This simple art technique creates the prettiest watercolor spider web art. Kids of all ages will love creating spider webs artwork either at home or in the classroom. Parents and teachers appreciate the simplicity of this easy art project for kids that is great for Halloween or any time spiders are being celebrated! Grab a few simple supplies and let’s make watercolor spider webs together…
WATERCOLOR SPIDER WEB ART PROJECT FOR KIDS
I really loved how this spider art project turned out. With the combination of glue and watercolor paints, this craft can be a little messy. I suggest covering your work area in newspaper or craft paper so clean up is a breeze!
This art project is easy for younger kids to do and it’s inexpensive. I bet you have lots of plastic spiders or spider stickers from Halloween last year. I think it would undoubtedly be the perfect art and craft project for classrooms too.
We used three different types of glue for our project to see which would work the best. We’ll show you the results below, and share how you can make your own glue at home to make yet another version of this fun art project.
HOW TO MAKE A SPIDER WEB PAINTING
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE SPIDER WEB ART
glue – we used white glue, clear glue, and glitter glue
white paper
pencil
paint brushes
watercolors (orange, blue, purple, and black watercolor paints work best)
spider stickers, plastic spiders, or a permanent marker to draw your own spiders
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SPIDER WEB ART
Step 1
This first step for making our spider web art is to make an easy spider web drawing:
Start by putting a dot on your paper.
Draw lines to the edges of the page.
Join the lines together by drawing small arcs between each line.
We drew our spider webs in three different positions on the page so you can see that there’s really no wrong way to draw your spider web.
Step 2
Using glue, trace over your drawn spider web lines. As you can see we used glitter glue on one, white glue on another, and clear glue on the last spider web. Set these aside to dry, you might need to leave them overnight. My favorite is the glitter glue spider web.
Spider web craft tip: We found that the glue began to bead, so using a paint brush, we brushed it over each of the lines. Spider web craft tip: We found that the glue began to bead, so using a paint brush, we brushed it over each of the lines.
Step 3
Once the glue is dried, it’s time to paint the entire picture using watercolors. Make sure to paint over the dried glue entirely so the webs will appear.
We used a few shades of each color to paint our spider webs beginning with the lightest shade, and ending with the darkest at the edge of the page.
Step 4
Once everything is completely dry, it’s time to add spiders to the spider webs. You can do this with stickers, by gluing plastic spiders on, or by drawing spiders using a marker
OUR FINISHED SPIDER WEB ART
Hang up and show off your not-so creepy spider web craft!
Check out another version of this watercolor Halloween craft that we made for the Imperial Sugar website. We show you how to make homemade glue instead of school glue.