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.

This DIY Halloween door decor tutorial shows how to create spider web door decorations featuring spooky spiders crawling up and down for your home, school, dorm, office, or classroom. Turn your front door into a spider’s dream with these easy and budget-friendly Halloween door decor ideas.

First published October 8, 2019; this creepy-crawly 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. This DIY porch decor, featuring skeletons, big spiders, and spider webs, complements these door decorations well.

Halloween spider door decorations on stretchy spider web

DIY Halloween Door Decoration with Webs and Spiders

Learn how to turn spiders and spider webs into DIY door decorations that boost the spookiness factor of almost any door with this simple tutorial. Create creepy-crawly spider Halloween door decorations to impress onlookers and partygoers, or surprise trick-or-treaters, 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.

You can make spider crafts with or without magnets, depending on the type of door you are decorating. Alternatively, purchase spiders in small, medium, or large sizes. 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, to decorate your front door, classroom door, or office.

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, and how fun and creepy they look on the spider web on our front door in each of the other pictures in this tutorial.

spider magnet craft - Halloween spider craft

Spider Web 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 with the craft supplies below. Please read the instructions before choosing supplies so you can make a more informed choice about the materials you want to use to create your own spider web door decoration. Then gather the recommended supplies you prefer from the list below:

Spiders for Halloween Door Decor

Making your own spider crafts makes Halloween decorating quick and easy. Spider magnet crafts, for example, work great on metal doors. They stick easily to various magnetic surfaces, including front doors, classroom doors, security doors, refrigerator doors, filing cabinet doors, garage doors, and similar surfaces. A separate tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on making spider crafts with or without a magnet.

You can also use non-magnetic spiders to decorate a wooden door the same way. However, you’ll need string, hooks, tape, or push pins to secure the spiders among the cobwebs and help the spider web adhere to the door. The DIY tutorial below provides instructions for either option.

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.
Medium Spiders.
Small Spiders
Use glue tape to attach disc magnets to the bottom (the spider’s belly) if the door is magnetic. I don’t recommend using 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.
If you’re not using magnetic spiders, use glue tape, or stick them into the web or wrap them to secure them in place. (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).

Spiderweb Options for Door Decor

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 harm birds, insects, and other wildlife. When wrapped around a door, this is less of a problem. Or use a safer alternative for your Halloween decorations, such as spooky gauze fabric above.

Craft Supplies for Securing the Web in Place:

Optional supplies to secure the web in place:

Clear tape or painter’s 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.

Making Halloween Spider and Spiderweb Door Decorations

Creating creepy-crawly Halloween spider door decor is quick and easy. 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.

However, today my family prefers using some kind of creepy fabric instead. Twist it, wrap it, pull it, and tear it to look more like a real spider web.

Follow the step-by-step DIY tutorial below to create a spooktacular front door like the one in the photos, or use one of the alternative options to create creepy-crawly door decor.

multi-colored Halloween spider web decorations running around on a metal security door with stretchy spider web.

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

First, make spider Halloween crafts with or without a magnet, or purchase your favorite spiders from the craft supply list above, depending on the type of door you are decorating. 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 work best on non-magnetic surfaces, such as wooden doors. Fake spiders without magnets also look great crawling up or down a fence, porch pillar, or other non-magnetic surface. 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, and make sure it’s clean.
This is especially important if you’ll use 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 it by pulling 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, if desired.
Cut the webbing or cloth into smaller pieces if needed to fit the door.

4. Plan the spider web design:

Decide whether you want to cover the entire door as shown in the photographs, create a centered web, or drape it around a small portion.
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 around the back corner of the door so it doesn’t interfere with the door’s function.
If needed, use small strips of tape to secure the web to the door.
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, pull, or even twist the web to the opposite corner, then secure it. Make sure it’s secure before moving on to the next step.

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

Continue to stretch the web to wrap, drape, and attach the white stretchy spider web, colored flexible spider web, or creepy gauze cloth across and down the door.
Use rough edges or door handles to wrap or twist the spider web, and use strategically placed hooks or tape to keep it in place.
Secure additional points on the door to keep the stretched spider web taut. If needed, use push pins, hooks (such as clear mini 3M hooks or small wire toggle hooks), or tape to attach the spider web to the door or hang it securely. 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 help if you are hanging a small yarn or rope web on the door, or if you plan to center the web in the middle of the door.
Placing Magnetic spiders on it can also help secure the web to metal doors.
Pull at the spider web to fill in empty areas.
Use additional small tape strips, pins, or hooks to secure the web wherever needed.
Alternatively, drape the creepy fabric, twist it, pull it, and secure it in place as you work 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, to create a Halloween-themed decoration.
Create spider crafts with the DIY tutorial, or select from the options recommended in the spider web door decor supplies listed above.
Use spiders with an attached magnet for metallic surfaces. This will also help secure the webbing.
Small spiders without magnets can perch between the web’s fibers 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 keep them firmly in place.
You can also use fishing line to hang a few from the web or the ceiling, then attach them to walls, pillars, and other desired surfaces.
Alternatively, secure a large hairy spider to the door with tape or push pins, or wrap a few legs around small wire toggle hooks if the door is not magnetic.

8. Ensure the door functions properly:

Open and close the door gently to make sure the web doesn’t interfere with the door’s function or fall off.
Also, make sure the spiders are firmly in place and don’t fall off when the door opens and closes.
Make any adjustments needed if anything loosens or blocks movement.

Creepy-crawly spider crafts and decorations for Halloween.

Spider Magnet Halloween Door Decorations

Use spider magnets 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.

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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.

DIY Halloween Door Decoration with Webs and Spiders