Creating your own spider web with an embroidery hoop is an easy, creative way to bring a little Halloween spookiness to your home without any actual creepy-crawlies! This craft combines the fun of weaving with the fun of decorating, allowing kids to make their own webs and even add a playful spider to “scare” anyone who dares to get too close. It’s a perfect project to work on fine motor skills while making a cool decoration that can be hung anywhere you want a little Halloween vibe.
This project is not only fun but also totally customizable. Kids can choose different colors of yarn, and they can decide how big or intricate they want their web to be. With just a few materials, they’ll have their very own spider webs ready to hang, perfect for adding a little spooky charm to your Halloween setup.
Why You’ll Love This Craft
You’ll love these Embroidery Hoop Spider Webs because they’re easy to make, inexpensive, and great for building creativity and patience. The weaving process is both soothing and engaging for kids, and the finished webs look fantastic when hung up. Plus, it’s a mess-free craft that makes for a fun Halloween decoration, giving kids something to proudly display.
What You’ll Need
- Embroidery hoop (any size)
- White or colored yarn
- Toy spider or plastic spider ring
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Set up the embroidery hoop:
Open the embroidery hoop by loosening the screw at the top and separating the two hoops. Place the inner hoop on a flat surface and set the outer hoop aside for now.
2. Tie the yarn to start the web:
Take a long piece of yarn (about twice the diameter of the hoop) and cut and tie one end securely to the hoop. This will be the beginning of your web design. Don’t worry if it looks simple at first; it will take shape as you add more layers.
3. Start weaving the web:
Repeat that same step to create a cross and then repeat it two more time to create two diagonal lines. This will be the base of the web from which you will be weaving around.
Return the outer hoop on the inner hoop and tighten it.
4. Add more web layers:
Take another piece of long yarn, and tie it to one of the line you just created close to the center. Cut off the excess part.
Next, wrap the yarn around the next line. Loop the yarn around each intersecting point, moving in a circular pattern until you reach the outside. This will fill out the web and make it look like a real spider web. Tie off the yarn when you’re done.
Continue wrapping the yarn around the initial lines until you reach the hoops. Then tie the end to the last yarn and cut off the excess yarn.
Go around the hoop and cut off any excess pieces of yarn.
5. Place the spider:
Attach a small plastic spider to the web. You can tie it with a bit of yarn or simply tuck it into the webbing so it appears to be crawling across the web.
6. Hang it up:
Once complete, your spider web is ready to display. Tie a piece of yarn to the top of the hoop to hang it up on a nail, hook, or even from a door handle.
Embroidery Hoop Spider Webs are a fun and easy way to bring a handmade touch to your Halloween decor. Plus, they make for great party decorations or even spooky gifts!
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
