Halloween Spider Web Door Decoration DIY Tutorial

Create creepy-crawly DIY Halloween spider web door decorations for the home, dorm, office, or classroom with the step-by-step tutorial below.

Discover how to create spider web Halloween door decorations featuring spooky spiders crawling up and down for your home, school, dorm, office, or classroom. Using Halloween spider crafts makes it quick and easy to decorate for Halloween, especially magnetic spiders on a metal door. They easily adhere to various magnetic surfaces, including front doors, classroom doors, security doors, refrigerator doors, filing cabinet doors, garage doors, and other similar surfaces.

Spiders without magnets can be used in a similar way to decorate a wooden door, and the tutorial provides instructions for either option. This tutorial teaches how to make spider crafts with or without a magnet. However, you may need to use a string, hooks, tape, or push pins to secure spiders without magnets among the cobwebs, and help the spider web adhere to the door. Turn your front door into a spider’s dream with these easy and budget-friendly touches. Please read through the instructions for how-to suggestions.

First published October 8, 2019; this spider web door decor tutorial is regularly updated to improve the content. Scroll down for the complete step-by-step instructions to make these simple Halloween spider web door decorations. If you’re really in the Halloween spirit, you might also enjoy this DIY porch decor, which features skeletons, big spiders, and spider webs that complement these door decorations perfectly.

DIY Halloween Door Decoration Ideas

Learn how to transform spider crafts, fake spider toys, and spiderwebs into DIY door decorations to elevate the spookiness factor of almost any door with this simple tutorial. Kids and adults of all ages enjoy creating creepy-crawly spider Halloween door decorations to surprise trick-or-treaters, and impress onlookers and Halloween partygoers with this easy, step-by-step spider web door decoration. You might also enjoy making a Giant Halloween Spider Web Decoration for your front porch or balcony, or use the step-by-step instructions to create a smaller one for your front door.

You can make the spiders to put in the spider web (with or without magnets, depending on the type of door you are decorating) or purchase spiders in small, medium, or large. Combine them with stretchy spider webs or the creepy gauze cloth recommended in the craft supplies below. Then use your preferred supplies, along with the step-by-step DIY tutorial below, to decorate your front door, classroom door, or office. Please read the instructions before choosing supplies, so you can make a more informed choice about the types of materials you want to use to create your own spider web door decoration.

Magnetic spiders make it easy to decorate any magnetic surface. They also make it easy to help secure the spider web to the door. But non-magnetic spiders can also be used to decorate a non-magnetic door for Halloween. My family and I used poseable DIY Halloween spiders to decorate our front door (a metal security door) and the refrigerator door! You can see how adorable they look on the fridge in the photo below, as well as how fun and creepy they appear in the spider web on our front door in each of the other pictures for this tutorial.

Halloween Door Decor Supplies:

Create a spooky spider web decoration to impress your friends and neighbors with one of my family’s favorite Halloween DIYs. Creating creepy-crawly Halloween spider door decor is quick and easy. Before you begin decorating, read through the step-by-step instructions in the following section and gather the recommended supplies listed below:

• Choose at least one of the spiders below:
  • Spider Halloween Crafts:
    • This tutorial shows you how to make spiders using pipe cleaners for legs, pom-poms or glass gems for the body, with or without a magnet (for use with metal or wooden doors), to create a spider web door decoration similar to the one in the photo below.
    • Glass gems are used to make the spiders shown in the photos, but pom-poms work just as well.
  • Medium Spiders
  • Small Spiders
    • Use glue tape to attach disc magnets to the bottom (the spider’s belly) of the small or medium-sized plastic spider decorations (optional).
      • Don’t use neodymium magnets for this purpose; they are too strong and can pull away from the body of the spider when you pull them off a magnetic surface.
    • Small and medium spider toys typically don’t require adhesive if you are not attaching magnets to them, as they can be stuck into or wrapped in the web to secure them in place. However, you can use glue tape to attach them to the web if necessary (just be careful not to get it on the door, as it can be challenging to remove).
  • Alternatively, or in addition to the other spiders, you can secure a large hairy spider onto the door (read the instructions for directions).
• Choose one of the following to create the spider web:
  • Stretchy spider web
  • Colored stretchy spider web
  • Creepy cloth fabric.
    • Update 2025: Since this tutorial was first published, I have learned that stretchy spider web decorations can be harmful for birds, insects, and other wildlife. Please use it sparingly, if at all. Spooky gauze fabric is a safer alternative for Halloween decorations.
• Optional supplies to secure the web in place:
  • Clear tape or painters’ tape for delicate surfaces.
  • Push pins.
  • Mini command hooks, or small wire toggle hooks
• Scissors (optional for cutting web if needed)
• Goo Gone to remove tape or hook adhesive residue after removing the spider web decoration from the door, if needed.

How to Make Halloween Spider Door Decorations

It’s quick and easy to decorate a security or magnetic door with spider magnets for Halloween. Because we had a black security door when I wrote this tutorial, I used white spider webs and multi-colored spiders to make DIY Halloween door decorations, as shown in the photographs. In contrast, white security doors look fantastic decorated with a colored spider web, and a few magnetic spiders in a complementary or contrasting color. Follow the step-by-step DIY tutorial below to create a spooktacular front door, just like the one in the photos. Alternatively, use your preferred supplies from the recommendations above and the step-by-step instructions below to decorate any other type of door with the suggestions provided.

How to Decorate a Door with a Spider Web and Spiders:

Spider magnets make decorating for Halloween super easy, but creating spider decorations without a magnet is even easier. First, make spider Halloween crafts with or without a magnet, depending on the type of door you are decorating. Children and adults of all ages enjoy creating creepy-crawly crafts to decorate for Halloween. Next, use the DIY Halloween spider crafts to decorate any door.

Magnetic spiders look fantastic on magnetic metal doors and gates, refrigerator doors, magnetic whiteboards and calendars, garage doors, metal security doors, and filing cabinets. However, non-magnetic spider crafts, toys, and fake spiders of all kinds are better suited for non-magnetic surfaces, such as wooden doors. Fake spiders without magnets also look outstanding, crawling up or down a fence or porch pillar and other non-magnetic surfaces. You can also hang these DIY Spider Egg Sac Halloween decorations near the door to add to the spookiness.

1. Gather spider web door decorations:

• Read our spider craft tutorial to learn how to make spiders to use as door decorations with or without magnets, or purchase one of the other Halloween spider options recommended in the supplies above.
• Purchase the type of web you want to use: a stretchy spider web or a creepy cloth fabric.

2. Clean the surface of the door:

• Wipe down the door to remove dust and dirt, ensuring it is clean.
• This is especially important if you will be using tape or adhesive hooks to attach the webbing to the door.

3. Prepare the spider web:

• Take the spider web out of its packaging.
• If using stretchy spider web, pull and stretch the webbing out by pulling it from the corners.
• If using creepy cloth, gently pull and stretch the material to give it an aged and tattered look. Cut or tear a few holes in it if desired.
• Cut the webbing or cloth into smaller pieces if needed to fit the door.

4. Plan the spider web design:

• Determine whether you want to cover the entire door, create a centered web, or drape it around a small portion of it.
• Hold up the web to visualize how it will look and adjust the size as needed.

5. Hang the web on the door and anchor it in place:

• To hang fake spider webs to cover the entire door, start by wrapping it around one of the door’s corners to create an anchor point.
  • Attach the web to the inside corner or secure it in place around the back corner of the door in a way that does not interfere with the door’s function.
  • Place small tape strips to secure the web to the door if needed.
  • Clear tape works well, but painter’s tape is better for delicate surfaces.
  • Alternatively, use a clear mini hook or a wire toggle hook to attach the web to the corner.
• Stretch the web to wrap, drape, and attach the white stretchy spider web, colored flexible spider web, or creepy gauze cloth across the door.
• Find other rough edges and handles of various types to wrap or twist the spider web around, helping it stick.
• Use magnetic spiders to help secure the web in place on metal doors.
• If needed, use push pins, hooks (such as clear mini 3M hooks or small wire toggle hooks), or tape to help attach the spider web to the door or hang it securely in place if you find it challenging to anchor the web.
  • Hook the strands around the fasteners or tie them on.
    • These options are handy if you are using creepy cloth as the web.
    • They can also be helpful if you are hanging a small yarn or rope web on the door, or plan to center the web in the middle of the door.

6. Shape and secure the spider web door decoration in place:

• Secure additional points on the door to keep the stretch spider web taught and in place.
  • Pull at the spider web to fill in empty areas.
  • Place additional small tape strips, pins, or hooks to secure the web to the door if needed.
• Alternatively, drape the creepy fabric and secure it as desired using tape, push pins, or hooks.

7. Place Halloween spiders in the web or on the door:

• Place the Halloween spiders randomly in the web or on the door, or arrange them in a creepy-crawly line in one direction or another, as shown in the photographs for this spider web door decoration, to create a Halloween-themed decoration.
  • Create spider crafts, or select from the options recommended in the spider web door decor supplies listed above.
• Use spiders with a magnet attached for metallic surfaces. This will also help secure the webbing in place.
• Small spiders without magnets can perch in between the fibers of the web to help secure them in place. (Wrap them within the web by putting the fibers around them.)
  • If needed, secure them to the web with tape or tie fishing line around them and to the web to ensure they will remain firmly in place.
  • You can even hang a few from the web or from the ceiling and attach them to the walls, pillars, and other desired surfaces.
• Alternatively, secure a large hairy spider to the door with tape, push pins, or wrap a few of the legs around small wire toggle hooks if the door is not magnetic.
  • If the door is magnetic, use double-sided glue tape to attach disc magnets to a few of the spider’s legs to secure it to the door.

8. Ensure the door functions properly:

• Open and close the door gently to ensure the web does not interfere with the door’s proper function or fall off.
• Also, ensure the spiders are firmly in place and do not fall off when the door is opened and closed.
• Make any adjustments needed if anything loosens or blocks movement.

Related: Halloween Ghost Craft and Decoration

Spider Magnet Halloween Door Decorations

Spider magnets can be used to decorate any magnetic surface for Halloween. This means you can use Halloween spider magnets to decorate any door with a magnetic surface, such as classroom and filing cabinet doors. Or, use spider magnets to decorate magnetic whiteboards and calendars for Halloween at home, school, or the office!

Surprise trick-or-treaters and Halloween party guests with this fun and easy Halloween spider Door Decor! Spider magnets make it easy to decorate any metal surface for Halloween, including the front door, classroom doors, security doors, refrigerator doors, metal gates, filing cabinet doors, and even magnetic chalkboards & calendars.

You might also enjoy using these gems to make fingerprint art magnets. They make a great gift idea for parents and grandparents.

Learn more about Nell Regan Kartychok, author, photographer, and creator of this spider web door decoration HERE, and Rhythms of Play HERE!

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• Halloween Ghost Craft and Decoration
• Spider Egg Sac Halloween Decor

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