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Oye here I go again. Anyone know how to make homemade spider/cobwebs? I tried once with cotton balls and it didn't come out nice at all!

Ok, I think I'll stick to just buying cobwebs. Making them from scratch sounds dangerous!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Realistic-Cobwebs

Hot glue gun and an air compressor....YIKES! No thank you!

OMG!! They can't be serious!

Believe it or not, I don't dust for cobwebs for a month or 2 before Halloween.

Not only is the real thing the best, spiders catch flying bugs that spread disease.

california ghoul wrote:Ok, I think I'll stick to just buying cobwebs. Making them from scratch sounds dangerous!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Realistic-Cobwebs

Hot glue gun and an air compressor....YIKES! No thank you!

You can use string or yarn. I also have had some creative luck with cheese cloth soaked in tea . . .

spookShow Baby, I love your new avatar!

http://community.livejournal.com/_hallo ... 16725.html
This looks good. I might give it a try this year.

TY Andy

My husband and I bought this thing this guy invented. You fill it with something like that Pro 90 glue stuff, fit it on the end of a drill and the glue comes out of tiny holes. It looks pretty good but would be hard to see at night and is a bit messy to clean up. But it does work pretty good.

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/cobweb- ... -5036.html

P.S. I wouldn't use it indoors.

Looks neat, sad that it can't be used indoors

Not only is the real thing the best, spiders catch flying bugs that spread disease.

While I like the look of creepy cob webs...I don't think I want to take any chances of getting bitten. Especially if you have black widows, or other dangerous spider species.

I made a paper spider web in a similiar fashion to a snow flake..by cutting holes out of a piece of paper. I made a paper black widow to go with it. I rather risk getting paper cut than poisened. :p

I'd just buy the webbing. It can get annoying though because the spiders get all the web stuck to them and it makes them look fake

I ended up going to Walgreens and getting three bags of spiderwebs. The first one we put out came out great, the second one (the glow in the dark green kind) just sort of fell apart as we tried to stretch it out. There has to be some trick/artform when it comes to unfolding the store bought spiderwebs. I'm afraid I put them up too soon because leaves are starting to get caught in them, whatever it adds kind of a spooky effect.

I always like it when the leaves got caught in the fake webs that were outside. We just ended up throwing them away anyways, they are pretty cheap . . .

california ghoul wrote:Ok, I think I'll stick to just buying cobwebs. Making them from scratch sounds dangerous!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Realistic-Cobwebs

Hot glue gun and an air compressor....YIKES! No thank you!

As odd as this sounds, (it did to me as well) I happen to have both of these components handy yesterday, and did a little experimenting: Outside.

I must say that after a little fiddling around with the amount of glue dispersed and the air pressure, I was pleasantly surprised, and quite impressed with the results!

By holding the glue gun so it points straight up with one hand, and putting the compressor nozzle about 1/4"-1/8" away from it with the other, I was soon shooting nice silky web 10' across my graveyard/frontyard, that draped across the stones and looked amazing. What is really nice is that once the glue cools, it becomes hard and not at all sticky, so if an accidental clump shot off, you could just pick it off of the offending area.

I only played around for about 10 minutes yesterday evening and did a small corner of my yard, but I do intend to take it further on Halloween morning to expand the effect. I don't know how durable the webs are, so I didn't want to spend an hour+ webbing the yard, only to find out that it all blew off the next morning and I would have to start over.

If you are good at "artsy gentle touch" type of decorating, I suggest you give it a "spin" (pun intended).

Next year (I found it a little too late this year) I plan on picking up one of the less expensive Web Shooters from www.minionsweb.com for around $60. It combines the glue gun and the compressor nozzle into one unit, so you don't have to controll it with two hands. I'm sold!

I would never use this technique INSIDE my house (way too messy and uncontrolled) but for some great added yard effect, I suggest you give it a try if you are a bit daring!

OnTheButton wrote:

california ghoul wrote:Ok, I think I'll stick to just buying cobwebs. Making them from scratch sounds dangerous!

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Realistic-Cobwebs

Hot glue gun and an air compressor....YIKES! No thank you!

As odd as this sounds, (it did to me as well) I happen to have both of these components handy yesterday, and did a little experimenting: Outside.

I must say that after a little fiddling around with the amount of glue dispersed and the air pressure, I was pleasantly surprised, and quite impressed with the results!

By holding the glue gun so it points straight up with one hand, and putting the compressor nozzle about 1/4"-1/8" away from it with the other, I was soon shooting nice silky web 10' across my graveyard/frontyard, that draped across the stones and looked amazing. What is really nice is that once the glue cools, it becomes hard and not at all sticky, so if an accidental clump shot off, you could just pick it off of the offending area.

I only played around for about 10 minutes yesterday evening and did a small corner of my yard, but I do intend to take it further on Halloween morning to expand the effect. I don't know how durable the webs are, so I didn't want to spend an hour+ webbing the yard, only to find out that it all blew off the next morning and I would have to start over.

If you are good at "artsy gentle touch" type of decorating, I suggest you give it a "spin" (pun intended).

Next year (I found it a little too late this year) I plan on picking up one of the less expensive Web Shooters from http://www.minionsweb.com for around $60. It combines the glue gun and the compressor nozzle into one unit, so you don't have to controll it with two hands. I'm sold!

I would never use this technique INSIDE my house (way too messy and uncontrolled) but for some great added yard effect, I suggest you give it a try if you are a bit daring!

WOW!! I'm so glad it worked out for you. I'm still wayyyy too scared to try cause I'm a complete clutz and will probably end up hurting myself or someone else. Maybe one day I'll have my fiance try it, he's a little better with these things than I am. It's good to know that it worked out. Let us know how well they last!