes in each plant pot (four on each side) for the legs.  One long pipe cleaner makes two spider legs; you simply bend it in half, then poke it through two holes that are next to each other.  Once it’s through, you can play around with bending it to create feet and knees.

spooky spider plants nature craft

Here’s how our pots looked once the legs were done.

spooky spider plants nature craft

Next, fill each pot with compost and tap it down lightly.

spooky spider plants nature craft

The spider plants go in next. Ours were quite small, so we put 2-3 in each pot to give it a nice hairy effect.

spooky spider plants nature craft

Stick the googly eyes on next – now I know most spiders have eight eyes, but the kids wanted to leave it at two!

spooky spider plants nature craft

The final step was to draw a mouth on the plant pot; we used a white chalk pen to do this.

easy halloween crafts - spooky spider plants

What do you think of our finished spooky spider plants?   I like the fact that they combine gardening with an easy Halloween craft, and are simple for kids to make and personalise in their own way.

More Halloween fun

You might also like to check out my post on family-friendly Halloween jokes. We also love making these leaf ghosts, which are a great way to use leaves collected on an autumn walk.

What Halloween crafts are you having fun with this month?

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Looking for easy Halloween crafts for kids? These spooky spider plants are simple to make and lots of fun! Includes full instructions.

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Comments

  1. Becky says

    October 13, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Oh I just adore these !

    Reply
    • Catherine says

      October 13, 2016 at 1:03 pm

      Thanks Becky, the kids are rather fond of them too 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy Le Pelley says

    October 13, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    These are adorable and so simple! Thank you for sharing! #naturallycrafty

    Reply
    • Catherine says

      October 14, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      They really were easy, perfect for young children 🙂

      Reply
  3. Heather says

    October 14, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Very cute! Nice way to provide a gardening activity for kids.

    Reply
    • Catherine says

      October 14, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      Thanks Heather, my kids really enjoyed themselves with this one.

      Reply

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