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Watercolor Spider Webs

October 17, 2017 By Vicky 9 Comments

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With Halloween coming up later this month, we have been busy working on Halloween crafts. One of our favorirte art activities is painting with watercolor paint and these fun and spooky Watercolor Spider Webs combine our love of watercolors with a Halloween theme. Thanks to Imperial Sugar for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own.

These watercolor spider webs are easy to make with homemade glue and watercolor paint! #sponsored

We were inspired to make these watercolor spider webs by a craft we saw on Imperial Sugar’s Kid’s Kitchen section where you can find lots of Halloween craft ideas for kids. What really makes these spider webs special is that you make them using homemade glue. My kids had no idea that you could make your own glue so they were excited to learn about the process and of course, to help.

 

To make these water color spider webs, you will need:

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • white paper
  • pencil
  • paint brushes
  • watercolors in Halloween colors
  • small spider toys or spider stickers

Directions:

  1. In a medium pot, mix flour, sugar, water and oil. Stir over low heat until the mixture becomes smooth and thickens up a bit.

watercolor spider webs

watercolor spider webs

2. Draw spider webs on paper using a pencil. Paint over the spider webs using the glue mixture. Let the spider webs dry completely, preferably overnight.

You may be able to just use a brush and glue to make the spider webs, but my kids found it extra helpful for me to lightly draw the spider webs on the paper using a pencil. They they just used a brush and glue to paint over the webs.

watercolor spider webs

3. Use watercolors to paint over the dried glue spider webs. The spider webs will become more vivid.

Experiment with different colors of paint. While black will certainly give you a traditional Halloween look, I found that colors like orange and purple really just make everything pop.

4. When the paint has dried, you can add toy spiders to complete the spooky look.

Here are our finished webs!

watercolor spider webs

watercolor spider webs

 

 The kids had a great time making their own glue with flour and sugar and then creating these eye catching watercolor spider webs. I enjoyed doing an art project with my kids while creating a fun memory and we will use these spider webs as part of our Halloween decor.

Visit Imperial Sugar’s Kids Kitchen section for more Halloween Craft and Edible Art ideas.

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Comments

  1. Dada says

    October 17, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    What a cool idea and its homemade! I have to try to do it with my daughter! Imagine doing a big spider web to hang on the wall for the halloween party! You can hang one or two flies to look like the spider has trap some!

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    • Vicky says

      October 17, 2017 at 1:12 pm

      It would be perfect for a party. Love your idea!

      Reply
  2. Kristin says

    October 17, 2017 at 7:22 pm

    This is such a fun craft idea! Totally going to do it with my preschooler!

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    • Vicky says

      October 18, 2017 at 9:52 am

      You guys will have a great time! Happy Halloween!

      Reply
  3. Nellwyn says

    October 18, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    This looks like a fun craft idea for kids. I used to love painting with watercolours when I was younger.

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  4. Amy Dong says

    October 18, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    OH, very cool! My artsy 8 year old would love this. Looks like it’s pretty easy to manage, too.

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  5. Aileen Luib says

    October 19, 2017 at 1:40 am

    How cool is that!? I gotta try this with my nieces!

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  6. Sapana V says

    October 19, 2017 at 9:25 am

    This spider web is looking great. You should encourage your kids for this type of arts.

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  7. ChrissyAdventures says

    October 24, 2017 at 11:37 am

    What a super cute and totally fun project to do with the kids! I may have one grandchild young enough that I could do this project with. Thank you!!

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