Halloween: How to Make a Cute Spider Candy Holder

When Halloween rolls around, you may not want to spend the evening answering the door but you want to provide candy for trick-or-treating children. One way to do this is to have a candy holder hanging from the door.

You or your children can learn how to make a cute spider candy holder so they can enjoy the night as well.

Of course, you probably don’t want to leave all of the candy you’ll be giving out in a candy holder.

Someone may decide they like what you have and take more than their share.

This cute spider candy holder will hold some candy but not so much that you can’t step away for a minute.

To make this candy holder you’ll need the following items:

* 9" paper plate
* 4 black chenille stems
* Three 36"-long pieces of green yarn
* Black, white and light green acrylic paint
* 3" x 5" piece of orange construction paper
* Black marker
* White craft glue
* Scissors

Start out by folding the paper plate in half and then cutting it into two pieces. Next paint the pieces on one side with black spray paint.

You can also find black paper plates in some party supply stores for “over the hill” parties.

If you’ve painted the plates, allow them to dry thoroughly.

Glue the unpainted, scalloped edges together to create a pocket.

Be sure to leave the straight cut edge open or you won’t be able to put candy into it.

Cut all four chenille stems in half and set two of them aside.

Bend the remaining stems about one inch up from the end to create feet. Some of the feet will point left and some right.

On the other two, bend them an inch on one end and two inches on the other.

Glue three on one side and three on the other.

Glue the ones with both ends bent 1/3 of the way down on each side.

Use white paper or paint to make eyeballs with black paint for the iris and a white dot in the center for pupils.

If you used paper to create the eyes they will have to be glued on.

Paint a squiggly line for the mouth with green paint.

Create a sign on orange construction paper for the spider to hold saying “Trick-or-Treat” or “Happy Halloween.”

Gather all three pieces of yarn together and then braid them to create a handle.

When the braid is completed, tie a knot in the other end of the yarn.

Glue the ends along the inside of the holder where the two parts of the paper plate are joined together. Allow this to dry completely before filling it with candy.

Remember not to fill the holder with too much candy at one time.

It is only made from paper plates, glue and yarn so it’s not extremely heavy duty.

You may want to make more than one in case the first one tears up from use.

Once you’ve learned how to make a cute spider candy holder for this year’s Halloween celebration, you may want to make other candy holders for the future.

Think of the other types of holders you can make – Frankenstein, pumpkins or tombstones.

Children will look forward to what next year’s candy holder will be.

There are lots of creative and fun craft ideas for the whole family in our main section here, so just check out Arts and Crafts for Kids.

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