Make a Silly Halloween Sock Spider

Dress Your Homemade Sock Spider Up Anyway You Like, No Sewing Skills Required

These Halloween sock spiders are easy to make, inexpensive and adorable! It all starts with a toddler size black tube sock... I get mine from my local dollar store, 3 in a package.

These Halloween sock spiders can be made extra quirky with goofy hats and festive scarves.

They make cute decorations, festive paper weights and silly homemade Halloween gift ideas.

Your sock spider might be a gag gift for an adult (like your best spider-phobic buddy) or it could be a cute addition to a homemade Halloween gift basket, along with a few treats.

Sock crafts are one of those crafts that are extraordinarily fun to make. Giving them their own personality is the best part.

A few years back I made sock snowmen for Christmas presents. Actually, my husband helped me, which was amazing since he generally doesn't enjoy crafts.

Turns out, we both had a blast and we agreed, there is something really special about these little sock guys (and gals).

We got so many happy reviews of the sock snowmen, I decided to create a Halloween sock spider, using the same technique... thinking it would be a cute little homemade Halloween gift idea for a child, a friend, co-worker or a teacher.

After that came these tube sock bunnies and these adorable baby-sock bunny rabbits (which fit inside large plastic Easter eggs)... I think this proves my love for sock crafts but I'm sure there will be more to come.

Not only are sock animals easy and adorable, they make a delightfully cheap homemade gift idea. I love the price (less than $1 each if you shop wisely)... and dressing them up is a blast. Try giving them glasses, dressing them or even silly little mustaches (I did this on my yarn octopuses and oh my, so cute!).

Easy, adorable, cheap and fun.

So let's get started.

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How to Make This Creepy Crawly Cutie

Materials:

  • Tube Sock - Black cotton preferably size 6 - 18 months
  • Chenille Stems - 4 black (12 inch) - or pipe cleaners
  • Googly Eyes - 2 small and 2 medium sized
  • Toothpicks - 2 wooden
  • White paint
  • Rubber bands - 3 skinny (small-medium sized bands work best)
  • Ribbon or fabric - cut in a thin strip
  • Rice - about 1 cup

Tools:

  • Hot glue gun - loaded
  • Measuring cup
  • Canning funnel or use a piece of paper, rolled into a funnel
  • Paint brush or foam brush

Halloween Sock Spider Instructions:

  • Fill Sock with Rice. Work the rim of the sock around the funnel. Use a measuring cup to fill sock with about one cup rice. Separate the sock into sections with rubber bands, leaving the ridged part of the sock free like below. Make sure your first section is the largest, since this will be the body.
Here's the basic start to a fun DIY tube sock spider. I just love how the tube sock tops are folded down to make a cute little top hat/cold weather hat.
  • Form Hat. Form a hat by pulling the ribbed part of the sock down over the top section. Leave enough room for the spider eyes and teeth.
Fold the top of the tube sock down over the head of the sock spider for a fun little top hat or cold weather hat. Later you can add an autumn scarf if you want.
  • Glue Sections. Using a hot glue gun, glue together the sections of the body. Glue the head section at an angle as seen below. If the rubber band shows around the neck, that's ok since it can be covered up later with ribbon. Put a couple dabs of glue under the hat to secure it as well.
Here is the basic look of the sock spider body. Later, you can hot glue the head to the body to give it a little lift.
  • Add Legs and Eyes. First, fold each chenille stem in half twice. Each stem will make two spider legs as seen in figure "a" below. Next, use a small dab of hot glue to adhere a leg set to each side of the two body sections as seen in figure "b" below. Adhere googly eyes as desired. Your Halloween sock spider should resemble the one in figure "c."

    Tip: Use glue sparingly because it may show on black fabric. Once the legs are glued in place, I use the gun's nozzle to rub a thin line up the stem about 1/4 inch and I then adhere each leg more securely. You can also sew the chenille stems on.
Here is how to add eight legs to your Halloween sock spider. Using pipe cleaners/chenille stems for the legs allow them to be molded into place as needed.
  • Dress Your Spider. Dress the little guy with a bow, scarf or other fun accessories. Make your Halloween sock spider fashionable using the ribbon of your choice, or a piece of cozy flannel cut to look like a warm fall scarf. Give it personality by creating glasses, mustache or silly clothes.
Dress your sock spider up however you choose. Use ribbon, flannel for a scarf or keep it simple. These guys will be cute no matter what.
  • Make tooth pick teeth. Take each toothpick and stick them into your spider's face to make teeth. Use a twisting motion to penetrate easily. Once positioned, pull them out partially and paint the ends white. Once dry, push them back in to look like spider teeth. If a point comes out the back, snip it off so no one gets poked accidentally.

    Alternatively, you can make teeth out of white felt, for a softer finish.
Paint two toothpicks white and allow them to dry. These will be the cute and SCARY teeth of your Halloween sock spider.
Look at those fun sock spider teeth... Creeeeeeepppyyy goodness!

That's it!

Sock Spiders Make Adorable and Funny Homemade Gifts!

Make your own no-sew tube sock sock spiders. Make them for kids or let the kids make them. Better yet, make it a family sock craft day and create a family of adorable creepy crawly sock spiders.

Your homemade Halloween spider is ready to go.

If you'd like a free printable gift tag to go along with one of these cute Halloween sock spiders, here you go (Halloween Printables)!

Have a fun Halloween!

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Sock crafts are a blast! You may like to try some other sock animals, such as sock rabbits. Put them in the kiddo Easter baskets this spring or make the baby sock version to go in large plastic eggs.

Don't stop now... check out these DIY sock bunnies to bring a little more hoppiness to Easter

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