DIY Halloween Spider Dome Candy Holder
Halloween is a fun time for everyone, especially the kids, and they're going to love this creative Halloween spider candy holder crafting project.
Servings: 1 spider candy holder
Ingredients
- 1 printable pattern
- 1 Sheet cardstock 8.5 x 11-inch
- 1 Sheet textured cardstock 12-inch square, black
- 1 Piece cardstock 1-inch square, red
- 1 plastic half-dome split ornament 60mm
- 1 ⅜-inch wide ribbon or 4 pre-made bows 4 inches
- 4 wiggle eyes 2 x 3/8 inch and 2 x 1/4 inch
- paper fasteners
- 1 Pair scissors
- 1 pencil
- 1 white gel pen optional
- PVA school glue like Elmer's optional
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- tape optional
- candy to fill spiders
Instructions
- Print the pattern onto cardstock and cut out all the pieces. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the center of each piece as shown.
- Trace the spider upper body pattern piece (#1) and leg pattern piece (#2) onto the back of the novelty cardstock and cut it out.
- Assemble the candy dispenser mechanism by stacking pieces #3 to 6 in numerical order and fastening them together using a paper fastener. Insert the paper fastener and bend the arms so they lay flat against piece #6. Use a small piece of tape to secure the arms of the paper fastener to prevent them from spinning. Glue piece #7 on top to hide the paper fastener arms. You can use Elmer’s school glue for this step if you prefer it to hot glue. Make sure to line up the dispenser hole so the mechanism can work!
- Turn over the mechanism and glue the single black spider leg piece (#2) onto the ‘leg’ of the dispenser mechanism.
- Use hot glue to stick the plastic half dome to the candy dispensing mechanism. If your ornament has a plastic hanging loop, align it so that the loop is opposite the triangular opening and will be hidden at the back of your finished spider.
- Hot glue the black spider upper-body piece in place, taking care not to glue or obstruct the moving spider leg!
- Gently curve the spider’s legs, by bending them around your fingers or a pencil, so that the spider can stand.
- Hot glue the wiggle eyes onto the spider’s face.
- Cut out a mouth from red cardstock, use a white gel pen to draw on teeth, and attach it to the face of the spider using hot glue.
- Decorate the spider with a bow, bow tie, or other embellishments.
- Fill the spider with candy and close the dispenser. Your Halloween spider candy holder is now complete!
Notes
Choosing the candy: Fill it with any candy that fits in the hole (or enlarge it slightly). If you're using unwrapped candies, ensure your candy dome is food-safe.
Supervise the little ones: Small kids can help make these but keep an eye on them because of the scissors and hot glue.
Have fun with the supplies: Choose different colors and types of cardstock to make the spider candy holders unique.
Supervise the little ones: Small kids can help make these but keep an eye on them because of the scissors and hot glue.
Have fun with the supplies: Choose different colors and types of cardstock to make the spider candy holders unique.
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