How to Make a Giant Spider Halloween Decoration

A creepy, crawly, scary and formidable giant spider crawling on your wall: It's what nightmares are made of. But what could be better to frighten away all those ghosts and goblins inching up to ring your doorbell on Halloween night? Add some spine-chilling sounds, an enormous web and a spooky jack-o'-lantern to create the perfectly eerie front porch.

Just grab a few pool noodles, some wire, a couple of foam balls and a little duct tape to get your ghoulish DIY game on this Halloween season. The whole neighborhood will be talking about your amazing arachnid display for years to come. All you need is this Halloween craft tutorial!

Slide each 6-foot piece of wire inside of each pool noodle. These will be your Halloween spider's legs.

Use a half-hitch knot to cinch the center of the pool noodles together with the clothesline. Pull the knot as tight as you can while keeping the pool noodles as flat as possible to keep them from bunching up on top of each other. Trim the ends of the cord.

Cover the foam balls with the black duct tape. This will be your giant spider's body. You can already tell what an excellent addition this will be to any haunted house or Halloween party.

Connect the head to the body with a 1/2-inch wooden dowel.

Place the spider body on top of the legs and wrap more black duct tape around the body and legs to attach them together.

Bend the legs to get the desired effect for your spider and maximize the fright factor of this spooky decoration.

Place the spider on your porch or adhere him to a giant spiderweb. For a complete tutorial on how to create the giant web, click here.

Happy Halloween!