Make An Easy DIY Spider Halloween Wreath From An Old T-Shirt

This rather stunning Halloween wreath uses an old t-shirt, felt offcuts, some glittered toy spiders and a twig!

If you like this then you will love some of my other Halloween Decoration Crafts such as my Ghost & Bat Egg Carton Halloween Bunting, Feather and Felt Halloween Garland, and Needle Felt Spider.

Materials Required To Make A Halloween Wreath

To make your Halloween Wreath you will need

• A polystyrene ring (I used an 8 inch)
• Black T-shirt yarn
• Orange scrap felt
• Garden twigs
• Black paint
• Plastic spiders
• Silver glitter
• Silver acrylic paint
• Scissors
• Glue Gun
• PVA Glue (white glue)

I used a mix of upcycled/thrifted and bought materials that I had lying around the house.

How To Make Your Halloween Wreath Base

First, cut up an old black t-shirt (I used one that my girls had grown out of) to make your yarn. You can follow this T-Shirt Yarn Tutorial if you don’t know how to make your own yarn. Or you could buy some pre-made t-shirt yarn.

Carefully wrap your yarn around the polystyrene making sure all the white polystyrene is hidden by the yarn. Leave enough yarn at the end to create a loop to hang the Halloween Wreath by.

Making The Halloween Wreath Components

First I painted teeny toy spiders with silver acrylic paint. Two of them were then painted with PVA (white) glue and covered in fine silver glitter. I painted the spiders that were going to have glitter on them as the glue doesn’t stick well to the plastic without the base layer of paint. It’s like an undercoat.

Whilst the spiders were drying I painted a twig from the garden with black poster paint, sealing it with a layer of PVA glue as I didn’t want the paint to peel off. And I also made some swirly felt flowers using felt off cuts.

Putting The Halloween Wreath Components Together

When everything was dry, out came the mighty glue gun and on to the wreath they went. Fantastic use of an old t-shirt!

More Upcycled Clothes Craft Ideas

Here are a few more crafts that use upcycled clothing as either part or all of the craft; Fingerless Gloves From Old Tights, Mermaid Collage, T-shirt Yarn Bracelets