Garden Spider Ornament

How to Make Spider Ornaments

Looking for more spider handmade ornaments? The garden spider ornament is an "every day, anytime" ornament and is a bit of a hybrid between the Christmas spider ornaments and the Halloween spider ornament.

The instructions for this arts and crafts project are identical to those of the Christmas spider ornaments except for some minor differences in the materials.

The similarities to the Halloween spider ornament are that their legs are made of fuzzy chenille pipe cleaners (as opposed to the thinner "glitter" stems on the Christmas spiders) and they do not have bows on their legs.

Here is what you will need to make this spider ornament.

Materials

55 mm clear glass ball ornament (approximately 2-1/8 inches from top to bottom, not including the cap)

• The glass ball needs to have a cap with seven "leaves" or flaps, with spaced slots in between, as shown in the photo to the right. Not all ornaments have caps like this, so be sure you get the right kind. For more information, see Ornament Cap and Spring Wire Design.

4 12-inch green chenille stems (pipe cleaners)

• The pipe cleaners I used came with pink stripes on them. Solid-colored green pipe cleaners are fine too!

Green paper shred

2 green pompons

2 wiggle eyes

Glue

Ribbon

Instructions

Remove the cap from the glass ball.

Fill the ball with paper shred. (Use the eraser end of a pencil. The rim of the glass ball may have sharp edges.)

Turn the ornament cap upside down and insert the four pipe cleaners between slotted grooves. Then replace the cap on the ornament and secure it with the spring wire.

• See the instructions for the Christmas spider ornaments or the Halloween spider ornament for more detailed instructions and step-by-step photos on attaching the legs and securing the ornament cap.

Shape the pipe cleaners to look like spider legs.

Attach the pompons where you want the eyes to be.

Attach the wiggle eyes on top of the pompons.

Tie a bow around the cap.

Loop a ribbon through the spring wire and knot it.

You now have a garden spider ornament that is pretty darn cute if you ask me! Hang it on the Christmas tree or display it in your kitchen or powder room. If you have a sun room with lots of plants in it, this ornament would look great there too. So many choices!

To store your garden spider ornament, consider recycling a plastic container from the salad bar to use as an ornament storage box.

If you want to make glass ornaments throughout the year, I recommend that you stock up on glass ornaments in various sizes and shapes in the Fall. Most craft stores consider ornament making a seasonal craft and only stock glass ornaments for a few months preceding Christmas. For more information, see Craft Tip.

You will find a complete listing and photos of all ornaments featured on How To Arts and Crafts on the Handmade Ornaments for All Occasions page.

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