Spider web decorations are a Halloween staple. Here’s a different spin on the classic round web decoration. Sometimes your decorating calls for just a portion of the web. Follow this tutorial for a perfect corner spider web.
You can use plain copy paper for a spider web, but waxed paper and parchment paper give great results. Another super option—especially for a really big web—is a trash bag. I’m using parchment paper to make this corner spider web.
Let’s make a corner spider web:
- You need to begin with a square. Any size, but I’m using a 15″ square. Lay your square on a flat surface.
- Make your first fold. Bring the lower right corner to the top left corner. Press the fold line in place.
- For the second fold, bring the lower left corner to the top right corner. Again, press the fold line.
- For the last fold, bring the bottom center point to the top. You will have a triangle of excess paper on the right side of your folded paper.
- Cut away the excess triangle.
- Rotate the folded paper 90° counterclockwise.
- Sketch the web lines with a pencil, pen, or marker following this diagram.
- Cut away the top arc.
- Cut out the web lines.
- Carefully unfold the corner spider webs. You’ll have two!!
- If you didn’t cut through all the layers in Step 8, just snip the joins to separate the two webs.
- Use your corner spider webs to create the spookiest ever Halloween decorations.
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