Hi! It’s Kendra here, from My Insanity with a “somewhat simple” and somewhat spooky Halloween sign. This actually came together really quickly and really inexpensively!
I started with a scrap piece of beadboard left over from another project that was headed for the garbage (FREE!). The great thing about Halloween is you want it to be a little rough around the edges, so most any old scrap could work. It happened to be the perfect length for these vinyl words I had purchased at Hobby Lobby at their after Halloween clearance the year before (cheap!). Many of us have vinyl cutting machines now and could easily cut similar lettering. You could also consider stenciling or even free-handing if you are artistically inclined.
Now, for the fun part, take a paint pen or black sharpie marker and hide little spiders and spiderwebs in and through out the letters.
I put black cobwebs in each corner and then used some of the round letters as homes for more spiderwebs. If the letters were 3D, where might spiders spin their webs?
I’ll bet most of you can draw these more neatly than I did, but just in case you are intimidated by free-handing designs, I thought I would show you how easy these are to draw.
Drawing a Spiderweb:
- Decide what space you want the web to fill
- Pick a center spot and draw rays out from there (they can be varying lengths–if possible connect them to the other side of the letter).
- Make several smaller lines attaching the rays. I often make these curved but they could be straight and alternating angles.
Drawing Hanging Spiders:
Again, super easy!
- Pick a spot on a letter where the spider could attach it’s web.
- Make a straight line down.
- Add a circle at the end of the line
- Give the spider some tiny legs. (8 if you want to be accurate).
Last year I left the sign beneath my mantle, but this year I’m liking it as a spooky reminder right above my guests heads as they walk out the door. They can just imagine those spooky spiders dropping down on them. Eek!
Thanks to Steph for participating in this fun Blog Swap (organized by The Dating Divas) with me. Don’t forget to see what spooky insanity she has shared over at my place!
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Such a great idea! I have some beadboard left over and I didn’t know what to do with it. Thanks for the idea!!
This is really cute. I’m wondering how good it would look with some orange coloring as well. This definitely provides some inspiration, and now I need to go looking around the house for random things to turn into Halloween decoration. Thanks!